The Portland daily press., 1872-08-27
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton .One
ofthe Justices of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the State Of Maine.

10 the Honorable Charles w. Walton @ ne
ofthe Justices of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the State Of Maine.
FENHE undersigned Nathan Webb. Attorney of the
United States Of America, for the District OF
Maine, being thereto duly authorized by the Honora-
respectfully represents that the said United United
States DESTROYS of purchasing for the erection of
I0rt ana battery certain tract of land situated in
Inc town OF Cape Elizabeth, within the limits of the
state OF Maine, bounded and described as follows
Beginning at the sea shore on the division line be-
tween the land belonging to George G. Thompson,
ana the land recently bought by the United States Of
america, OF Asa T. Webster, thence by said division
line West fifty-two rods and five links thence North
twenty-eght and half degrees West ten rods (these
lines being the last two written in said George c..
Ihompson's deed, as recorded in Cumberland Regis
e Try OF Deeds Book 2l6 page 465 thence North
thence North sixtyeight degrees, East, three hun
dred and thirty feet to low water line in Ship Cove
this course being one hundred feet Southwark from
the the point where the Northerly boundary of said
ihompson's line intersects the high water line;
thence by the shore eastery and southery to the
pot begun at thirteen acres more or less
togetner With right of way thereto.
mat the owner of said tract of land is supposed
and believed to be one George G. Thompson, resi-
uehC OF SAID Cape Elizabeth, and capable of convex
ing the same tract to the said United States
mat the said George c. Thompson, owner as afore-
SAID OF sad tract of land from disagreement in re-
gard price or from some other cause to this appli-
cant and to the said United States unknown, hath
refused and still does refuse convey said tract of
Land and the righr of way thereto to said United
Wherefore this applicant respectfully prays
your Honor to order notice of this application to be
published IN some newspaper in Portland, nearest
TO where said tract of land les each week for
the space of four months, which notice shall con-
tam an accurate description of the said tract of land
t9gether with the name of the supposed owner and
snail require all persons interested in said lands to
come forward on day to be specified in said notice
proposed purchase. w W WV
And this applicant further prays, that at the time
speeihed IN said notice, jury may be empannelled
IN the manner now provided by law, to assess the
value OF said lands at their fair value market value
ana all damages sustained by the owner of the lands
SO appropriated by reason of such appropriation: and
hat such other and further proceedings may be had
pursuance ofthe provisions of an act of the State
OF Maine entitled San act for the REIMBURSEMENT to
the United States in certain cases. of title to lands for
sites OF light stations the coast and waters of the
state, approved February IS, 1871, amended by an
act, emitted AN Act to amend Chapter six hundred
ana forty nine OF the private laws of one thousand
elght hundred seventy-one, relating to light houses"
approved February 20, 1872 as may be requisite to
convey to said United States good and absolute title
to the aforesaid tract of land and the right of way
thereto, against all persons whatsoever and SO will
ever pray. ~. A
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
and State Of Maine this fifteenth day of June A. D.
1872. NATHAN WERR " y"
Attorney OF the United States for the District of