The Portland daily press., 1872-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one Of the Jmssices of the Supreme Judi
III E..rs m 4 the Sfafe af Maine

To the Honorable shartes W. Waften
one Of the Jssiices of the Supreme Judi
seiaI Court Of he State Of Maine.
TI,HE undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney of the
United States Of America, for the District Of
Maine, being thereto authorized, by the Honorable
Attorney General of said United States respectfully
represents that the said United States DESTROYS Of
purchasing, for the erection Of battery and fort,
certain tract of land situated in the town of Cape
Elizabeth, within the limits of the State of Maine,
bounded and described as follows, viz: Beginning at
point the southerly side Of the road leading TO
the Portland Head Light House, eleven hundred ieet
from the county road known the shore road thence
southerly at right angles with said Light House roau
seven hundred and thirty feet to stone wall Dens
the southerly boundary Of land OF Ben9an M toth
thence easterly four hundred feet by said wan 70 .s
sea-shore thence northeasterly by tine
now owned by the United States and occupieu " .ne
Portland Head Light House, thence west seven nun
dred and forty feet to the point begun at containing
nine acres more or less together with the right of
Mai the sole owner of said tract of land is sup
nosed and believed to be, one Benjamin b. Dyer,
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable of con-
yeyng the same tract to the said United States That
the said Benjamin Is. Dyer, owner aforesaid of
said tract of land, from disagreement in regard to
price from other cause to this applicant and
TO the said United States unknown hath refused and
still does refuse to convey said tract of land and the
right of way thereto to said United Sates wherefore
order notice of this application to be published in
some newspaper in Portland nearest to where said
tract of land lies once in each week for the space of
four months which notice shall contain accurate
description of the said tract of land together with
the name Of the supposed owner and shall require
all persons interested in said lands to come forward
on day to be specified in said notice. and file their
objections if any they should have to the proposed
purchase.
And this applicant further prays that at the time
specified in said notice, jury may be empannelled
in the manner now provided by law, to assess the
value of said lands at their fair market value, and
all damages sustained by the owner of the lands so
appropriated, by of such appropriation; and
that such other and further proceedings may be had
in pursuance of the provisions of act of the State
of Maine entitled ian act for the REIMBURSEMENT to
"he United States in certain cases Of titles to lands
"or sites Light Stations the coast and waters of
''the State" Approved February IS, 1871. Amended
by an act entitled, ian act to amend chapter six
hundred and forty-ninc of the private laws of
Thousand eight hundred and seyenty-one, relating
''to light houses" Approved February 20, 1872
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 what
soeyer, and as in duty bound will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the county of Cumberland
and State of Maine, this fifteenth day Of June, A D.,
1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of
Maine,