The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11
10 she Honorable Charles w. Walton,
ono of the justices of the Supreme Ju-
daciaI Court of the STATE of Maine.

diciaI Court of the State of Maine.
rUNHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney OF the
4 United States of America tor the District of
Maine, duly authorized agent of said United States
for this purpose, respectfully represents that the
United States aforesaid DESTROYS Of purchasing
for the erection of fort and battery certain tract
of land situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth in
the County of Cumberland, within the limits of the
State of Mains particularly bounded and described
as foows:- Beginning at copper bolt in q rock on
the soutery side of the road leading from the coun-
ty road to the Portland Head Light House. said cop
per bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county road known the shore d. thence
southerly at right angles with said Light House
road seven hund ed and nineteen feet less to
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall is the southerly boundary of land or for
merly of Benjamin b. Dyer; thence easterly by said
wall about four hundred and feet
to the sea shere; thence northeasterly by the sea
shore to the point where the southery side line of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
longed would strike the shore at low water line;
thence westerly such prolongalon of the souther
ly side line of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel Of land containing
aboug nine acres. That the sole owner of said de-
scrbed tract Of land is supposed to be one BENJAMIN
Is. Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable of
conveying the same to said United States That the
said Benjamin B. Dyer, owner as aforesaid OF said
tract of land, from disagreement in regard to the
price of the same or from some other to this
applicant and to the said United States unknown
hath refused and still refuses to convey said tract of
land to said United States
Wherefore, this applicant, in behalf OF said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
Of this application contormable with the provisions
of the Act of the Legislature of the State of Maine
entitled can act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
light stations the coast and waters of the State
approved February 49, 1871 amended by an act en-
titled can Act TO amend Chapter six hundred and
forty of the private laws Of thousand eight
hundred and seventyone, relating to light houses
approved February 90 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract
of land es once in each week for the space of four
months, which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scripton of said tract of land, together with the
name of the supposed owner, and snail require all
persons interested in said lands to forward on
day to be specified in said notice and file their obec-
TONS if any they should have to the proposed pur-
chase.
And this applicant in behalf of said United States
further prays, that on the return day specified in
said notice jury may be empannelled in the manner
now provide by law to the val of said tract
ofland at its fair market value, and all damages sus-
tanned by the of the lands SO appropriated by
reason of such appro ration, and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the aforesaid acts Of the Legislature of the State of
Maine, may be requisite to convey to said United
States of America good and absolute title TO the
abeye described tract of land against all persons
whatsoever; and SO will ever pray.
Dated at Portland in the County of Cumberland
the twenty min tn day of October, A. D 1872
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of
Maine. -