The Portland daily press., 1872-07-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the Justices of the Supreme Judi
ciaI Caurf of the &fnle of NIniua

ciaI Court of the State of Maine.
VIHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney of the
y United states Oh america, for the District of
Maine, being thereto authorized, by the Honorable
Attorney General Of said United States respectfIiv
represents that the said United States are DESTROYS
purchasing, for the erection of battery and fort a
certain tract Of land situated in the town of Cane
Eilza6eth, within the limits of the State of Maine,
bounded and described as follows, viz beginning at
point on the southerly side Of the road leading to
the Portland Head Light House. eleven hundred feet
from the county road known the shore road thence
southerly at right angles with said Light House road,
seven hundred and thirty feet to a wall being
the southery boundary of land of benjamin ID. Dyer
thence eastery four hundred feet by said wall to the
seashore thence northeasteriy by to land
now owned by the United States and occupied by the
Portland Head Light House; thence west seven hun
dred and forty feet to the point begun at containing
nine acres more or less, together with the right Of
way thereto.
That the sole owner of said tract of land is SUD-
posed and believed to be, one Benjamin b. Dyer,
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable Of con-
veyng the tract to the said United States That
the said Benjamin B. Dyer, owner aforesaid of
said tract of land, from disagreement in regard to
price from other 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 States 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 lies once in each week for the space
four months, which notice shall contain an 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
day to be specified in said notice and file their
objections, if any they should have to the proposed
purchase.
And this applicant further pays that at the time
specified ill said notice, jury may be enlpannelled
III inc 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 SC
appropriated, by reason of such appropriations and
that such other and further proceedings may be had
III pursuance of the provisions of of the State
of Maine entitled ian act for the REIMBURSEMENT Ia
the United States in certain cases of titles to Lands
for sites Of Light Stations the and waters OF
THE State" Approved February IS, 1871. Amended
by an act entitled, ian act to amend chapter ak
hundred and forty-nine of the private laws of one
Thousand eight hundred and seventy lone, relating
'to light houses" Approved February 90 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 what
soever and as in duty bound will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, In the county of Cumberland
1879.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney OF the United States for the District OF
Maine.