The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11
D. W. FEsSENDEN, Clerk.
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the Justices of the Supreme y u.
diciat Court of the State of Maine.

Tue undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney of the
United States OF America, for the District of Name
duly authorized agent of said United States for this
purpose, respectfully represents that the United
States aforesaid are DESTROYS of purchasing for the
erection OF fort and battery certain tract of land
situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth in the Conn
ty OF Cumberland, within the limits of the State of
blaine particularly bounded and described as iol-
lows:-Begnninga the shore at the Nortbeastery
CT lot of land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster, and the Southeastery
of the parcel Of land described in and conveyed
by deed from Asa L. Webster to George C. Thomp-
son. dated March 23d, 1s49 and recorded in Cumber-
land Registry OF Deeds, Book PIG, Page 49, thence
Westerly ffty-wo rods and five links; thence still fol-
lowing said division line, North s.erly with an in
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
and thirty minutes ten rods to copper bolt set in
the ledge; thence, North Easterly with an included
angle Of one hundred and thirty eight degrees four
hundred and forty eight feet more less to cop
per bolt set i'll rock; thence North Easery with an
included angle one hundred and twenty-six degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more or less to low
water mark; thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first bounds said described parcel of
land containing about thirteen acres.
That the sole owner of said described tract of
land is supposed to be one George c. Thompson a
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable Of con-
veying the same to the said United States.
That the said George c, Thompson, owner as afore-
SAID OF said tract OF land, from disagreement in re-
gard TO the price OF the same, or from other
cause to this applicant and to he 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
of this application conformable with the provisions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State Of Maine en-
titled IAN Act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain cases of title lands for sites of
light stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved February Is, 1871 as amended by an act
entitled IAN Act TO amend Chapter six hundred and
forty-nne OF the private laws of thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one relating to light houses
approved February 20, 1872 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 an accurate de-
scrpton OF said tract of land together with the name
OF the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to forward on tiay to
be specified in said notice and file their objections if
any they should have, to the proposed purchase
And this applicant. in behalf of said United States
further prays, that the return day specified in said
notice, a jury may be empannelled in the manner
now provided by law to the value of said tract
OF land at It's fair market value and all damages sus
tanned by the owner of the lands so appropriated bv
reason OF such appropriation and that such other
ami further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State of
Maine, as may be requisite to convey to said United
States of Anne ria, good and absolute title to the
above described tract Of land against all persons
whatsoever: and SO will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
the twanty-nnth day If October A. D. 1872
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of
Maine. -