The Portland daily press., 1872-09-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
To the Honorable Charles W. Walton
one OF the justices of the Supreme Judi
ciaI Court Of the Stafc of Main.

cfai NouFt OF The state of Maine.
EIIIE undersigned, Nathan Webb Atforpey of the
IL 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 are 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, vz 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 stone wall, being
the sOutherly boundary of land of BENJAMIN b. DYER,
thence easterly four hundred feet by said wall 10 the
sea-shore thence northeastery by oland
now owned by the United States and occupied by the
fortland Head Light House; thence west seven hum
dred anu forty feet to the point begun at aiming
nine acres moreor less, together with the right Of
That the sole owner of said tract of land IL sup
| posed ana believed to be, one Benjamin b. Dyer,
reseht OF said Cape Elizabeth and capable of con-
eying tS same tract TO the said United States. That
the SAID Benjamin Il. Dyer owner as aforesaid Of
said tract Oh land from disagreement in regard to
price or nom some 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 spaee 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 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 pays that at the time
specified in said notice, jury may be empannelcd,
] 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 Of the lands so
appropriated by reason 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
1.-THE United States in certain of titles 10 lands
for sites OF Light Stations the coast and waters Of
the state. Approved February is, 1871. Amended
| by an act entitled, IAN act 10 amend chapter six
hundred and forty Of the private laws Of one
"to light houses" Approved February 20, 1872, as
may be requisite to convey to said United States a
good and absolute title to the aforesaid tract Of
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
and State Of Maine, this fifteenth day Of June, A ID
| 1872.
| NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District Of