The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-12-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
10 rue honorable Charles w. Walton,
one OF the Justic OF the Supreme Ju-
diciai Court of the STATE a ,s.;uc

'ElHE undersigned Ma, han Webb. Attorney Of the
Il United States of America tor the District Of
Name duly authorized agent OF said United States
for this purpose, respectfully represents tat file
United States Aforesaid are DESTROYS If purcla sing
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 Maine, particularly bounded and described
as Beginning at copper, bolt in rock on
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 light angles with said Light House
road seven humid ed and nineteen feet less to
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall is the southerly boundary of land now or for
merly of Benjamin b. Dyer thence easterly by said
stone wall about four hundred and twenty feet
to the sea shore; 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-
onged would strike the shore at low water line;
" side line of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel of land containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner of said de-
scribed tract Of land is supposed to be Benjamin
Il. Dyer of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid and capable Of
conveying the same to said United States. That the
sad BENJAMIN b. Dyer, owner as aforesaid OF said
tract OF land, from disagreement in regard to the
price of the same, from some other cause to this
applicant and to the said United States unknown,
hath refused and still refuses 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, conformable with the provisions
OF the Act of the Legislature of the State of Maine
entitled "An act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the Unied
States In certain cases of title to lands for sites of
light stations ON the coast and waters of the State
approved February Is, 1871, amended by an act en-
Iitleu AN Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
1ortnlne OF the private laws of one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one, relating to light houses
approved February 20, 1872 to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract
OF land les once in each week for the space of four
months, which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrition of said tract of land, together with the
name OF the supposed owner, and shall require all
persons interested in said lands forward on
day to be specified in said notice and file their obiec-
tons, any they should have to the proposed pur-
| chase. 70
And this applicant, in behalf of said United States
further prays, that on the return day specified iI
said notice jury may be empannelled in the manner
now provide by law to assess the vale of said trac
OF land at its fair market value and all damages sus
tanned by the owner of the lands so appropriated by
reason OF such appropriation, and that such othel
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance O
the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State
Maine as may be requisite to convey to said United
States of America good and absolute title 10 til,
| abcve described tract OF land against all pei son
| whatsoever; and so will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
| the twenty day of October. A. d. 1872.
| NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District O
Maine.