The Portland daily press., 1872-06-24
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton .one
Ofthe Justices of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the State of IN aiue

FENHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney of the
= United States Of America, for the District of
Maine being thereto duly authorized by the Honora-
respectfully represents that the said United
States are DESTROYS of purchasing for the erection of
fort and battery certain tract Of land situated in
the town OF Cape Elizabeth, within the limits of the
State OF Maine, bounded and described as follows =
Beginning at the sea shore the division line be-
tween the land belonging to George c. Thompson
and the land recently bought by the United States of
America, of Asa L. Webster thence by said division
line West ffty-two rods and five links thence North
twenty-eigt and half degrees West ten rods these
lines beng the last two written in said George c.
Thompson's deed, as recorded in Cumberland Regis
try OF Deeds, Book 216 page 465); thence North
eleven degrees East five hundred and thirty feet :
thence North sixty-eight degrees East, three hun
dred and thirty feet TO low water line in Ship Cove
the point where the Northerly boundary of said
Thompson's line intersects the high water line;
Thence by the sea shore easery and southery to the
point begun containing thirteen more or less
together With right of way thereto.
Ihat the owner of said tract of land is supposed
and believed to be one George C. Thompson, resi-
dent of said Cape Elizabeth, and capable of convey
ing the same tract to the said United States
Ihat the said George c. Thompson, owner as afore-
SAID OF SAID tract OF land from disagreement in re-
gard to price from other cause to this app-
cant and to the said United States unknown hath
refused ana still does refuse to convey said tract Of
land and the righr 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
where said tract of land lies once in each week for
the space of four months, which notice shall con-
tain 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 on day to be specified in said notice,
ana ne Their objections any they shall have to the
proposed purchase.
And this applicant further prays that at the time
specified in said notice, jury may be empanneed
IN the manner now provided by law, to assess The
value OF said lands their fair value market value
and all damages sustained by the owner of the lands
50 appropriated by reason of such appropriation and
that such other and further proceedings may be had
IN pursuance ofthe provisions of act of the State
OF Maine entitled San act for the REIMBURSEMENT to
the United States in certain cases. of title lands for
sites of light stations the coast and waters of the
State, approved February IS, 1871, amended by an
act entitled IAN Act to amend Chapter six hundred
and forty mine of the private laws of Thousand
eight hundred seventyone, relating to light houses"
approved February 20, 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 Whatsoever and so will
ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
and State OF Maine, this fifteenth day of june A. D.
1872. - NATHAN WERR " ~
Attorney of the United States, for the District of
Maine ~