The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-08-13
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton ,one
of Justices of the Supreme Judicial
C0urf of she State of Maine

To the Honorable Charles w. Walton ,one
ofthe Justices of thc Supreme Judicial
Court of she State of Maine.
HNHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney of the
u United States Of America, for the District Of
BILE Attorney General of said United States.
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 toows =
Beginning at the sea shore on the division line IN.
tween the land belonging to George c. Thomson
and the land recently bought by the United States Of
line West ffty-two rods and five links thence North
twenty eight and half degrees West ten rods (tbcse
Thompson's deed as recorded in Cumberland Regis
try of Deeds, Book 216, page 1861; 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 Shin Cove
shls course being one hundred feet Southwark from
the point where the Northerly boundary OF said
Ihompson's line fntersects the high water line
thence by the sea shore easery and southery to the
point begun at containing thirteen acres more or
together With right Of way thereto.
That the owner Of said tract of land is sunnosed
and believed to be ono George c. Thompson a resi-
dent OF said Cape Elizabeth, and capabie of convey
ing the same tract to the said United States
That the said George C. Thompson owner =. af,ro-
SAID OF said tract of land from Disagreement in re-
gard to price or from some other cause to this anpli
cant and to the said United States nnknoy-p batb
refused and still does refuse to convey said tract ~
ianI ana the righr OF way thereto to said United
wherefore this applicant respectfully prays
your Honor to order notice Of this application to be
puoished III some newspaper in Portland nearest
10 where SAID tract of land lies once in each week for
the space OF four months, which notice shall con-
tam an accurate description of the said tract of land
t4sether with the name Of the supposed owner and
shal require all persons interested in said Lands to
come forward on day to be specified in said notice
and file their objections, any they shall have to the
proposed purchase. ~ " VIM
And this applicant further prays that at the time
speclhed IN SAID notice, jury may be empann lled
In the manner now provided by law to asse. IS the
value OF said lands at their fair value market value
and all damages sustained by the owner of the lands
70 appropriated by reason of such appropriation and
tht such other and further proceedings nav he had
pursuance ofthe provisions of an act of the State
ei MARI entitled Gan act for the REIMBURSEMENT to
the United States in certain cases. of title to lands for
sites 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-nne of the private laws Of one 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 night of way
thereto against all persons whatsoever, and 30 will
pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
and State of Maine, this fifteenth day of june A. d.
1872 NATHAN WEBB.
Attorney of the United States, for the District of
Maine