The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-08-20
}. W. FEssENDEN, Clerk
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton. one
Ofthe Justices of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the State of M ine.

Court of the State of Maine.
FTNHE undersigned Nathan Webb, Attorney of the
Il United States Of America, for the District of
Maine, being thereto duly authorized by the Honora-
respectfully represents that the said United
States DESTROYS Of purchasing for the erection of
the town of Cape Elizabeth, within the limits of the
State of Maine, bounded and described as follows:-
Beginning the shore on the division line be-
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-eight and half degrees West ten rods these
lines being the last two written in said George c.
Thompson's deed, as recorded in Cumberland Regis
try OF Deeds, Book PIG, page 1860; thence North
eleven degrees East five hundred and thirty feet
thence North sixtyeight degrees, East, three hun
this course being one hundred feet Southwark from
the point where the Northerly boundary of said
Thompson's line intersects the high water line;
thence by the shore eastery and southery to the
point begun containing thirteen acres more or less
together With right of way thereto.
That the owner of said tract of land is supposed
and believed to be one George c. Thompson, a resi-
dent of said Cape Elizabeth and capable of convey
ing the same tract to the said United States.
That the said George c. Thompson, owner as afore-
said OF said tract of land from disagreement in
gard E price or from some other to this appli-
can't and to the said United States unknown, hath
refused and still does refuse to convey said tract of
States.
Wherefore this applicant respectfully prays
your Honor to order notice of this application to be
published III 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 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.
and file their objections, any they shall have the
proposed purchase
And this applicant further prays, that at the time
specified in said notice, jury may be empannelled
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 appropriations and
that such other and further proceedings may be had
in pursuance ofthe provisions of an act of the State
OF Maine entitled can act for the REIMBURSEMENT to
the United States in certain cases. of title to lands for
sites Of light stations the and waters of the
State, approved February 49, 1871, amended by an
act entitled IAN Act to amend Chapter six hundred
and forty-nine of the private laws of thousand
eight hundred seventyone, relating to light houses,'
approved February 20, 1872 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 will
pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
and State of Maine, this fifteenth day of june A. D.
1872. NATHAN WEIR
Attorney of the United States, for the District of
Maine.