The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-25
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the Justices of the Supreme Judi
ciaI Court of the State of Maine.

F6IHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney 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 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, viz: Beginning at
point on the southery 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 soutberly boundary of land of Benjamin b. Dyer
thence easterly four hundred feet by said wall to the
seashore thence norheasterly by eea-shore toand
owned by the United States and occupied by the
Portland Head Light House; thence west seven hun
bred and forty feet to the point begun at containing
nine acres moreor less together with the right Of
way thereto.
That the sole owner of said tract of land is sup
posed and believed to be, one Benjamin b. Dyer,
resident of said Cape Elizabeth, and capable of
veyng the same tract to the said United States That
the said Benjamin B. Dyer, owner as aforesaid of
said tract of land, from disagreement in regard to
price or from some other cause to this applicant and
to the sand 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 i'm
some newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said
tract of land lies in each week for the space
four MONTHS which notice shall contain an accurate
description of the said tract of land together with
all persons interested in said lands to come forward
day to be specified in said notice, and file their
objections, If any they should have to the proposed
purchase.
And this applicant further p1ays that at the time
specified in said notice, Jury may be empannelled,
i'll the manner now provided by law, to assess the
value of said lands at their fair market value, and
all damages sustained by the owner 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 cases of titles to lands
or sites Light Stations the coast and waters of
.'the State" Approved February IS, 1871. Amended
by an act entitled, san act to amend chapter six
hundred and forty-nine of the private laws of one
Thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, 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 an
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. d.
1872
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney Of the United States for the District of
Name