The Portland daily press., 1872-07-29
10 the Honorable Charles w. Walton one
Offhc justices of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the Sfafe of w nina

THNHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney of the
y 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
orC ana 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
tween the land belonging to George C. Tbomnson
ana the land recently bought by the United States Oh
America, OF Asa T. Webster, thence by said division
line West fifty-two rods and five links; thence North
twenty-eight and half degrees West ten rods Uhese
INES being the last two written in said George c.
try of Deeds, Book 216 page 465); thence North
eleven degrees East five hundred and thirty feet:
thence North degrees, East, three hun
ured ana thirty feet to low water line in Ship Cove
this course being one hundred feet Southwark from
the point where the Northerly boundary OF said
thence by the sea shore easery 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 il sunnosed
and believed to be one George G. 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 enforcement in re
gard TO price or from some other to this app
can't and to the said United States unknown hath
refused and still does refuse convey said tract of
States. w '"'' oni'ou
Wherefore this applicant respectfn,lv nrov.
your to order notice of this application to be
puDIsneu IN some newspaper in Portland, nearest
the space Of four months, which notice shall con-
tam 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 day to be specified in said notice
and file their objections, if any they shall have to 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 at their fair value market value
and all damages sustained by the of the lands
so appropriated by reason of such appropriation and
that such other and further proceedings may be had
IN pursuance ofthe provisions of an of tile State
of Maine entitled An act for the REIMBURSEMENT to
the United States in certain cases. title to lands for
sites OF light stations the coast and waters of the
State, approved February IS, 1871, amended by an
act, entitled AN Act to amend Chapter six hundred
and fortynin of the private laws Of one thousand
eight hundred seventy-one 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 SO will
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.