The Portland daily press., 1872-12-18
D. W. FESSENDEN, Clerk.
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one 0fthe .gu stices of the Supreme Ju-
Gicinl Court of the State of Maine.

To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the y stices of the Supreme Ju.
Gicial Court of the State of Maine.
The undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney of the
United States OF America for the District of Maine,
purpose, respectfully represents that the United
States aforesaid DESTROYS of purchasing for the
erection of fort and battery certain tract of land
situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth in the Coun
ty OF Cumberland, within the limits of the State of
Maine, particularly bounded and described as fol-
ws-Beginningat the sea shore at the Northeasery
Of lot OF land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster, and the Southeastery
of the parcel land described in and conveyed
by deed from Asa L. Webster to George C. Thomp-
son, dated March 23d 1919 and recorded in Cumber-
land Registry OF Deeds, Book ZIG, Page 49, thence
by the division line between said two pieces of land
Westerly tytwo rods and five links; thence still fol-
lowing said division line, North Westerly with in
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
and thirty minutes ten rods to copper bolt set in
the ledge; thence, North Easterly with an included
angle of hundred and thirty Eight degrees four
hundred and iorty-eight feet more or less to cop
included angle of one hundred and degrees,
three hundred and thirty feet more or less to low
water mark thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first bounds: said described parcel of
lanl containing about thirteen acres.
That the sole owner of said described tract of
land is supposed to be one George c. Thompson, a
resident Of said Cape Elizabeth and capable Of con-
veyng the same to the said United States.
That the said George c, Thompson, owner as afore-
said OF said tract of land, from disagreement in re-
gard to the price of the same, from sonlo other
cause to this applicant and to he said United States
ulkliOWD HALL TeluSeu anu sui refuses TO convey
sail tract of land to sail United States.
Wherefore this applicant in behalf of said United
States, respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
OF this application confomable with the provisions of
the Act of the Legislature OF the State of Maine
titled San Act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain cases of 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
fortynne of the private laws Of thousand eight
hundred anil seventy-one, relating to light houses"
approved February 90 1872, to be published in 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 contain an accurate de-
scripton said tract fland together with the name
of the supposed owner, and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to come forward a day to
be specified in said notice and file their objections if
any they should have, to the proposed purchase
And this applicant in behalf of said United States
fur her prays that the return day specified IN said
notice, a jury may be empannelled in the manner
provided by law, to the value of said tract
of land OF its fair market value and all damages sus
tanned by the Of the lands SO appropriated by
reason of such appropriation; and that such other
ami further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the aforesaid OF the Legislature of the State of
Maine, as may be requisite to convey to said United
States Of Anne ica, good and absolute title to the
above described tract Of land against all persons
whatsoever: and SO will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland,
the tw enty -ninth day Of October, A. D. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of