The Portland daily press., 1872-09-03
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton ono
ofthe Justices of the Supreme Judicial
Court of tho State of Maine

| To the Honorable Charles w. Walton. ono
Court of the State Of M ainc.
! FINHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney Of the
| Il United States Of America, for the District Of
Maine, being thereto duly authorized by the Honora
respectfully that af the ssd S S!ne
States DESTROYS Of purchasing for the erection Of
fort and battery certain tract Of land situated In
State of Maine, bounded and described a. follows
Beginning At the sea shore the division line be-
1--WE mt the land belonging TO George Thompson
America, Of Asa T. Webster, thence by said division
line West ffy-two rods and five links thence North
lines being the last two written in said George G.
Thompsons decd, as recorded in Cumberland Regis
try Of Deeds Book 2id page 4s0 thence North
thence North weight degrees, East TIRES hun
dred and thirty feet to low water line in Ship Cove,
the point where the Northerly boundary OF said
Thompson's line intersects the high water line;
thence by the sea shore easery and southery the
point begun at contanDg thirteen or less
together With right of way thereto.
That the owner of said tract Of land is supposed
and believed to be one George G. Thompson, resi-
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 re-
gard e price or from some other to this app-
cant and to the said United States unknown, hath
refused and still does refuse 10 convey said tract
land and the righr Of way thereto to said United
States
Wherefore this applicant respectfully prays
your Honor, to order notice OF this application to be
published in some newspaper in Portland, nearest
to whore 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 if any they shall have to the
proposed purchase.
And this applicant further prays, that at the time
specified in said notice, q jury may be empanneled
III 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
SO appropriated by reason of such appropriation and
that such other and further proceedings may be had
in pursuance ofthe provisions of act of the State
OF Maine entitled San act for the REIMBURSEMENT to
the United States in certain cases. Of title 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 forty mine Of the private laws Of one thousand
eight hundred seventyone, relating to light houses"
approved February 20, 1872 may be requisite to
convey to said UDited States good and absolute title
to the aforesaid tract Of land and the right of way
thereto against all persons whatsoever, and so will
ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County Of Cumberland
and State Of Maine, this fifteenth day of june A. d.
1872. NATHAN WE'RE
Attorney OF the United States, for the District Of
Maine.