The Portland daily press., 1872-06-24
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the Justices of the Supreme Judi


ciaI Court of the State of Maine
THvHE undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney of the
III 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 follows, viz: Beginning at
a point on the southery side IF the road leading to
the Portland Head Light House, eleven hundred feet
from the county road known the shore road thence
southery right angles with said Light House road
seven hundred and thirty feet to stone wall being
the southerly boundary of land of Benjamin B. Dyer
thence easterly four hundred feet by said wall to the
seashore thence northeastery by theeashore toland
owned by the United States and occupied by the
Portland Head Light House; thence west seven hun
dred and forty feet to the point begun at containing
nine acres more or less together with the right of
way thereto. .'f Id
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 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 to this applicant and
to the said 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 in
some newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said
tract OF land hes once in each week for the space of
four months which notice shall contain accurate
description of the said tract of land together with
the name OF the supposed owner, and shall require
ld1luS 10 come forward
day to be specified in said notice. and file their
objections, fany they should have to the proposed
purchase.
And this applicant further pays 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 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 of the State
OF Maine entitled IAN act for the REIMBURSEMENT to
the United States in certain cases Of titles to lands
for sites of Light Stations the and waters
1.-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 land
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
1872. -
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney OF the United States for the District of
Maine.