The Portland daily press., 1873-01-28
W. FESSENDEN. Clerk,

To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one Of the Justic es of the Supreme Ju-
e 81 Nathan " We Sb ornev Of the
United States of America for the District of Maine,
duly authorized agent of said United States for this
States aforesaid are DESTROYS Of purchasing for the
erection of fort and battery, certain tract of land
situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth in the Coun-
Maine particularly bounded and described as fol-
lows:-Begnnnga the shore at the Northeasterly
Of lot Of land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster, and the Southeasterly
of the parcel land described in and conveyed
by deed from Asa T. Webster to George c. Thomp-
son. dated March 23d, 1S49 and recorded in Cumber-
land Registry of Deeds, Book 216 Page 49, thence
by the division line between said two pieces of land
Westerly ffty-two 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 included
angle of one hundred and thrty-eight degrees four
hundred and forty-eght feet more or less to cop
per bolt set in rock thence North Eastery with an
included angle of hundred and twenty-sx degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more OF less to low
water mark thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first bounds said described parcel of
land containing about thirteen acres.
That the sole owner of said described tract of
land is supposed to be one George. Thompson, a
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable OF
veying the same to the said United States.
That the said George G, Thompson owner as afore-
said of said tract of land, from disagreement in re-
gard to the price of the same, or from some other
cause to this applicant and to The said United States
unknown. hath refused and still refuses to convey
said tract of land to said United States.
Wherefore this applicant in behalf of said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application cOnfOrmabe with the pre- visions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State Of Maine en-
titled can Act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain Of title to lands for sites of
light stations the coast and waters of the State
approved February IS, 1871, as amended by an act
entitled Gan Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine of the private laws of thousand eight
hundred and seventyone, relating to light houses
approved February co. 1872 to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract of
and lies, once in each week for the space of four
months, which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrpon OF said tract of land together with the name
of the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to forward on 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
further prays that the return day specified in said
notice. a ju-y may be empannelled in the manner
now provd ed by law to the value of said tract
of land at its fair market value, and all damages sus
tanned 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 aforesaid Of the Legislature of the State of
Maine may be requisite to convey to said United
State Of Anne RIGA, 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 twenty -ninth day of October, A. D. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of
Mainc "