The Portland daily press., 1873-02-05
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one of the Justic Q of the Supreme Ju.
dicial COurt Of the St0tp of Maine.

To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one Of the Jnstic OF the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of the Stats Of Maine.
iTNHE undersigned, MAI han Webb, Attornev OF the
Il Uui ell States of Anne lea Tor the District o.
Maine duly hoIized agent OF said United stt ~
r. this PURPOSE respectfully represents ,nd s inc
for he erectIon of frt and battery sert IN tr@e,
of land situated in the town OF cape i, Of tho
the County of bounded and described
as 70 lows: BE Inning at opper boil IN a roch on
side G Fsd sna House t saS fe eon
~, holt h;na abont eleven hundred feet tant
from the county roa KIN as the shore no d, thence
sontbariy at ,iyht angles with said Light House
poad seven hund ed ard nineteen feet more or less
a copper bolt set In thr line OF stone wall, which
wall is the sontherly boundary Of land now or for
stone wl alb Iut Fur hundred and twenty hit feet
to the sea shore; thence northeasterly by lie ses
Ehore the pint where the southerly side iin of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
longe would strike the shore at low water line:
thence Weseri, on such prolongatlon OF the sonta
boun s.; said eseribea parcel of Ian c ntainine
about nine acres. That the sole owner of sal / de-
scri6ed tract land is supposed TO be one BeuJami
b. oyer, OF Cape Elizabeth aforesaid AMI CAPABLE of
conveying the me to said United States. That III,
SAID mann n b. Dyer, owner as aforesai OF said
sract o. land, from disagreement in rcgarl to the
price OF the same, or from some other to this
applicant and to the sail United States unknown,
hath refused and still to convey said tract of
lant to said Uni. ed States;
Wherefore, this applicant in behalf OF said United
states respe tfu prays your Honor 10 order notice
OF this application conormabe with the provisions
OF the Act of the Legislature of the state of Maine
entitled AN act for the REIMBURSEMENT the United
States in certain cases of tile to lands for sizes of
dIht stations on the coast AMI waters Of the State
approved Feb uary 49, 1871 amended by an act en-
ttled IAN Act to amend Chapter six fun ired and
frty-nne OF the private laws of one thousand eight
hun red and seventy one, relating to lig houses
approved February 20, 1877, to be published In some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract
OF ian lies once in each week for the space of four
mon hs. which notice shall contain an accurate de-
SER lion of said tract Of land together with the
name OF the supposed owner, and all require all
persons interested in said lands 10 come fn ward on
day to be specified in raid notice and file their objec-
chs Sc : ~ = = = = vti of'0'SA P"A
And this applicant, In behalf Of said United States.
Iorther prays, that on the return day specific In
san notice jury may he eipannelled in the manner
now provide by law to assess the val of said tract
oiand at It's fir market value and all damages sas-
tanned by the owner of the lands appropriated BY
reas IN OF such appro Ration, and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in Of
the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State of
Maine as may be requisite to convey to said United
3 aies OF America good and absolute title TO the
above described tract of land against all pei sons
whatsoever; and 80 will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberlay :
the twenty-ninth day Of October. A. D. 1912. = ~
80 NATHAN Wrpp
Attorney OF the United States for tl.s D;stSst .,
Maine. 40 DiStrice oi