The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-19
STORE TO LET.
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one of the Justicrs of the Supreme Ju-
dicial COurt of the Stale of Dlaiue


fTVHE undersigned, Maj han Webb, Attorney OF the
Il United States of America Tor the District of
Maine, duly authorized agent Of said United States
fr this purpose, respectfully represents that the
Unit ed States aforesaid are desirous If purchasing
for the erection of frt and battery certain tract
of land situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth in
State of Maine, particularly bounded and described
as foows:- BEGINNING at copper bolt in a rock on
the southery side of the road leading from the coun-
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, said cop
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county known the shore ID, thence
southerly at right angles with said Light House
road seven bundled and nineteen feet more less to
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall which
wall is the southerly boundary of land now or for
merly of BENJAMIN B. Dyer; thence easterly by said
stone wall about four hundred and twentyeght feet
to the sea shore; thence northeasterly by the sea
shore to the point where the southerly side line of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
thence westerly such prolongalon of the sonther
y side line Of the road to the Light House to the first
about nine acres. That the sole owner of said de-
scribed tract Of land is supposed to be Benjamin
u. Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable Of
conveying the same to said United States. That the
said Benjamin B. Dyer, owner aforesaid of said
tract Of land from disagreement in regard to the
applicant and to the said United States unknown,
hath refused and still refuses to convey said tract of
and to said Uni ed States;
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application conformabe with the provisions
OF the AcC OF Jne Legislature OF Inc state OF Mane
entitled San act for observation-disclosures to the United
States In certain of title to lands for sites of
light stations the coast and waters of the State"
approved Feb uary 49, 1871 amended by an act en-
titled can Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynne OF the private laws of one thousand eight
hun ired and seventy-one, relating to light houses
approved February 20, 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-
scri tion of said tract of land, together with the
name of the supposed owner, and snail require all
persons interested in said lands to forward on
day to be specified in said notice and file their objec-
tons, II any they should have, to the proposed pur
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And this applicant, in behalf of said United States
further prays, that on the return day specified in
said noticeF jury may be empanneedin in the manner
now provide by law to assess the val of said tract
ofland at its fair market value and all damages
tanned by the owner of the lands appropriated by
reason of such appro ratiou, and that such other
and 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 America a 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