The Portland daily press., 1873-02-22
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A Few Good Rents
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one Of the Justiees of the Supreme la.
d;ciaI Court of the State of N1ainc.

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Siciai Court Of the State of Maine.
rTyHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney OF the
Maine duly authorized agent Of SAID United States
for this purpose, respectfully represents that the
United States aforesaid are desrous Of purchasing
of land situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth, IN
the County Of Cumberland, within the limits Of the
State Of Maine, particularly bounded and described
the southerly 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 road known the shore road thence
southerly at right angles with said Light House
road seven hundred and nineteen feet more less
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall the southerly boundary of land now or for
merly of Benjamin B. Dyer thence easterly by said
stone wall about four hundred and twenty feet
to the sea shore; thence northeasteriy 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 on such proongaion Of the souther
ly side line of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel OF land containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner OF said de-
scribed tract Of land supposed to be one BENJAMIN
b Dyer Of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable of
conveying the same to said United States. That the
said Benjamin B. Dyer, owner as aforesaid Of said
tract of land, from disagreement in regard to the
price of the same or from some other cause to this
hath refused and still refuses to convey said tract of
and to said United States;
Wherefore, this applicant, in behalf OF said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
Of this application conformable with the provisions
of the Act Of the Legislature of the State OF Maine
entitled San act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain cases Of title to lands for sites Of
fight stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved February 49, 1871, amended by an act en-
titled Gan Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty-nne OF the private laws of thousand eight
hundred and seventyone, relating to light houses,
approved February 20, 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract
of land lies in each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain accurate de-
scriptio of said tract of land, together with the
name of the supposed owner, and shall require all
persons interested in said lands to come forward
day to be specified in said notice and file their objec
tions, if any they should have, to the proposed pur
chs Sc.
And this applicant in behalf of said United States
further prays that on the return day specified in
said notice jury may be empannelled in the manner
provide by law to the valne of said tract
of land at its fair market value and all damages gus
tanned by the of the lands appropriated by
reason Of such appropriation, and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance Of
the aforesaid acts Of the Legislature of the State of
Maine may be requisite to convey to said United
States of America good and absolute title TO the
above described TRACT of land against all PERSONS
whatsoever; and SO will ever pray. IE
Dated at Portland, in the County Of Cumberland,
the twenty ninth day Of October, A. D. 1872. f
NATHAN WEBB, +
Attorney Of the United States fer the District of
or