The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-18
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton.
one of the Justicrs Of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of the dante nf M "a NO

one OF the y Justicns Of the Supreme Ju.
dicial Court of the State of Maine
fFyHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney Of the
u United States of America for the District of
Maine duly authorized agent of said United States
for this purpose, respectfully represents that the
Uni ed States aforesaid desirous Of purchasing
for the erection of fort and battery certain tract
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 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 roan known the shore thence
southerly at right angles with said Light House
road seven hnnd ed and nineteen feet less to
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall is the southerly boundary of land or for
merly of Benjamin B. Dyer; thence easterly by said
to the sea shore; thence northeasterly by the sea
shore the point where the southerly side line of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
longed would strike the shore at low water line
thence westerly such prolongatlon of the soater-
y side line Of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel, of lanl containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner of said de-
scrbed tract Of land is supposed to be one Benjamin
=. Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid and capable of
conveying the me 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 tue same % or om rom other cause to this
hath refused and still. refuses convey said tract of
and to said Uni ed 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 An act for therelinquisbment to the United
States in certain of title lands for sites of
fight stations on the coast and waters of the State"
approved Feb uary l8, amended by an act en-
titled IAN Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine OF the private laws of thousand eight
hun red 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
monh BIS, which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scr tion Of said tract of land, together with the
name of the supposed owner, and snail require all
persons interested in said lands to come forward on
day to be specified in said notice and file their objec
tons If 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 specifei In
said notice jury may be empanneled in the manner
now provide by law to assess the val of said tract
ofaDd at It's fair market value and all damages sus-
tanned by the owner of the lands appropriated by
reason of such alpro ration, 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 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 day of October. A. ID 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney Of the United States for the District of
Maine. p