The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-05
To the Honorable Charles w. Wat0n,
one of the Justices Of the supreme Ju.
dicinI Court of the State of Maine.

| To The Honorable Charles w. Walton,
| one of the Justices of the supreme Ju.
| si;c;nI Court of the Stnie of Maine.
yUyHE undersigned Nathan Webb Attorney OF the
III United States of America for the District Of
Maine. duly authorized agent OF SAID United states
United 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
as follows, Beginning at copper bolt in rock on
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, said cop
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
southerly at tight angles with said Light House
road seven hundred and nineteen feet less to
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall which
wall is tho southerly boundary of land now or for
merly of Benjamin B. Dyer; thence eastery by said
stone wall about four hundred and twentyeight feet
to the sea shore; thence northeasterly by the sea
shore to the point where the southery side line OF
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
onged would strike the shore at low water line;
" 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-
scrbed tract Of land is supposed to be one Benjamin
u. Dyer of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable Of
conveying the same to said United States. That the
o n from as ia rsar ot sae
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
and to said United States:
Wherefore, this applicant, in behalf OF said United
StateS respectfully prayS your Honor TO 0ruer notlce
of this application conormabe with the provisions
Of the Act of the Legislature Of the State OF Maine
entitled can act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain Of title to lands for sites of
ight stations the coast and waters of the State,
approved February 49, 1871, amended by an act en-
titled "An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fory-nne OF the private laws of one thousand eight
hun ired and seventy-one, relating to light houses,
approved February 20, 1877, to be published in
newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said tract
of land lies in each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
sci 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
day to be specified In said notice and file their obec-
tions if any they should have, to the proposed pur
cb, se
And this applicant, in behalf of said United States,
further prays, that on the return day specific in
said notice jury may be eInpanneed in the manner
provd. by law to 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 riatiou, 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
States of America good and absolute title 10 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