The Portland daily press., 1873-03-28
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one OF the justices of the Supreme Ju-
dlCi1I COurt of the Sfofe of MHiue


dlcfal Court of the State of Maine
IFVHE undersigned Nathan Webb, Attorney OF the
a United States of America Tor the DlstricG o.
Maine duly authorized agent OF said Onlted Sla hs
fr this purpose, respectfully represents that ; sne
United States aforesaid DESTROYS u purcn t3
for the erection of f.rt and battery Serut i;
the County of Cumberland within tne Li 5 VI
State of Maine particularly bounded anu ussei i
e saunerly side Of tie road leading from the eoun-
ty road to he Portland Head Lignt n9u st SAT-
pei bolt being about eleven n , aor o u thenne
from the county known as the shore 70 a. 19ence
southerlv at light angles with said Light houso
road seven hnnd ed and nineteen feet more OF ess 70
conner bolt set in the line OF stone wall, wnlcn
wall is the southerly boundary OF land now or Tor,
merly of Benjamin b. Dyer; thence easterlJ 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 southerly side line Of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
lopged would strike the sea shore at low water line
thence westerly such proongalon of the southrr-
ly side line of the road the Light House to the first
about nine acres. That the sole owner of sail de-
scrbed tract of land is supposed to be one Benjamin
b. 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 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 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 Maine
entitled San act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain cases of title to lands for sites Of
ight stations the coast and waters Of the State
approved Feb uary Is, 1871 amended by an act en-
| titled SAN Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty-nne OF the private laws of thousand eight
hun ired and seventy-one, relating to light houses
approved February 90 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 fouI
mon his, which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scri ton 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 be specified in said notice and file their obec-
ions if any they should have to the proposed pur-
| cb:
And this applicant in behalf of said United States
further prays that on the return day specified in
said notice jury may be empanneled in the manner
now provd, by law to assess the val Of said tract
land at its fair market value, and all damages
tanned by the owner of the lands appropriated by
reason Of such appro Ration, and that such Other
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance O
the aforesaid of the Legislature of the State
Maine as may be requisite to convey to said United
States Of America good and absolute title to thu
| above described tract of land against all person
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 tho United States for the District