The Portland daily press., 1873-02-19
To the Honorable Charles ". Waiton,
s0ne Of the j Justices Of the S1Pr1mc > q.
dicial Court of the State OF N1a1nes

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dicinl Court of the sinie Of Maine.
vUyHE undersigned Nathan Webb Attorney OF the
Maine duly authorized agent OF said United States
for this purpose, respectfully represents that the
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 I'M limits OF tns
the southery side Of the road leading from the coun-
PEI bolt being about eleven Hundred feet distant
from the county road known as the shore rold thence
southerly at right angles with said Light House
a copper bolt set in the line of stone WALL which
will is the southerly boundary Of Land now or for
merly of Benjamin B. Dyer; thence easterly by said
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-
longed would strike the sea shore at low water line;
thence westerly such prolongalon Of the souther
side line Of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel Of land containing
scrbed tract Of land issupposed 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;s 81 Zu,I ggIlL
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 to the United
States IN certain of title to lands for sites of
light stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved February Is, 1871 amended by an act en-
titled "An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine OF the private laws OF thousand eight
hundred 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, in each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scription of said tract of land, together with the
name OF the supposed owner, aud shall require all
persons interested in said lands to come forward
day to be specified in said notice and file their obec
tions 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 notice jury may be empannelled in the manner
now provi d by law to assess the vale of said tract
ofland at its fair market value and all damages sus
tanned by the owner 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 10 the
above described tract OF land against all pei
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
Moin