The Portland daily press., 1873-01-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
se ne ef the Justic of the Supreme Ju-
"scaal Court af the Slale Of Maine.

aai Court of the State Of Maine.
"E Undersigned, Maj han Webb, Attornev OF the
e me-, duly aui horized aeenl Of said United States
United respectfully represents that the
for the erection of I'd are desirous If purchasing
M iand situated in the town of ca 1s,nhnh =,
Siete nf Gl Cumberland within the limits of the
sac @ oi Siain pirticularly bounded and asI % s
as folows;. Begnnng at a ropper bai, ~ described
the southerly side of the road leading fr rock on
ty road to the Portland Head Light Hnus tne eoun-
per bolt being about eleven hundred fsat u pa cop
nom the county road known as the shore ro "a teant
soutnerly at iyht angles with said Light Hoase
roau seven hnnd ed and nj eteen feet more or lcss
copper bolt set in the line of a stone wall whih
wall is the southerly boundary of land now or for
merls OF bep1ahin b. Dyer; thence easterlt by said
stone II about four hundred and t enty-eis6 6t feet
to the sea shore; thence nortteasterly by lie ses
shore 20 the point where the southeriy side lin of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
longed would strike the sea shore,at low water ne.
thence wester such prolongaion of the soat lar,
y side line Of the road to the Lgh House to the first
D0un IS; said escribed parcel of Ian containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner of sal de-
scrbed tract # land is supposed to be one BeDjamin
u Dyer Of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid and capable of
conveying the : me to sail Unit-d States Th,t III.
said b .njamn b. Dyer, owner as aforesai O. said
tsact OF land, from disagreement in regar to the
price of the same or from me other cause tn tbis
applicant and to the sail United States unknown,
hath refused and still refuses convey said tract OF
land to said Uni ei States:
wherefore, this applicant, in behalf OF said United
States respe tfu prays your Honor to order notice
of this application, confrmable with the provisions
Of the Act of the Legislature of the tate of Maine
entitled "An act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the Uni ed
States in certain Of title to lands for sites of
hsnt stations the coast and waters Of the State
spH9vea Feb uary Is, 1871, amended by act
s, si.u An Act TO amend Chapier six hundred and
ine OF the private laws of thousand eight
, anu T seventy-0ne relating to light houses"
reoraary 20, 1872, to be published in some
uew spalsl IN fortland, nearest to where said tract
OF ar nes once IN each week for the STAGE of four
mon rs, which notice shall contain an accnrata de-
scn tion of said tract of land. tooathsr w;tS ~.
name Of the supposed owner, aud sail reonrs ali ali
persons interested in said lands to come sIrd - ~,
day to be specified in said notice and tsl tb; IN
ons, If any they should have to the pronosad @
ch sse. $3.50 .a P'poeeo pur-
And this applicant in behalf of said United st..o
further prays that on the return day speciae II;
said notice jury may be empannelled in the nannar
now provide by Jaw to the val of said tract
OF land at its fiir market value and all damages ,ns
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 of
the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State of
Maine as may be requisite to convey to said United
States of America good and absolute title 10 the
above desc ibed tract # land against all pei sons
whatsoever; and so will ever pray. .l----
Dated at Portland in the County of Cumberland,
the twenty7ninth day of October. A. d 1872.
.s.,t,--;4s III. 80. NATHAN WEBB.
Attorney of the United States for the District of
81 Maine. nW .T1lgTf .afeI ~ \ -