The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-01

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diciai Court of the State of Maine.
The undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney of the
United States Of America, for the District of Maine
duly authorized agent of said United States for this
purpose, respectfully represents that the United
States aforesaid DESTROYS of purchasing for the
erection Of tort and battery certain tract of land
ty OF Cumberland, within the limits of the State Of
Maine, particularly bounded and described as fol-
the sea shore at the Northeasterly
corner CT lot OF land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster and the Southeasterly
corner OF the parcel ofand described in and
by deed from Asa L. Webster to George c. Tbomp-
son, dated March 3d. 1919 and recorded in Cumber-
land Registry OF Deeds Book PIG, Page 465 thence
BY the division line between said two pieces of land
westerly hfty-two rods and five links; thence still fol-
lowing said division line, North Westerly with an in
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
ana thirty minutes ten rods to copper bolt set in
the ledge; thence, North Easterly with an included
angle Of one hundred and thirty EIGHT degrees four
hundred and forty -eight feet more less to a cop
per bolt set in rock thence North Eastery with an
included angle of one hundred and twenty-sx degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more or less to low
water mark; thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first bounds: said described parcel of
land containing about thirteen acres.
That the sole owner of said described tract of
resident Of said Cape Elizabeth and capable Of con-
veNing the same to the said United States.
inat tne sald George q thompson owner as afore-
gard to the price of the same, or from some other
cause to this applicant and to he said United States
said tract of land to said United States
Wherefore this applicant in behalf of said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
OF this application conormable with the provisions of
the Act OF the Legislature of the State Of Maine en-
titled AN Act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title lands for sites of
light stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved February Is, 1871 as amended by an act
entitled AN Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
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 to where said tract of
land hes once in each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrion OF said tract of land together with the name
OF the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to come forward on day to
be specified in said notice and file their objections if
any they should have, to the proposed purchase.
prays, that on the return day specified in said
notice. a jury may be empannelled in the manner
now provided by law to the value of said tract
OF land at its fair market value and all damages sus
tanned by the owner Of the lands so appropriated by
reason OF such appropriation; and that such other
anu 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 Anne ria, 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-ninth day Of October, A. D. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of
Maine, -