The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-02-15
To the Honorable Charles w, w.v,.u
one Of the Justices Of the Supreme liz
diciai Court of the State of Iinin. S"-

fIIHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, ATTORNEY a, IN.
y 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 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
Az as snthrv s M az r COPPER Dot IN rock on
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, said cop
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county road known the shore road thence
southerly at right 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 the southerly boundary of land now or for
mery of Benjamin b. Dyer; thence easterly 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-
longed would strike the shore at low water line
w side ne Of b on ~ Oh ns
bounds; said described parcel of land containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner of said de-
scribed tract of land is supposed to be Benjamin
3. Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid and capable of
conveying the same to said United States. That the
tract of land, from disagreement in regard to the
price OF the same or from some other cause to this
applicant and to the said United States unknown,
and to said United States;
Wherefore, this applicant, in behalf OF said United
yoI order RScs
of the Act of the Legislature of the State Of Maine
entitled San act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
fight stations the coast and waters of the State'
approved February 49, 1871, amended by an act en-
titled San 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, and shall require al
persons interested in said lands to forward
day to be specified in said notice and file their objec-
tons, if any they should have, to the proposed pur
chase.
And this applicant, in behalf of said United States
further prays, that on the return day specified In
said notice jury may be empanneledi in the manner
provide by law to the value of said tract
ofland at its fair market value, and all damages
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
the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State
Maine as may be requisite to convey to said United
States of America a 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 ninth day of October, A. d. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney Of the United States for the District Of