The Portland daily press., 1873-01-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one of the Justic of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of the State of Maine.

dicial Court of the State of Maine.
TTNHE undersigned Nathan Webb Attorney OF the
4 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 tne
State of Maine S1 aia IN rock on
the southerly side of the road leading from the eo
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, saia top
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet oi inne
from the county road known as the shore road hence
southerly at right angles with sara re or less to
road seven hundred and nineteen feet more m L;L
copper bolt set in the line of st1nGe now or for
wall is the southerly boundary OF aaeev bn sod
merly of BENJAMIN B. Dyer; and twentyes6t feet
to the sea shore; thence northeasteriy by the sea
shore the point whsTGe TO the Tieht slue ne OF
anged would strike the sea shore at low water line
begce westerly such prolongatlon of the souther
v side line the road to the Light House to the first
honnds; said described parcel of land containing
about nine acres That the sole owner of said de-
scribed TRACT OF land is supposed to be one Benjamin
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
pr,cS OF tne 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
land to said United States;
Wherefore, this applicant, in behalf of said United
states respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
OF this application conformable with the provisions
VI fACt VI tne Legislature OF state OF MAINE
entitled can act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
light stations the coast and waters of the State"
approved February IS, 1871 as amended by act en-
titled San Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty-nne OF the private laws of thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one, relating to light heuses
approved February 90 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-
scrition 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
day to be specified in said notice and file their obec
tions 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 empannelledin the manner
provide by law to the value of said tract
ofland at its fair market value, and all damages
tanned by the of the lands so 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 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.