The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-14
D. W. FEssENDEN, Clerk.
To the Honorable Charies w. Walton
one of the Ju stices of the supreme j N-
1iciaI Court of the State of Maine.

d1claI Court OIL tine Stnfc OF NluIMcs
The undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney of the
United States OF America for the District of Maine
uiy authorized agent of said United States for this
purpose, respectfully represents that the United
ates aforesaid DESTROYS of purchasing for the
erection of fort and battery certain tract of land
situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth in the Coun-
ty OF Cumberland, within the limits Of the State Of
ows:-Begnninga the shore at the Northeastery
CT 10. OF iaud recently conveyed to the Unit
States by Asa T. Webster, and the Southeasterly
corner of the parcel of land described in and conveyed
by deed from Asa L. Webster to George c. Thomp-
Son, dated March 23d 1910 and recorded in Cumber-
land Registry OF Deeds, Book 216, Page 1885, thence
by the division line between said two pieces of land
Westerly tytwo rods and venks; thence, still fol-
lowing said division line, North Westerly with in
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
and thirty minutes ten rods to copper bolt set In
the ledge; thence, North Easterly with an included
angie of one hundred and thirtyeight degrees four
hun lred and forty-eight feet more less to cop
per bolt set in rock thence North Eastery with an
included angle of hundred and twenty-sx degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more OF less 10 low
water mark thence by low water mark following the
land containing about thirteen acres. p00' -
That the sole owner OF said described tract Of
land is supposed to be one George. Thompson, a
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable OF coI-
veying the same to the said United States
Tn the said George c, Thompson, owner as aiore-
said said tract of land from disagreement in re-
gard to the price of the same, from some other
to this applicant and to he said United States
sail tract of lan1 to sail United States
Wherefore this applicant in behalf Of said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application confomable with the provisions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State Of Maine
titled San Act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
light stations on the coast and waters IF the State'
approved February Is, 1871, as amended by an act
entitled can Act TO amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine of the private laws of thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one, relating light houses
approved February 90 1872 to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract of
and lies once in each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrpion said tract of land together with the name
of the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to forward on a iay 10
be specified in said notice and file their objections if
any they should have, to the proposed purchase
And this applicant. in behalf of said United States,
fur her prays that the return day specified In said
notice. jury may be empanneled in the manner
now provided by law to the value of said tract
of land at its fair market value and all damages sus-
taiDed by the owner Of the lands SO appropriated by
reason of such appropriation; and that such other
ana further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the Aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State of
Main may be requisite to convey to said United
State of Anne ria good and absolute title to the
above esoribcd 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,