The Portland daily press., 1873-04-02
To ahe Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one OF the Sustie of the Supreme Ju-
Gtcia1 Cont of the state of JEaIne

To she Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one OF the Sustie of the Supreme ia.
diciaI Cont of the state of JEaine
fssHE undersigned Nathan Webb, Attorney OF the
4 United States of America Tor the District Of
Maine, duly au hoIized agent of said United states
for this purpose, respectfully represents tbat Tue
Uni ed States aforesaid DESTROYS u purcnasipS
for the of fcrt and battery certain IfaS,
of land situated in the town of Cape Enzape 81 he
the County OF Cumberland within t9e md described
State Of Main, particularly bounded anu roct on
as foilows:- Beginning at copper DOL ~ con
the southery side of the road leaahg oa said CON-
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, saiu EFT
ny, holt b,ing about eleven hundred feet DISTANT
from the county known as the sh4io ;t TonSe
road seven hnnd cd and feet more or less %
q copper bolt set In The line OF SLone .,' VIZ e.
merl, of Benjamin b. Dyer; thence easteriJ by said
stone wall about four hundred and feet
to the sea shore; thence nortleasteriy ny ne sea
,he road from county road to the Light House pro-
iongeJ would strike the sea shore at low water line;
G1ca westerl, on such prolongaton of the souther-
v side line of the road the Light House to the first
houn IS; said described parcel OF lani containing
about nine acres. Thai the sole owner of said de-
scribed tract Of land is supposed TO be one BENJAMIN
b. Dyer of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable of
conveying the me TO said United States. That the
said Benjamin b. Dyer, owner as aforesaid OF said
price of the same or from other cause to this
applicant and to the said United States unknown
hath refused and still refuses convey said tract Of
and to said U nj ed States; AfA
wherefore, this applicant, in behalf OF said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
Of this APP ication contornable with the provisions
of the Act of the Legislature of the State OF Maine
entitled "An act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sizes of
hght stations the coast and waters of the State
approved uary Is, 1871 amended by an act en-
titled IAN Act TO ameud Chapter six hundred and
forty-nine OF the private laws of thousand eight
hun red and seventy-one, relating to light houses
approved February 20, 1872 to be published in
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract
Of and lies once in each week for the space of four
mon his, which notice shall contain accurate de-
scri lion of said tract Of land, together with the
name of the supposed owner, and sDall require all
persons interested in said lands to come forward on
day to be specified in said notice and file their objec
TONS if any they should have to the proposed pur
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And this applicant in behalf of said United States,
further prays, that on the return day specified in
said notice jury may be empannelled in the manner
provide by law to assess the val OF said tract
of land its fair market value, and all damages sus-
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 of the Legislature of the State Of
Maine as 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. ID 1872.
"a NATHAN WEBB.
Attorney Of the United States for the District of
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