The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-06
the Honorable Charles w. Wa ton +.
SnS o. The Justic of the Supreme Ju-
"'cAai court of the stair of iaaIue.

r. uhaeersigned, MAJ han Webb, Attornev OF the
M,;re vi oa'ss Of Anne lea or the Distr ct Of
this nur,os a n ~, agent of id Unded states
Uni ed States aferes id sir desinn onh. tne
of p u in iba town AN, bait cert in tract
the Coun of Cumberlan l. within th Ezabe b. IN
State Of Main rlicuary bounde,d dssc or tag
70 lows lie inning at Upper b,lrn EST
the s)utielly side of the no nj eang froi. H. On
ty road to the Portland Head Light House. Sd oan
per bolt being ab,ut eleven hundred feet DIE
from the county ROAD KIN the sh lie d, tbeii
southerly At light angles with said Light House
road seven hrnf ell ard nj ieeen feet more or less
ac,,pper bolt set in tn, line of stone wall, which
wallis the southerly bum larry of land now for
merry of Bellja "in b. Dyer; thence easter by said
stone Il alb ,ut fur hundred AMI entyei lit feet
to the shore; the II prt, easterly by lie
shore the pint where the southeriy side lin of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
llnged would strike the shore 1t low water ue;
thence westerl on such pr ,ongllon of the s)"t
y 81 line of the road to the Ligh Ho to the first
bnun 49, said escribed parcel of Ian ntaining
abous nine acres. That tie sole ownsr of sal de-
scribed tract land is supposed to be one Berjami
u. Dyer of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, capable of
conveying thes me to sail Unit States. Til III,
said MAN B Dyer owner as al )resai o. said
t,act of land, fom disagreement in rrgrl to the
price of tue same, or from me otter TO this
applicant and to the sal Unirel Sites unknown,
hath refused an still ret convey said tract of
Ian to said Uni States;
wherefore, this Applicant in behalf OF said Uni ed
states respe tfull ays your Honor TO order notice
OF this applica N, nformable with the provisions
of the Act of the Legislature of the tate of Nane
entitled AN act for relin ushment to the Uni ed
States in certain of tile lands for 81 es of
light stations on the coast and waters of the State"
approved Feb uary Is, 1871, amended by act en-
It'll ii IAN ACE TO amend CHAP, er six hun ired and
f'ry-nine Of the private laws of thousand eight
hun lred and seventy-one, relating 10 Zig houses
approved February 90 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portl lid, nearest to where said tract
of Ian lies once in each week for the space of four
m IN his which n)Cice shall contain an accurate de-
scri zion of said tract Of land, toge her with the
name of the supposed owner, and all require all
pers ms interested in said inds inward ON
day to be specified in sail notice and Tile their obec-
tons, any they should have, to the proposed pur-
CHI ise.
And this applicant in behalf of sail United States,
further prays, that on the return day specific in
sal nDticeS jury may be empannelle in the manner
now provide by law to ASSESS the val of said tract
or land at its fir market value and all damages sus-
tanned Dy 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 acts of the Legislature of the State of
Maine as may be requisite to convey TO said United
s ates OF America good and absolute title to the
above desc ibed tract 1T land against all pei sons
whatsoever; and so will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the CDunty of Cumberland
the twenty -nin h day of October. A. ID 1872
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of
Maine.