The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-13
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one of the Justic of the Supreane Jn-
diCiuI Court of the Stair af riE.,i,te.

diciaI Court of the STATE OF Maine.
f1NHE undersigned, han Webb Attorney OF the
= United States of America for the District OF
Mane, duly authorized agent OF said United STATES
ior this purpose, respectfully represents that ihe
United States aforesaid are DESTROYS f purchasing
Tor the erection of fort and battery certain iaoe
OF land situated in the town of Cape EilzaDeln, III
the County of Cumberland, within the limits Oh the
State of Maine, particularly bounded and described
as foows:- Beginning at copper bolt In rock on
the southerly side of the road leading from the coun
ty road to he Portland Head L hgnd 1se saa cop
from the county known as the shore road thence
soueherly at light, angles with said Light House
a copper bolt set in the line of stone wall which
wall is the southerly boundary of land now or for
stone wall about four hundred and twentve1Tt foot
to the sea shore; thence northeasterly bv 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 sea shore at low water line
thence westerly such prolongalon of the sonther
y side line OF the road to the Light House to the first
pounis; sad described parcel of lanl containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner of sail de,
scrlbed tract OF land is supposed to be one BENJAMIN
ID. Dyer, OF Cape Elizabeth aforesaid and capable of
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
applicant and to the sail 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 conormable with the provisions
entitled IAN act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States In certain cases of title to lands for sites of
llght stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved February Is, 1871 amended by an act en-
Titled An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty-nine OF the private laws of one thousand eight
hunlred and seventy-one, relating to light houses
approved February 90 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract
OF lani lies once in each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrlptlon OF said tract of land together with the
name OF the supposed owner, and shall reauire ali
persons interested in said lands to come forward on n
DAY to be specified in said notice and file their objec-
chase. ii'0 P
And this applicant, in behalf Of sail United States
further prays, that the return day specitied in
said noticef jury may be empannelled in the manner
now provide by law to the val of said tract
oflaDd at its fair market value and all damages sus-
tained by the of the lands SO appropriated by
reason Of such approl 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
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. ID. 1872
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of
Maine.