The Portland daily press., 1873-01-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
TO the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one Of the Justic of the Supreme Ju-
0lclal Court of the St1tp of Va.,sue.

one of the Justic 8 of the Supreme Ju-
aiciai Court of the state of Maine.
HNHE undersigned Maj han Webb, ATTORNEY of the
Il United States of America tor the District of
Maine duly authorized agent of said United States
Tor TINS purpose, respectfully represents that the
for the erection of fort and battery certain tract
of land situated in the town of Cape Ezabef h, in
the County of Cumberland, within the limits of the
State OF Maine particularly bounded and described
as toows:- BEGINNING at a copper bolt in rock ON
the southery side of the road leading from the
ty road to the Portland Head Light House. said cop
per bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county road known the shore d. thence
southeriy al right angles with said Light House
road seven hund ed and nineteen feet less t.
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall Is the southerly boundary of land or for
merll of Benjamin B. Dyer; thence easterlJ by said
stone wall about four hundred and twentyeght feet
to the sea shore; thence northeasterly by 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 shore at low water ine
thence westerly such proongaton of the sonther-
y side line Of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel of LAM containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner Of said de-
scribed tract of land is supposed TO be one Benjamin
b. Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, ami capable of
conveying the same to said United States. That the
SAID Benjamin b. Dyer, owner aforesaid OF said
tract OF land, from disagreement in regard to the
hhpplhcant and to the said United States unknown,
iand and sill refuses convey said tract of
IaIu 10 said United States;
wherefore, this applicant i'm bebaf of ea;d Trrited
States respectfully prays your Honor r. order notice
OF tnls appllcatlon conormabe with the nrovisions
OF the Act OF the Legislature of The State If Maine
entitled "An act for the renquishmenf ia tba Ined
States in certain OF title to lands for M
light stations the coast and Of the State
approved February Is, 1871, amended by act en-
| tlcled SAN Act to amend Chapter six hunlred and
forty-nne of the private laws OF one thousand eigh
hundred and seventy-one, relating to light houses,
| approved February 90 1872, to be published In som
newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said trac
of land lies in each week for the space OF fou
months, which notice shall contain an accurate de
| scription of said tract of land together with tn
| name of the supposed owner and shall require al
persons interested in said lands to forward on
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 il
| said notice jury may be empanneled in the manne
now provid, by law to the val of said trac
land at its fair market value, and all damages
tanned by the owner of the lands so appropriated b
reason of such appropriation, and that such othe
| and further proceedings may be had in pursuance
the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State
Maine as may be requisite to convey to said Unite
States of America good and absolute title TO tn
above described tract of land against all person
whatsoever; and so will ever pray.
| Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
the twenty-nnth day of October, A. d. 1872.
| NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District ,
| Maine.