The Portland daily press., 1873-03-24

diciaI Court of the State Of Maine.
The undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney of the
United States of America, for the District of Maine,
duly authorized agent of said United States for this
purpose, respectfully represents that the United
States aforesaid DESTROYS of purchasing for the
sitated in the town of Cane Elizabeth in the Conn
ty OF Cumberland, within the limits of the State of
Maine, particularly bounded and described as io-
lows-Begnninga the shore at the Northeasterly
CT 10. of land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster, and the Southeasterly
of the parcel land described in and conveyed
by deed from Asa L. Webster to George c. Thomp-
son, dated March 23d, 1s49 and recorded in Cumber
land Registry OF Deeds, Book 216 Page 49, thence
by the division line between said two pieces of and
Westerly ffty-two rods and five links; thence still fol-
lowing said division line North Westerly with in
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
the ledge; thence, North Eastery with an included
angle of one hundred and thirty-eight degrees four
hundred and forty-eight feet more or less to cop
per bolt set in rock thence North Easterly with an
Included angle of hundred and twenty-six degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more OF less TO low
water mark thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first bnunls said described parcel of
land containing about thirteen acres.
That the sole owner OF said described tract of
resident Of said Cape Elizabeth ana canahla II nnn
veying the same to the said United States
said of said tract of land, rom disagreement in 70
gard to the price of the same from some other
to this applicant and to he said United States
unknown. hath refused and still refuses to convey
said tract of land to sal | Untel States.
Wherefore this applicant in behalf OF said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application conformabe with the pre- visions
the Act of the Legislature of the State of Maine en-
titled San Act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites OF
light stations the coast and waters of the State,
approved February Is, 1871, amended by an act
entitled can Act to amend Chapter six hundred anG
forty nine of the private laws of thousand eight
hundred anil seventy relating to light houses,
approved February 90 1872 to be published in somt
newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said tract
and lies, once in each week for the space of foul
mouths which norice shall contain accurate de.
scrpon said tract of land together with the
of the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to come forward day to
be specified in said notice and file their objectiops il
any they should have, to the proposed purchase.
And this applicant. In behalf OF said United States
further pravs that the return day specified in said
notice, a ju y may be empannelled in the manner
proviJ d by law to the value of said tract
of land at its fair market value and all damages
taiDed by the of the lands appropriated by
reason Of such appropriation; and that such other
an further proceedings may be had in pursuance OF
the aforesaid acts of The Legislature of the State
Main may be requisite to convey to said United
State of Anne ria, good and absolute title to the
above escribed tract of land against all persons
whatsoever: and so will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
the tive nty-ninth day Of October, A. D. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District o
Maine,