The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-14

dicfal 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 are desirous of purchasing for the
erection of fort and battery certain tract of land
situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth, in the Coun
ty OF Cumberland, within the limits of the State Of
Maine. particularly bounded and described as fol
ows-Beginninga the shore at the Northeasterly
CT 10. of land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster and the Sou.heasterly
of the parcel of land described in and conveyed
by a deed from Asa I. Webster to George G. Thomp-
son, dated March 23d ls49 and recorded in Cumber-
land Registry OF Deeds, Book 216, Page 1885, thence
by the division line between said two pieces of land
Westerly fftytwo rods and five links; thence still fol-
lowing said division line, North Westerly with an in
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
and thirty minutes ten rods to copper bolt set in
the ledge; thence, North Easterly with included
angle Of one hundred and thirty degrees four
hundred and forty-eight feet more less to cop
per bolt set in rock thence North Easterly with
Included angle of one hundred and twenty degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more OF less to low
water mark thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first bounds said described parcel of
land containing about thirteen acres.
That the sole owner of said described tract of
land is supposed to be one George c.. Thompson, a
resident Of said Cape Elizabeth and capable OF con-
veying the same to the said United States.
That the said George G, Thompson, owner as afore-
said of said tract of land from disagreement. in
gard to the price. Of the same or 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 said United States.
WuerelOIe luis dppllcant IN DeudI VI sdlu Oulteu
States, respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application confomable with the pre- visions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State of Maine
titled 'An 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, as amended by an act
entitled San Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty-nine of the private laws of thousand eight
hundred and seventy relating to light houses
approved February 20, 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract of
and lies, once in each week for the space of four
months, which notice shall contain accurate de-
scrption OF said tract of land together with the
of the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to come forward on day to
be specified in said notice and file their objections if
any they should have, to the proposed purchase
And this applicant, in behalf of said United States
further prays that the day specified in said
notice, a ju,y may be empannelled in the manner
now provd I'd by law, to the value of said tract
Of land at its fair market value and all damages sus-
taiDed by the owner of the lands SO appropriated by
reason Of such appropriation; and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State
Maine may be requisite to convey to said United
State of Anne ria, good and absolute title to the
above escrbcd tract of land against all persons
whatsoever: and so will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
the tw enty ninth day of October, A. D. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District Of
Mai0