The Portland daily press., 1873-03-06
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one Of the Justices of the Supreme Ju-
diciuI Courf of the Saate of Maine. .R

tElHE undersigned, Nat han Webb, Attorney OF the
United States Of America tor the District of
Maine. duly authorized agent of said United States
FIR this purpose, respectfully represents that the
United States aforesaid desirous If purchasing
for the erection of frt and battery certan tract
of land situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth in
the County of Cumberland, within the limits of the
State of Maine particularly bounded and described
as folows:, BEGINNING at copper bolt in rock on
the southerly sidcof the road leading from the
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, said cop
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
southerly at right angles with said Light House
road seven hund ed and nineteen feet less
copper bolt set in the line of a stone wall which
wall is the southerly boundary of land now or for
merly of Benjamin B. Dyer; thence easterly by said
stone wall about four hundred and twentyeight feet
to the sea shore; thence northeasterly by tie sea
shore to the point where the southerly side line of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
longed would strike the shore at low water line;
thence westerly such prolonga lon of the soather
ly side line of the road to the Light House ote first
boun Is; said described parcel of Ian containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner of said de-
scribed tract # land is supposed to be one Benjamin
B Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable of
conveying the me to said United States Thlt the
said Benjamin b. Dyer, owner aforesaid of said
tract of land, from disagreement in regard to the
price of the same, or from some other cause to this
applicant and to the said United States unknown,
hath refused and still refuses convey said tract of
and to said Uni oil States: i.+i
Wherefore, this applicant in behalf OF said United
States prays your Homer TO order notice
of this application, confarmable with the provisions
OF the Act of the Legislature of the State OF Maine
entitled San act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
ight stations the coast and waters of tie State
approved February S, 1871, az amended by an act en-
titled can Act to amend Chapter six hunllred and
farty-nine OF the private laws of thousand eight
hun red and seventy-one, relating to lig houses,
approved February 2O 1872, to be published In
newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said tract
of Ian liessonce in each week for the space of fonr
mon hs. which notice shall contain an accurate de-
sci lion of said tract Of land, together with the
name of the supposed owner, and saal require all
persons interested in said Dds TO come forward
day be specified in said notice and lille their obec-
tons if any they should have, to the proposed pur
ch: Nt4A ttsl55 ,19a4la ,ff.AIEfl 81 ~ :.
And this applicant, in behalf of said United States,
further prays, that on the return day specific in
said notices Jury may be empannelled in the manner
provide by law to the val of said tract
oKland ut It's fair market value, and all damages
tainod by the of the lands appropriated by
reason Of such a.pro riation, and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the aforesaid of the Legislature of the State of
Maine as may be requisite to convey to said United
States of America good and absolute title TO 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 nth day of October. A. D. 1872. r !,
IN -sr r.e NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney Of the United States for the District of