The Portland daily press., 1873-01-15
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To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one of the Justic of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of the State OF Maine.

10 the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one of the Justic of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of tho State OF Maine.
fElHE undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney OF the
Il United States of America tor the District OF
Maine, duly authorized agent Of said United States
for this purpose respectfully represents that the
for the erection of frt and battery certain tract
of land situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth, in
the County of Cumberland, within the limits of the
State of Main- particularly bounded and described
as folows:- Beginning at copper bolt in a rock on
the southery side of the road leading from the coun-
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, said cop
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county road known as the shore no ~ thence
souhery at light angles with satd Lignt as Ou 80
a copper bolt set in the line OF stone wall, which
wall is the southerly boundary of land now or for
merly of Benjamin b. Dyer; thence easterly by sad
stone wall about four hundred and twenty-eight 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 line;
thence westerly on such proongailon OF the sohtner
ly side line of the road to the Light House to the first
boun Is; said described parcel of land containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner of said de-
scrbed tract of land is supposed to be one Benjamin
b. DYER of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable of
conveying the ime to said United States. That the
said Benjamin B. Dyer, owner as 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 retusesto convey said tract of
land to said Uni ed States:
Wherefore, this applicant, in behalf OF said United
states respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
OF this APPLICATION conformable 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
light stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved Feb uary IL, 1871 amended by an act en-
Titled An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty-nlne OF the private laws of thousand eight
hundred 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 land lies in each week for the space of four
months, which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scritien of said tract of land, together with the
name Of the supposed owner, and snail require all
persons interested in said lands to come forward on
day to be specified in said notice and file their obec-
ions, any they should have, to the proposed pur-
chase F
Ind this applicant, in behalf of said United States
Iur5her prays, that on the return day specifel in
SAID notice jury may be empannelled in the manner
now proVut by law to the val of said tract
OF lana at It's lair market value and all damages sus
talnod by the owner of the lands so Appropriated nv
reason OF such appro Ration, and that such other
ana further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
me aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State of
Siane as may be requisite to convey to said United
states OF America good and absolute title 10 the
ABOVE desc ibed tract of land against all mel sons
whatsoever; and SO will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the Comfy of C,,mbarl.pd
the twenty-ninth day of October. A. D. 1872
NATHAN WEBB
Attorney of the United States for the District of