The Portland daily press., 1873-02-25
To the Honorable Charles w. Waaf0n,
ono of the Justices OF the supreme 0u.
<,f 2tQte of Maine,

| diciaI Court of the stnfe OF HAoIne'
Mepo 3o e Of ta S
Maine duly authorized agent OF said United States
for this parpose respectfully represents that The
for the erection of fort 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 Maine, particularly bounded and described
as follows:, Beginning at copper bolt in rock on
the sogherIy side Of the road leading from the coun-
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county road known as the shore 3D. thence
road hundred and nineteen feet more or less to
a copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall is the southery boundary Of land now or for,
stone wall about four hundred and twentyeght feet
to the sea shore; thence northeasterly by the 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 proongatlon Of the souther
y side line of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel of lanl containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner of sail de-
scrbed tract Of land is supposed to be one Benjamin
B. Dyer of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable Of
conveying the same to said United States. That the
act % yam from a. IA q sac
price Of the same, or from some other cause to this
applicant and to the said United States unknown,
hath refused and still refuses to convey said tract of
and to said United States;
Wherefore, this applicant in behalf OF said United
of this application, conformable with the provisions
of the Act of the Legislature of the State OF Maine
entitled IAN act f0r the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
ight stations the coast and waters Of the State"
approved February Is, 1871, as amended by act en-
titled can Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty OF the private laws Of thousand eight
hun red and seventyone relating to light houses"
approved February 20 1872 to be published IN some
newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said tract
Of land les once each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrption of said tract of land, together with the
name 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 obec
tions if any they should have, to the proposed pur
cb; re. ee
And this applicant in behalf of said United States,
further prays, that on the return day specified in
said noticer jury may be empannelled in the manner
now provide by law to the val of said tract
ofland at its fair market value, and all damages
tainod by the owner of the lands 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 Of
Maine as may be requisite to convey to said United
States of America a good and absolute title to the
above described tract OF land against all persons
whatsoever; and SO will ever pray. sea
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland,
the twenty ninth day of October. A. d. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney Of the United States for the District of
Maine.