The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-17
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one Of the Justicrs Of tho Suprcme ia.
SIicial Court of the Stale of Maine

s~d1Cl0l Court OF tine STATE OF N18lnc
rTvHE undersigned, Maj han Webb, Attorney OF the
Maine duly au hoized agent Of said United States
fr this purpose, respectfully represents that the
United States aforesaid are desirous If purchasing
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 foliows:- Beginning at copper bolt in rock on
the southerly 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 known as the shore thence
southerly at tight angles with said Light House
road seven hnnd ed and nineteen feet less to
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall Is the southery boundary of land now or for
merly of Benjamin B. Dyer thence easterly by said
stone wall about four hundred and 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-
thence westerly on such prolongaiion Of the sonther
N side line of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel of lant containing
scrbed tract Of land is supposed to be Benjamin
B. Dyer, Of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable of
conveying the same 70 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 refuses to convey said tract of
and 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 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, az amended by act
titled "An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine OF the private laws Of thousand eight
hun red and seventy-one, relating to light houses"
approved February 20 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said tract
of land 1es in each week for the space of four
mont bs which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scr tion of said tract of land, together with the
name of the supposed owner, and shall require all
persons interested in said lands to forward on
day to be specified in said notice and file their objec
tions If any they should have, to the proposed pur
CHI Sc
And this applicant, in behalf of said United States,
further prays, that on the return day specified in
said notice jury may be empannelled in the
now provide by law to assess the val of said tract
ofland at its fair market value and all damages
tanned by the of the lands appropriated by
reason Of such appro riation 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 good and absolute title 10 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 ninth day of October. A. d. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB
Attorney Of the United States for the District of
Maine.