The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-12
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton,
ono Of the Justices of the Supreme Ju.
dici0l Court of the State of Maine.


dicial Court of the State of Maine.
T1HE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney OF the
i United States of America tor the District of
Maine duly authorized agent of said United States
for this purpose, respectfully represents that the
United States aforesaid desirous Of 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 as Beginning nj at bolt in rock on
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, said cop
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county road known the shore road thence
road seven hundred and nineteen feet less to
copper bolt set in the line Of stone wall, which
merly of Benjamin B. Dyer thence easterly by said
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-
onged would strike the shore at low water line;
thence westerly such prolongalon of the souther
y side line of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel of land containing
about nine acres. That the sole owner of said de-
B. Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and capable of
conveying the same to said United States. That the
tract Of land, from disagreement in regard to the
price of the same, 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
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application conformable with the provisions
of the Ac of the Legislature of the State OF Maine
entitled San act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of tile to lands for sites of
fight stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved February 49, 1871 amended by an act en-
titled "An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine OF the private laws of thousand eight
hundred 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 lies in each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scription of said tract of land, together with the
name of the supposed owner, and shall require all
persons interested in said lands to forward
day to be specified in said notice and file their obec
tons, if any they should have to the proposed pur
chs Sc.
And this applicant in behalf of said United States,
further prays, that on the return day specified in
said notice jury may be empanneled in the manner
now provide by law to assess the value of said tract
ofand at its fair market value, and all damages
tained by the owner Of the lands appropriated by
reason Of such appropriation, and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in 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 ninth day of October. A. D. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney Of the United States for the District of
Maine.