The Portland daily press., 1873-03-10
D. W. FEssENDEN. Clerk.
TO the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the Justic es of the Supreme u.
sIicial Court of the State of Nainc.


slicial Court of the State of Maine.
The undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney of the
United States of America, for the District OF Nlaine
duly authorized agent of said United States for this
States aforesaid desirous of purchasing for the
erection of fort and battery certain tract of land
ty Of Cumberland, within the limits Of the State Of
Maine particularly bounded and described as fol-
the shore at the Northeasterly
cf lot of land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster, and the SOutheasterly
of the parcel land described in and conveyed
by deed from Asa I. Webster to George 9. Thomp-
son, dated March 23d, 1849 and recorded in Cumber
land Registry OF Deeds Book 216, Page 465, thence
by the division line between said two pieces of land
lowing said division line, North Westerly with an in
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
and thirty minutes ten rods to copper bolt set in
the ledge thence, North Easterly with included
angle Of one hundred and thirty degrees four
hundred and forty-eight feet more or less to cop
per bolt set in rock thence North Easterly with an
included angle of oe hundred and twenty six degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more or less TO low
water mark thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first boundsi said described parcel of
land containing about thirteen acres. fE
That the sole owner of said described tract of
land is supposed to be one George c. Thompson,
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable OF con-
veying the same to the said United States. srd M
That the said George G, Thompson, owner as afore-
said of said tract of land, from disagreement in
gard to the price of the same, or from some other
to this applicant and to The said United States
unknown. hath refused and still refuses to convey
Wherefore this applicant in behalf OF said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application conormabe with the pre- visions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State of Maine,
titled 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 as amended by an act
entitled San Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine of the private laws Of thousand eight
hundred and seventy zone, relating to light houses
approved February 20, 1872, to be published in
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract of
and lies, once in each week for the space of four
months, which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrpon 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 objectiops, if
any they should have, to the proposed purchase.
And this applicant in behalf of said United States,
further pravs that the return day specified in said
notice, a jury may be empannelled In the manner
provid ed by law to the value of said tract
of land at its fair market value and all damages
tanned by the owner of the lands so 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
State of Anne riea 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. ID. 1872.
'1'"N-' -77'Ef NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District Of
Maine