The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
To the Honorable Charles w. Wait0n,
one of the Justices OF the supreme Su.
dycs1I I,nurf nj the State of NAa1nes

"ue of the Justices Of the Supreme Ju-
dicini Court of the State of Maine.
rUyHE undersigned Nathan Webb Attorney OF the
limited States of America tor the District of
Maine a duly authorized agent OF said United States
FIR 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, III
the County of Cumberland, within the limits Of the
State of Maine particularly bounded and described
as folows:- Beginning at copper bolt in a rock on
the southerly side of the road leading from the
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, said cop
pc, bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county known the shore road thence
southerly at right angles with said Light House
road hundred and nineteen feet more or less to
a copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall is the southerly boundary of land now for
ana
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 such prolongatlon 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-
scribed tract of land is supposed to be one Benjamin
u. Dyer of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid and capable OF
conveying the same 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 tsact of
Wherefore, this applicant, in behalf OF said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application cOnf0rmabe with the provisions
of the 'Act of the Legislature of the State OF Maine
entitled An act for REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites Of
fight stations the coast and waters of the State,
approved February 49, 1871, amended by act en-
Titled "An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty-nne OF the private laws of one thousand eight
hun ired and seventyone, relating to light houses,
approved February 20, 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to whore 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 come forward on
day to be specified in said notice and file their obec
ons, if any they should have, to the proposed pur
cb; 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
provide by law to the value of said tract
of land 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 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 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 tho United States for the District of
Maine