The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-13
D. w. FESSENDEN, Clerk.
Ta she Honorable Charles W. Walron
enc Of the Justicss Of the Ssspreme ,bu-
diclaa COnrt OF the State sf yEnine


The undersigned Nathan Webb Attorney of tho
Gnted States OF Aaaerica for the District of Maine
duly authorized agent of said United States for this
purpose, respectfully represents that the United
states aforesaid are DESTROYS of purchasing for the
erection of fort and battery certain tract of Iasi
situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth in tbe Can
ty OF Cumberland, within the limits of the STATE Of
Maine, particularly bounded and described as fel
-Beginnngat the shore at the Northeas!or Nv
corner CT lot OF land recently conveyed to the u,
ed States by Asa T. Webster. and the Southern LII,
corner of the parcel Of land described in and cor ven
SON, dated March 3d. 1Sa9 and recorded in :c notp
land Registry OF Deeds, Book 218, Page 81 thamco
Westerly rods and five links; n ence Sin 81 f
lowing said division line, North We rlv With AN in
eiGdeh angle of one hundred an eighteen degrees
the ledge; thence, North Ea tcrly with an included
angle ~ hundred and .nirty eight degrees four
n.nIred and forty eight feet more or less to con-
per bolt set in rock nence North Easterly with an
Included angle of orc hundred and degrees
three hundred AID thirty feet less TO low
water mark thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first bounds said described parcel of
land containing about thirteen acres.
That the sole owner of said described tract of
land is supposed TO be one George c. Thompson, a
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable CT con-
veying the same to the said United States
III the said George c, Thompson, owner as afore-
said said tract OF land from disagreement in re-
gard to the price of the same or from some other
to this applicant and to he said United States
unk own. hath refused and still refuses to convey
sail tract of lanl to sal United States
Wherefore this applicant in behalf of said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application confomable with the provisions Of
the Act Of the Legislature of the State of Maine en-
titled san 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 49, 1871, as amended by an act
entitled "An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty-nine of the private laws of thousand eight
hundred and seventyone, relating to light houses''
approved February 90 1872 to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract of
and lies, once in each week for the space of four
mouths which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrption OF said tract of land together with the na
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 objections if
any they should have, to the proposed purchase.
And this applicant in behalf Of said United States
further prays, that the return day specified in said
notice, jury may be empannelled in the manner
provided by law to the value of said tract
ct land at its fair market value, and all damages ss
Timed by the owner of the lands so appropriated bv
reason Of such appropriation; and that such other
ami further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the Aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State of
Main may be requisite to convey to said United
State of Anne ria, good and absolute title to the
above cscribed tract of land against all persons
whatsoever: and SO will ever pray.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland,
the tw enty-ninth day Of October, A. D. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of
Maine.