The Portland daily press., 1873-01-30
D. w. FESSENDEN, Clerk.
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the Ju stices of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of the State of Maine.

To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the Justices of the supreme Ju-
dicial Court of the State of Maine.
The undersigned, Nathan Webb Attorney of the
United States Of America, for the District of Maine
duly authorized agent of said United States for this
purpose, respectfully represents that the United
States aforesaid DESTROYS of purchasing for the
erection of fort and battery certain tract of land
situated in the town Of Cape Elizabeth, in the Coun-
ty OF Cumberland within the limits of the State of
Maine, particularly bounded and described as fol-
the sea shore at the Northeastery
CT lot of land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster and the Southeasterly
corner Of the parcel of land described in and conveyed
by deed from Asa I. Webster to George c. Thomp-
son, dated March 23d, 1S49 and recorded in CumDer
land Registry OF Deeds, Book 26, Page 1855, thence
by the division line between said two pieces of land
Westerly fty-two rods and five links; thence still fol-
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
and thirty minutes ten rods to copper bolt set in
the ledge; thence, North Easterly with an included
angle Of one hundred and thirty Eight degrees four
hundred and rty-eght feet more or less to cop
per bolt set i'll rock thence North Easter!y with
included angle of one hundred and twenty degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more less to low
water mark thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first bounds: ed described parcel
land containing about thirteen acres.
~-That the sole owner of said described tract of
land is supposed to be one George G. Thompson, a
resident Of said Cape Elizabeth and capable OF
veying the same to the said United States
That the said George C, Thompson, owner as atore-
said of said tract of land, from disagreement in
gard 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 land to said United States
Wherefore this applicant in behalf of said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
Of this application conformabe with the pre- visions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State Of Maine
titled Gan 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 Gan Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine of the private laws of one thousand eight
hundred and seventyone, relating to light houses
approved February co. 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
months, which notice shall contain an accurate de-
of the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to come forward 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 pravs that on the return day specified in said
notice, a july may be empannelled in the manner
now provid ed by law to the value of said tract
of land at its fair market value and all damages sus-
tanned by the owner of the lands appropriated by
reason OF such appropriations; and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State of
Main as may be requisite to convey to said United
State of Anne RIGA, good and absolute title to the
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
Moin -