Year: 1873

10 thc Honorable Charles w. Walton,
one of the Justices of the Supreme Ju.


dicial Court of the State of Maine.
fTyHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, ATTORNEY OF the
y United States of America for the District of
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
the soubery o fe az Dot h oeH on
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, said cop
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
southerly at right angles with said Light House
road seven hundred and nineteen feet less to
% copper p r. bolt set in the line of stone WALL which
mery of Benjamin B. Dyer; thence easterly by said
stone wall about four hundred and twenty-eight feet
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-
onged would strike the shore at low water line
thence westerly on such proongaton of the souther
y side line of the road to the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel of land containing
scribed tract of land is supposed to be Benjamin
B. DYER of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid and capable of
conveying the same to 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 tract Of
and to said United States;


Wherefore this applicant, in behalf OF said United
Oldtts respectfully prdyS your honor 10 order notice
of this application, conforable with the provisions
Of the Act d the Legislature of the State OF Maine
entitled San act for therenquishment to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
light stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved February Is, 1871 amended by an act en-
titled can Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine OF the private laws of thousand eight
hundred and seventyone, relating to light houses'
approved February 20 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland, nearest to where said tract
of land les in each week for the space of four
months, which notice shall contain accurate de-
scrition 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 objec
tons if any they should have, to the proposed pur-
ch; Sc.


And this applicant, in behalf of said United States
further prays, that on the return day specified in
said notice jury may be empannelled in the manner
now provide by law to the valne of said tract
ofland at its fair market value and all damages sus-
tanned by the owner of the lands 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
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.