Year: 1873




United States Of America for the District of
Maine duly authorized agent OF said United States
far this PURPOSE, respectfully represents that the
United States aforesaid are 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 AIaine particularly bounded and described
as folows:- Beginning at copper bolt in rock on
ty road to he Portland Head Light House, said cop
pei bolt being about eleven hundred feet distant
from the county road known the shore road thence
southery at right angles with said Light House
road seven hundred and nineteen feet more less to
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall is the southery boundary of land now or for
perly of Benjamin b. Dyer thence easterly by said
stone wall about four hundred and twentyeisht feet
to the sea shore; thence northeasterly by the sea
shore to the point where the southerly side line of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
longed would strike the sea shore at low water ne
thence westerly on such prolongalon 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-
scrbed tract of land is supposed to be Benjamin
u. 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
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
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of the Act of the Legislature of the State OF Maine
entitled San act for observation-disclosures to the United
States in certain cases of title to lands for sites of
fight stations the coast and waters of the State"
approved February Is, 1871, amended by an act
titled San Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine OF the private laws Of thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one relating to light houses,''
approved February 20 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland. nearest to where said tract
of land lies once in each week for the space Of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
sciption 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
day to be specified in said notice and file their obec
tons if any they should have, to the proposed pur
chs Sc.


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