Year: 1873

dlclal Court of the state of Maine
fEVHE undersigned, Nathan Webb, Attorney OF the
Maine, duly authorized agent Of said United States
for 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 Maine particularly bounded and described
as folows:- Beginning at copper bolt in rock on
the southerly side of the road leading from the
ty road t to he Portland Head Light House said cop
from the county road known the shore 3D. thence
southerly at light angles with said Light House
copper bolt set in the line of stone WALL which
wall is the southerly boundary of land now or for
stone wall about four hundred and twenty 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 shore at low water line;
thence westerly on such proongalon of the sonther
ly side line of the road the Light House to the first
bounds; said described parcel OF iand CONTAINING
about nine acres. That the sole owner of said de-
scribed tract Of land is supposed to be Benjamin
conveying the same to said United States That the
said Benjamin b. Dyer, owner as aforesaid of said
price of the same, from some other 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 this application, conformable with the provisions



entitled An act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
tight stations on the coast and waters of the State,
approved Feb uary 49, 1871, amended by act
titled San Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fory-nne OF the private laws of thousand eight
hun lred and seventy lone, relating light houses
approved February 2O 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract
of land lies in each week for the space of four
months, which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scri tion of said tract of land, together with the
name of the supposed owner, and snail 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
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
now provide by law to the val of said tract
land its fair market value and all damages sus-
tanned by the owner of the lands appropriated by
reason Of such appro Ration, and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the aforesaid 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.