Year: 1873




| diciaI Court of the State Of Maine.
IyHE 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 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
the southery side of the road leading from the coun
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
southerly at right angles with said Light House
road hundred and nineteen feet or less to
copper bolt set in the line of stone wall, which
wall is the southerly boundary of land now for
merly Of Benjamin B. Dyer; thence easterIy by said
stone wall about four hundred and twentyeight feet
shore the point where the southery side line Of
the road from county road to the Light House pro-
pnged would strike the sea shore at low wa water line
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
B. Dyer, Of Cape Elizabeth aforesaid and capable of
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
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, conformabe with the provisions
OF the "Act OF the Legislature OF the State OF Maine
entitled "An act for the REIMBURSEMENT 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 49, 1871, amended by act en-
titled San Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortyn OF the private laws Of one thousand eight
hundred and seventy relating to light houses"
approved February 20 1872, to be published In
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-
scrption 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 on
day to be specified in said notice and file their objec-
ons, 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 notice jury may be empannelled in the manner
provd. by law to the value of said tract
ofand at its fair market value, and all damages
tanned 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,
tie twenty-ninth day of October. A. D. 1879.


NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney Of the United States for the District of
MaiDe