Trusty and Welbeloved we greet you well. Whereas we have have taken into Our Royal Consideration the integrity and ability of our Trusty and welbeloved William Smith Esqre We have thought fit hereby to require and authorize you forthwith to cause Letters Patents to be passed under Our Seal of that Our Province of North Carolina in America for constituting and appointing the said William Smith Our Chief Justice of and in Our said Province; To have hold execute and enjoy the said Office during Our Pleasure and his Residence within Our said Province together with all and singular the Rights Profits Privileges and Emoluments into the said Place belonging or appertaining with full Power and Authority to hold the supreme Courts of Judicature at such Places and Times as the same may and ought to be held within Our said Province. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant and so we bid you Farewell. Given at our Court at St. James's the thirtieth Day of November 1730. in the fourth year of Our Reign.