Trusty and welbeloved we greet you well, Whereas we have taken into our Royal Consideration the integrity and ability of our Trusty and wellbeloved William Smith Esqre Our Chief Justice of and in Our Province of North Carolina in America We have thought fit hereby to authorize and require you forthwith to cause
Letters Patents to be past under Our Seal of that our said Province for constituting and appointing him the said William Smith, Our Chief Baron of Our Court of Exchequer in our said Province; To have hold 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 unto the said Place belonging or appertaining. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant. And so We bid you Farewell. Given at Our Court at St. James's the Eleventh Day of May 1732. In the Fifth year of our Reign