TO THE ORDINARY OF SAID COUNTY:
The Petition of Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley respectfully showeth that Z. H. Shelley, a resident of said County until his death, which happened on the 14 day of September, 1920, has left a considerable estate, real and personal, in said State, and that he died without a will; that on account of the time required by law to advertise for Permanent Letters of Administration, and the circumstances of the estate of said Z. H. Shelley, deceased, great loss and injury may happen unless Temporary Administraion is granted immediately on said estate, and that Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley is entitled by law to be appointed Administratrix of said estate being the wife of said Z. H. Shelley deceased. Petitioner would further state that Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley is a resident of said State, and that the estate of Z. H. Shelley, deceased, is worth about Seven Hundred Dollars.
RANDOLPH COURT OF ORDINARY
The application of Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley for Temporary Letters of Administration on the estate of Z. H. Shelley, late of Randolph County, deceased, being before me for consideration, and being satisfied by proper proof that her application should be granted; It is, therefore, ordered that Temporary Letters of Administration on the estate of Z. H. Shelley, deceased, do issue to said Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley upon her giving bond and security in the sum of Fourteen Hundred Dollars and taking the usual oath.
Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley does solemnly swear that she will well and truly perform all the duties of Temporary Administrator on the estate of Zacharah H. Shelley, deceased, according to law, to the best of her ability. So help me God.
BY I. J. Lunsford Clerk Supr Court Acting sec 4782 of 1910 Civil Code ORDINARY OF SAID COUNTY.
Whereas, Zacharah H. Shelley late of said County, deceased, died intestate, having whilst he lived and at the time of his death. considerable property within the said State; and it being proper, right and necessary that the property of the said deceased should be collected and taken care of, until a citation in due form of law can issue, and it being ascertained to whom the right of administration doth appertain; I do, therefore, here ordain, depute and constitute Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley with full power by the tenor of these presents to collect and take care of the moneys, goods, chattels and other property of the said Zacharah H. Shelley, deceased, and the same safely to keep until it can be ascertained to whom the right of administration doth belong, and thereupon the said Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley immediately to deliver up the said moneys, goods, chattels and other property to whomsoever the Court shall commit the administration of the Estate of said deceased, agreeably to law.
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature as Ordinary for said County, and seal of office, this 30 day of September 1920
We, Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley Principal, and A. A. Lockett Sureties, acknowledge ourselves bound unto I. J. Lunsford, Clerk Supr Court, acting Ordinary, sect 4782 Civil Code 1910 of said County, and his successors in office, in the sum of Fourteen Hundred Dollars, subject to the following conditions: If the said Mrs. Lillie S. Shelley shall faithfully discharge her duty as Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Zacharah H. Shelley deceased, as required by law, then this bond be void.
Witness our hands and seals, this 30th day of September 1920