your petitioner, are Charles, Sarah and Mary Ann, minor children of said deceased. Wherefore, your petitioner prays, that a day of court may be appointed for hearing this application, that due notice thereof be given by the clerk, by posting notices according to law, and that upon said hearing, and the proofs to be adduced, letters of administration upon said estate may be issued to your petitioner. And your petitioner will ever pray, &c. ŠARAH MARK. Dated January 25th, 1858. State of California, City and County of San Francisco, SS: Sarah Mark, the above-named petitioner, being duly sworn, says that she has read the foregoing petition, and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true of her own knowledge, except as to the matters therein stated to be on information or belief, and as to those matters, she believes it to be true. SARAH MARK. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 25th day of January, 1858. E. P. PECKHAM, Notary Public. Bond of Administrator or Executor. Know all men by these presents, that we, Sarah Mark, principal, and J. C. Horan and Edward Willett, sureties, are held and firmly bound to the state of California, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid to the state of California, for which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 8th day of February, 1858. The condition of the above obligation is such that, whereas the above bounden Sarah Mark has been appointed administratrix [or, executrix] of the estate of Harris Mark, deceased, by the order of the Probate Court of the city and county of San Francisco, state of California, of this date. Now therefore, if the said Sarah Mark shall faithfully execute the duties of her trust according to the law, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect. Sealed and delivered in the presence of S. L. LUPTON. [L. S.] [L. 8. SARAH MARK. State of California, City and County of San Francisco, SS. J. C. Horan and Edward Willett being duly sworn, each for himself says, that he is a freeholder resident in this state, and is worth the said sum of ten thousand dollars over and above all his just debts and liabilities, exclusive of property exempt from J. C. HORAN, EDWARD WILLETT. execution. Sworn before me, this 8th day of February, 1858. } [Endorsement.] Approved this 8th day of February, 1858. T. W. FREELON, County Judge. Order for Letters after Opposition. State of California, City and County of San Francisco. } In Probate Court. Order appointing Admin istrator. In the matter of the Estate of Isaac Levick. The petition of Robert C. Rogers, public administrator, praying for letters of administration upon the estate of said deceased, coming on to be heard, and due proof having been made to this court that the clerk had given notice thereof by causing notices to be posted up in at least three public places in the city and county, one of which was at the place where the court was held, stating the name of the deceased, the name of the applicant and the term of the court at which the application would be heard, the same having been given at least ten days before the hearing, and that the notice was in all respects according to law; and the hearing of the same having been duly continued to this day, and it being proved by the oath of the petitioner and of S. Hubbard and A. C. Forbes, that the said Isaac Levick died on or about the twelfth day of September, 1857, at sea, and that he was a resident of the city and county of San Francisco at the time of his death, and has left estate in this city and county, and within the jurisdiction of this court; and Thomas Trounce, a person interested in said estate, appearing to contest the application of the said petitioner, having been heard, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the allegations in the petitions of the said Rogers are true: It is ordered that the said Robert C. Rogers be and he is hereby appointed administrator of the estate of the said Isaac Levick, deceased, and it is ordered that letters of administration upon the estate of the said deceased issue to the said Rogers, the public administrator. T. W. FREELON, County Judge. Another form of the same. State of California, City and County of San Francisco. In the matter of the Estate of In Probate Court. And now this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, at the May term of the Probate Court for the city and county of San Francisco, begun and holden at the City Hall in said city and county, on the third Monday of May, to wit: on the seventeenth day of May, in the year aforesaid; the petition of Robert C. Rogers, public administrator of, in and for the city and county of San Francisco aforesaid, praying for letters of administration on the estate of John C. Cabaniss, late of San Francisco, deceased, to be issued to him, and the written opposition thereto of Moses G. Noble, and also the petition of said Noble, praying for letters of administration to be issued to himself on said estate, coming on to be heard at the same time; and it appearing to the court that due proof by affidavit on file had been made, that notice had been given of both said petitions according to law, and legal proofs having been made of all the allegations contained in said petition of said Robert C. Rogers, public administrator, as aforesaid; and the allegations and proofs of the opponent and petitioner Noble having been heard and fully considered by the court at the different sessions of said court, held for the hearing thereof as well as other matters: It is therefore ordered and decreed, that the petition of said Moses G. Noble, praying for letters of administration on the estate of said John C. Cabaniss, deceased, be denied, and the same is hereby denied, and the opposition of the said Noble to the petition of said Rogers, public administrator as aforesaid, be and the same is hereby overruled. And it is hereby further ordered, adjudged and decreed, that letters of administration on the estate of said John C. Cabaniss, deceased, be issued to the petitioner, Robert C. Rogers, public administrator of the said city and county of San Francisco. M. Č. BLAKE, County Judge. Letters of Administration. State of California, City and County of San Francisco. } Sarah Mark is hereby appointed administratrix of the estate of Harris Mark, deceased. Witness, William Duer, clerk of the Probate Court, with [L. S.] the seal of the Probate Court of San Francisco county, affixed this 8th day of February, A. D. 1858. By order of court, WILLIAM DUER, Clerk. State of California, City and County of San Francisco. I do solemnly swear, that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of California; that I will faithfully discharge the duties of administratrix of the estate of Harris Mark, deceased, according to law. SARAH MARK. Subscribed and sworn [or, affirmed, as the case may be] before me, this eighth day of February, 1858. T. W. FREELON, Judge of the Probate Court. Order Revoking Letters for Failure to give New Bond. In the Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco: In the matter of the Estate of J. Willard Barker, deceased. } James Thompson, executor of the last will and testament of J. Willard Barker, deceased, having neglected to give new sureties, to the satisfaction of the judge, on his bond as executor, as aforesaid, within the time prescribed by the order of this court of the fifteenth of March inst., it is now ordered, that the letters testamentary of the estate of said Barker, deceased, heretofore issued to said Thompson by this court, be, and the same are hereby revoked. San Francisco, March 22, 1858. T. W. FREELON, County Judge. Order for Special Letters. In the Probate Court, City and County of San Francisco, State of California. In the matter of the Estate of Hamilton Bowie, deceased. ( It appearing to me, upon the petition of Mrs. Mary Bowie, widow of the said Hamilton Bowie, deceased, that said deceased departed this life on or about the twenty-first day of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-six, in the republic of Nicaragua, Central America, and that he was, at the time of his death, a resident of the said city and county of San Francisco, and that he died intestate, leaving property and estate in said city and county, and that said petitioner is the widow of said deceased, and prays general letters of administration on said estate, and in the mean time special administration thereon; and the said allegations in said petition appearing to be true by witness, and it likewise appearing that there has been delay in taking out letters of administration on said estate, it is ordered that Monday, the tenth day of May, 1858, be appointed for the hearing of said ap plication for general letters of administration upon said estate, and that until such general letters be granted, that said Mary Bowie be appointed special administratrix of said estate, with full power and authority to collect and take charge of the estate of the deceased, in whatever county or counties the same may be found, and to exercise such other powers as may be necessary for the preservation of said estate, and that letters as such special administratrix shall issue to said Mary Bowie, on giving bond in the sum of seven thousand dollars, with sureties to the satisfaction of the undersigned probate judge. San Francisco, April 24, 1858. M. C. BLAKE, County Judge. Appointment of Appraisers. In the Probate Court, of the City and County of San Francisco: In the matter of the Estate of Alexis Williams, deceased. Letters of administration having been granted to I. Lawrence Pool, and application being made to the court for appointment of appraisers, to appraise the estate of said deceased: It is hereby ordered that C. C. P. Parker, George Jones and Samuel Swift, three disinterested persons, competent and capable to act, be appointed such appraisers. San Francisco, April 1st, 1858. M. C. BLAKE, Probate Judge. Inventory, with the Affidavits, &c. Probate Court, City and County of San Francisco: In the matter of the Estate of) Alexis Williams, deceased. S I, William Duer, county clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, and ex officio clerk of the Probate Court, do hereby certify that C. C. P. Parker, George Jones and Samuel Swift have been duly appointed appraisers of the estate of Alexis Williams, deceased, by order of the court, duly entered and recorded on the 1st day of April, A. D. 1858. Witness my hand, and seal of said Probate Court, this [L. S.] 1st day of April, 1858. WILLIAM DUER, Clerk. State of California, City and County of San Francisco, Č. C. P. Parker, George Jones and Samuel Swift, duly appointed appraisers of the estate of Alexis Williams, deceased, being duly sworn, each for himself says, that he will truly, hon |