14 lines including both printed and manuscript portion. With seal. 8x12½.

Document executed during Clark's tenure as "Governor of the Territory of Missouri and Commander in Chief of the Militia Therof," but at a time he was temporary absent, so signed by the acting governor Frederick Bates. Michael Ely is appointed a Justice of the Peace in Cooper County. On the back the document has a manuscript statement signed by Graye C. Sibley attesting that he administered the oath of office to Ely, along with other docketing.