PROMISSORY NOTES. 697 



husband is entitled to administer upon such property, in preference to any one 

 else, provided he be of sound mind. 



Any devise of property made to a subscribing witness is invalid, although 

 the integrity of the will in other respects is not affected. 



In all wills, the testator's full name should be made at the end. If he be 

 unable to write, he may have his hand guided in making a mark against the 

 same. If he possesses a sound mind, and is conscious at the time of the 

 import of this action, such mark renders the will valid. 



Witnesses should always write their respective places of residence after 

 their names, their signatures being written in the presence of each other and 

 in the presence of the testator. 



It should be stated, also, that these names are signed at the request of, and 

 in the presence of, the testator, and 'in the presence of each other. 



The following States require two subscribing witnesses: Missouri, Illinois, 

 Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Iowa, Utah, Texas, 

 California, New Jersey, Delaware, Indiana, Virginia, and New York. Three 

 witnesses are required to authenticate a will in the following States: Florida, 

 Mississippi, Maryland, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Ore- 

 gon, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, 

 New Hampshire, and Vermont. Proof of signature of the testator, by, the 

 oath of two reputable witnesses, is sufficient to establish the validity of a will 

 in Pennsylvania, no subscribing witnesses being absolutely necessary. 



Witnesses are not required to know the contents of a will. They have 

 simply to know that the document is a will, and witness the signing of the 

 same by the testator. 



Codicils. An addition to a will, which should be in writing, is termed a 

 codicil. A codicil is designed to explain, modify, or change former bequests, 

 made in the body of the will. It should be done with the same care and pre- 

 cision as was exercised in the making of the will itself. 



Forms of Notes. 



Ho. I. Negotiable Without Indorsement. 



$100. NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 1883. 



Ninety days after date, I promise to pay Leonard Smith, or bearer, One 

 Hundred Dollars, value received. 



H. B. MclNTYRE. 



No. 2. Negotiable Only by Indorsement. 



$100. NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 1883. 



Ninety days after date, I promise to pay Leonard Smith, or order, One 

 Hundred Dollars, value received. 



H. B. MclNTYRE. 



No. 3. - Not Negotiable. 



$100. NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 1883. 



Ninety days after date, I promise to pay Leonard Smith One Hundred Dol- 

 lars, value received. 



H. B. MclNTYRE. 



