The  competency  of  testamentary  executors  to  serve  as  witnesses  to
such  wills,  is  subject  to  the  same  rules  as  in  wills  in  authentic  form. —
Imp.  Stat.,  25  Geo.  II,  c.  6  ;  1  Stephen,  575  ;  Ahiutt,  Practice  of  Wills,
93, 170  ;  Jarman,  on  WUlSy  65  et  seq  ;  Christie,  Precedents  of  Wills,
153,  171, 173  ;  Parsons,  on  WUls,  19.  [III.  351.]

^54.  In  holograph  wills,  and  in  wills  meule  in  the  form  derived
from  the  laws  of  England,  whatever  comes  after  the  signature  of  the
testator  is  looked  upon  as  a  new  act,  which  in  the  former  case  must
likewise  be  written  and  signed  by  the  testator,  or  signed  only  in  the
latter.  In  this  latter  case  the  attestation  of  the  witnesses  must  follow
each  signature  of  the  testator,  or  come  after  the  last  as  witnessing
the  whole  of  the  will  preceding  such  signature.
In  wills  made  in  either  of  the  forms  mentioned  in  this  article,
date  and  place  need  not  be  mentioned  on  pain  of  nullity.  The  judges
or  courts  must  decide  in  ea^  case  whether  their  absence  creates  any
presumption  against  the  will  or  renders  uncertain  any  of  its  par-
ticular provisions.
•The  will  need  not  be  signed  upon  each  page.  —  Ricard,  part.  1,
n,  1491 ;  2  Bourjon,  304 ;  Pothier,  Don.  test  299  ;  Guyot,  Test,  167,
169, 170 ;  Parsons,  on  Wills,  13,  60 ;  Jarman,  78, 160.  [IL  351.]

S55,  The  formalities  to  which  wills  are  subjected  by  the  pro-
visions of  the  present  section  must  be  observed  on  pain  of  nullity,
unless  there  is  some  particular  exception  on  the  subject.
