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The clerk shall report to the court, who, after the death of the testator has been established, shall order that summons be issued to the officiating notary and to the testamentary witnesses not later than the following day. The witnesses having appeared, the sealed envelope shall be shown them for their examination and that they may declare under oath as to whether they recognize as genuine their signatures or marks thereon, and whether they find the same in the same condition as when they signed it. Where any of the witnesses do not know how to write and another person has signed for him, both persons shall be examined and the person signing shall identify the signature.\nHistory —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 545.