If the subscribing witnesses reside or are within the state, they shall appear before the clerk or deputy clerk of the county where it is proposed to prove the instrument.Code 1858, § 2048 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 53, §§ 5, 6; 1837-1838, ch. 150, § 1); Shan., § 3723; mod. Code 1932, § 7638; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2302.
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