A mortgage of real property may be made in substantially the following form:
This mortgage, made the _____day of ____in the year ____, by A B, of ________, mortgagor, to C D, of _____, mortgagee, witnesseth:
That the mortagor mortgages to the mortgagee [here describe the property], as security for the payment to him of _____dollars, on [or before] the _____day of ____, in the year _____, with interest thereon [or as security for the payment of an obligation, describing it, etc] A.B.