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At a regular meeting of the

edcra1 Reserve

Board held in the office of the Board on Tuesday, June 22,
at 11.15 a. m.
ER333NT:
:arburc

Lr. .)elano, -2residl/v;,

.11r. Harding

rr. Williams

Willis, Secretary.
The following minutes were read and approved:
azocutive Committee meeting, June 17; :::eeting of the Board,
Juno 17 and 3::ecutive Committee meeting, June 18.
It was understood that a_proval of the minutes of
the :xecutive Committee meetings as above, carried with it
ratification of the action taken as described in the minutes
-Lforeqaid.
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On motion applications for stock in Federal Reserve
Banks totaling 157 shares duly recommended by

r. Harding, wore

approved as follows:
Shares.

DISTRICT :To. 5.
Peoples National Bank

Bennettsville, S. 5.

32

Lakeville, Ninn.
Hebron, N. Dak.

24
20

Arkansas City, Kans.
Yale, Okla.

66
15

DISTRICT ro. 9.
First rational Bank
First National Bank
S13:aiT :To. 10.
Security LAional Bank
?ar:.ors National Bank




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On :zlotion applications for the surrender of
stock in Federal reserve banks, totaling 154 shares,
duly recommended by Hr. Harding, were approved as follows:
Shares.

DISTRICT No. 4.
Citizens National Bank

6

LIansfield, O.

DISTRICT No. C.
First National Bank
Thrren :rational Bank
DISTRICT

Tuckorman, Ark.
Bowling Green, Ky.

17
62

ro. 10.

Garden City National Bank
Farmers National Bank
First National Bank
American National Bank

Garden City, Kans.
Ault, Colo.
Central City, Colo.
Alamosa, Colo.

6

15
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On motion an application of the Federal Reserve
000
r,00
'

Bank of Dallas for Federal Reserve Notes amounting to

duly recommended by the Committee on Issue and Redemption, 155
approved as follows:
'5 denomination
ft
10
20

:800,000
400,000
400,000

It was understood that shipment should be made in
accordance with a memorandum showing the relative cost 0nd mail shipments, submitted by the jecretary.

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a

Vol)
A plan for the establishment of a branch of
up for
eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta at New Orleans, was taken

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discussion, read and revised.
On motion it was voted that a meeting be held
at 3.00 D. m. this day, to pass finally upon the question
of the establishment of a branch at ::ew Orleans.
The Jecretary of the Board read a letter reHarding from Federal Reserve Agent :Aller

ceived by

at Eansas City, relative to the admission of the Fidelity
Trust Company of that place as a mombor of the Federal reserve system.
On motion it was ordered that the application be
sent to Counsel for infor:.,ation with resi)ect to the points
raised in the letter of
Discussion ensued concerning the transmission of
an extra copy of the forthcoming dividend reports to each
nation.il bank, with a request that it fill out the same
and transmit it to the Federal reserve bank of its own
district.

The question was laid on the table without action.
Delano -resented correspondence with Governor

J. B. 1:cDougal of Chicano relative to the action of the recent conference of Governors at Chicago, in respect to the
question of withholding balances from the Gold Jettlement
Fund.

On motion the following resolution, passed by the

Governors at tho aforesaid Conference, was approved as the
basis of action until further notice:




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VOTED, that the Conference recommend
to
the Federal Reserve Board that. the Federal Aeserve banks be permitted to withhold for certain
exchange purposes balances from the Gold Settlement Fund - whenever such balances are withheld,
both banks to advise the Federal Reserve Board
of the amounts to be withheld.
A report prepared by /it*. Harding relative to
the admission of building and loan associations to• the
Federal reserve system, was read to the Board and approved,
the Secretary being ordered to transmit a letter in accordance therewith to the 1.1anheim Building and Loan Association.
A report prepared by a special committee with
reference to the conversion of

25 bonds

.

into 3;:, bonds, set-

ting forth the proposed form of the bonds, etc., was road to
the Board, and after discussion

further
was recommitted for

study.
Mr. Harding presented a report with reference to
the admission of State banks with capitalization less than
that of national banks in the same city, indicating that
such admission could not be permitted under the law.

On

motion the report was approved and the Secretary ordered"
transmit a letter in accordance therewith to enquirers.
attontiaa
The Secretary of the Board called to its

gecl
certain correspondence received by him relative to the n-

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robbery of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,denying
that any such event had occurred.
On motion at 1.20 p. m. the Board adjourned
to meet at 3400 p. m, this day.

Jecretary. .

APPROVED:




Chairman.