Banking Laws and Legislation
Documents pertaining to laws and legislation regarding banking, both inside and outside of the United States.
Sort by: Date / Title Showing Items: 1 - 25 of 37Amendments of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act: Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Finance of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate, 94th Congress, 2nd Session, on H.R. 13955, to Provide for Amendment of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, and for Other Purposes, August 27, 1976.
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Y 4.B22/3:B 75/2
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2610750
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, ([year]), Amendments of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act: Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Finance of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate, 94th Congress, 2nd Session, on H.R. 13955, to Provide for Amendment of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, and for Other Purposes, August 27, 1976., [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=197
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Banking Act of 1935. Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 5357, a bill to provide for the sound, effective, and uninterrupted operation of the banking system, and for other purposes.
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This is the corrected print edition of the hearings before the House of Representatives, Committee on Banking and Currency, regarding the Banking Act of 1935. The hearings took place on February 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, March 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, April 2, 8, 1935. The Banking Act of 1935 reorganized the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and enlarged the supervisory powers of the FDIC.
These hearings are credited with the first instance the phrase "pushing on a string" was used to describe the limitations of monetary policy. See page 377 of the hearing (page 381 of the PDF).
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Y 4.B 22/1:B 22/3/CORR.
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10890727
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Banking Act of 1935. Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 5357, a bill to provide for the sound, effective, and uninterrupted operation of the banking system, and for other purposes., [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=831
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Banking Act of 1935: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 1715 and H.R. 7617, Bills to Provide for the Sound, Effective, and Uninterrupted Operation of the Banking System, and for Other Purposes. Consolidated. April 19 to June 3, 1935.
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Includes testimony by Winthrop Aldrich, Marriner Eccles, Charles Hamlin, Adolph Miller, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Oliver M.W. Sprague, M.S. Szymczak, Frank Vanderlip, James P. Warburg, and Owen D. Young, among other bankers and community leaders. Senators Carter Glass and William G. McAdoo were members of this committee.
The Banking Act of 1935 reorganized the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and enlarged the supervisory powers of the FDIC.
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15274957
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Banking Act of 1935: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 1715 and H.R. 7617, Bills to Provide for the Sound, Effective, and Uninterrupted Operation of the Banking System, and for Other Purposes. Consolidated. April 19 to June 3, 1935., [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=778
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Banking Reform
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J. Laurence Laughlin served as the editor for this book, which was published in 1912 by the National Citizens' League for the Promotion of Sound Banking. Professor Laughlin was an economist, teacher, and writer. He prepared the final report of the Indianapolis Monetary Commission in 1898, testified at the Money Trust Investigation (Pujo Committee) hearings of 1912-1913, and published several books and articles on the Federal Reserve System.
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274590
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Laughlin, J. Laurence (James Laurence), ([year]), Banking Reform, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=229
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Banking Reform Act of 1971: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, on H.R. 5700, H.R. 3287, and H.R. 7440
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Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, ninety-second Congress, first session, on:
H.R. 5700 (the Banking Reform Act of 1971): a bill to prohibit certain conflicts of interest and encourage competition in the banking industry and related fields to provide for restrictions and disclosures with respect to certain loans, to prohibit brokered deposits in banks and other financial institutions, to prohibit the use of giveaways in the solicitation of deposits, to permit full deposit insurance for government depositors, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3287: a bill to prohibit federally insured banks from making loans to provide for the purchase of bank stock, and for other purposes.
and H.R. 7440: a bill to clarify the authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to regulate conflicts of interest in the operation of insured savings and loan associations, and for other purposes.
The Banking Reform Act of 1971 sought to enhance competition among financial institutions, reduce concentrations of economic power within the financial community, and eliminate certain serious conflict-of-interest situations occurring as a result of existing practices carried on by financial institutions.
These hearings took place from April 20 - May 4, 1971. Included are statements from such individuals as Arthur Burns, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; William Camp, Comptroller of the Currency; Preston Martin, Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Richard Smith, Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and Frank Wille, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Y 4.B22/1:B22/22/971
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157948
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Banking Reform Act of 1971: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, on H.R. 5700, H.R. 3287, and H.R. 7440, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=227
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Compilation of Basic Banking Laws
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This compilation was first created in 1992 for the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services to bring together in one publication the major statues affecting insured depository institutions and their customers. It has been revised periodically.
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Y 4.B 22/1:B 22/32/995, Y 4.F 49/20:107-C
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32575361, 47292297
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services, ([year]), Compilation of Basic Banking Laws, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=99
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- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services
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Complexities of Banking Laws and Practices Associated with Multiple Banking Jurisdictions
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In 1936, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System organized a committee prepare studies on possible means of improvement of the existing banking structure. Various memoranda were created under the following topics: 1) Improvements in the organization, functions, and management of banking institutions and in supervisory methods. 2) Unification of the banking system. 3) Consolidation of the supervisory functions of various Federal agencies dealing with banks, including the lending or recapitalization functions of agencies which assist banks in difficulties. This document was produced in the course of proceedings of this bank suspension study.
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741978995
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), ([year]), Complexities of Banking Laws and Practices Associated with Multiple Banking Jurisdictions, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=690
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Documents and Statements Pertaining to the Banking Emergency
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Documents and statements pertaining primarily to the emergency banking restrictions and regulations are presented as Part I of this publication, and material pertaining primarily to gold, currency, and foreign exchange is presented as Part II.
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United States. Congress, United States. Dept. of the Treasury and United States. President, ([year]), Documents and Statements Pertaining to the Banking Emergency, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=709
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Federal Banking Laws and Reports: A Compilation of Major Federal Banking Documents, 1780-1912
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This is a compilation of major Federal banking documents from the period 1780 to 1912. It includes founding documents for the Bank of North America (1781), ordinances for the First and Second Bank of the United States (1791, 1816) as well as reports and proceedings. It was published for the 50th anniversary of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency in 1963.
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Y 4.B 22/3:L 44/4
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574070
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Banking Laws and Reports: A Compilation of Major Federal Banking Documents, 1780-1912, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=103
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Federal Reserve Act, the National Banking Act and All Other Federal Laws Relating to Banking, with Complete Indexes and References: 1812-1914
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This book was published by the National City Bank of New York (eventually renamed Citibank), in an attempt to provide "a complete and convenient exposition of the Federal Statutes on banking and currency." It contains subject and alphabetical indices to the Federal Reserve Act, the full text of the Federal Reserve Act, duties and powers of the Reserve Bank Organization Committee, and regulations of the Reserve Bank Organization Committee. The book also contains an index to the National Bank Act and other banking laws, along with text of the National Bank Act and other supplementary acts and amendments.
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8699450
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National City Bank of New York, ([year]), Federal Reserve Act, the National Banking Act and All Other Federal Laws Relating to Banking, with Complete Indexes and References: 1812-1914, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=262
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: August 30, 1935 - 1582. Banking Act of 1935
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars
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12386162
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York, ([year]), Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: August 30, 1935, accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/ny circulars/1935_01582.pdf
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: February 26, 1934 - 1357. Proclamation of the President
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars
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12386162
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York, ([year]), Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: February 26, 1934, accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/ny circulars/1934_01357.pdf
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: June 22, 1933 - 1248. Banking Act of 1933
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars
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12386162
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York, ([year]), Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: June 22, 1933, accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/ny circulars/1933_01248.pdf
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: March 17, 1932 - 1097. Amendment to Federal Reserve Act by Act of Congress Approved February 27, 1932.
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars
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Includes sections 10(a) and 10(b) of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1932.
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12386162
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York, ([year]), Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: March 17, 1932, accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/ny circulars/1932_01097.pdf
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: March 9, 1933 - 1171. Act to Provide Relief in the Existing National Emergency in Banking, and for Other Purposes
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars
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12386162
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York, ([year]), Federal Reserve Bank of New York Circulars: March 9, 1933, accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/ny circulars/1933_01171.pdf
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Federal Reserve Direct Purchases -- Old Series Currency Adjustment Act: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3702 and S. 3714, Bills to Extend Authority of Federal Reserve Banks to Purchase Treasury Obligations and to Authorize Adjustments in Accounts of Outstanding Old Series Currency, June 24, 1960
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Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, 86th Congress, 2nd session, on S. 3702 and S.3714. Bills to extend authority of Federal Reserve Banks to purchase Treasury Obligations and to authorize adjustments in accounts of outstanding old series currency
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183884008
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Reserve Direct Purchases -- Old Series Currency Adjustment Act: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3702 and S. 3714, Bills to Extend Authority of Federal Reserve Banks to Purchase Treasury Obligations and to Authorize Adjustments in Accounts of Outstanding Old Series Currency, June 24, 1960, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=776
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Federal Reserve System: A Blackstone Legal Training Lecture
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One of a series of lectures especially prepared for the Blackstone Institute. This 1920 document was digitized for Microsoft Corporation by the Internet Archive in 2007.
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7160379
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Willis, Henry Parker, 1874-1937, ([year]), Federal Reserve System: A Blackstone Legal Training Lecture, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=118
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For the Establishment of the National Monetary Commission: Report [to Accompany S. 1559]
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Senate Report No. 431, to accompany S. 1559, 81st Congress, 1st session, favorably recommends that the bill for the establishment of a National Monetary Commission should pass. The National Monetary Commission would be directed to investigate current requirements and methods covering the matters of legal reserves of banks, eligible deposits against such reserves, open market operations of the Federal Reserve banks, adequacy of eligible paper other than Government obligations, specie reserves, foreign-exchange fluctuations, and other factors. Statements from Thomas B. McCabe, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury, are included.
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28009228
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), For the Establishment of the National Monetary Commission: Report [to Accompany S. 1559], [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=287
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German imperial banking laws: January 1, 1910 - German imperial banking laws
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German imperial banking laws
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7163470
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Koch, R. and National Monetary Commission, ([year]), German imperial banking laws: January 1, 1910, accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/nmc/nmc_574_1910.pdf
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Gold Regulations Prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under Executive Order of August 28, 1933
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Relating to the hoarding, export, and earmarking of gold coin, bullion, or currency and to transactions in foreign exchange.
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6644980
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United States. Dept. of the Treasury, ([year]), Gold Regulations Prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under Executive Order of August 28, 1933, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=711
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Gold Reserve Act of 1934: Hearings before the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, House of Representatives, Seventy-Third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6976
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This series of hearings were held January 15-19, 1934 before the House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Expert testimony was provided by Dr. O.M.W. Sprague, Frank A. Vanderlip, and Paul Warburg among others.
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Y 4. C 66:G 56
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7300651
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United States. Congress. House, ([year]), Gold Reserve Act of 1934: Hearings before the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, House of Representatives, Seventy-Third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6976, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=204
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House Banking and Currency Bill: Also Comparative Print Showing the Changes Suggested by the Amendment Submitted to the Senate by Mr. Owen, Also the Changes Suggested by the Amendments Intended to be Proposed by Mr. Hitchcock to H.R. 7837, an Act to Provide for the Establishment of Federal Reserve Banks, to Furnish an Elastic Currency, to Afford Means of Rediscounting Commercial Paper, to Establish a More Effective Supervision of Banking in the United States, and for Other Purposes
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Comparative print of bill to provide for the establishment of Federal Reserve Banks.
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Y 1.1/3:63-242
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22536574, 56572737
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United States. Congress. Senate, ([year]), House Banking and Currency Bill: Also Comparative Print Showing the Changes Suggested by the Amendment Submitted to the Senate by Mr. Owen, Also the Changes Suggested by the Amendments Intended to be Proposed by Mr. Hitchcock to H.R. 7837, an Act to Provide for the Establishment of Federal Reserve Banks, to Furnish an Elastic Currency, to Afford Means of Rediscounting Commercial Paper, to Establish a More Effective Supervision of Banking in the United States, and for Other Purposes, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=779
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Interpretation of Banking Act of 1933
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Example of letter sent to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City regarding savings pass book interest. Identical letters sent to all Federal Reserve Banks.
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27715658
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United States. Dept. of the Treasury, ([year]), Interpretation of Banking Act of 1933, [issue title/date], accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=712
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Laws of the United States concerning money, banking, and loans, 1778-1909: Part I - Laws of the United States concerning money, banking, and loans
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Laws of the United States concerning money, banking, and loans, 1778-1909
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17742135
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Huntington, Andrew Tyler, Mawhinney, Robert J. and National Monetary Commission, ([year]), Laws of the United States concerning money, banking, and loans, 1778-1909: Part I, accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/nmc/nmc_580_1910-pt1.pdf
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Laws of the United States concerning money, banking, and loans, 1778-1909: Part II - Laws of the United States concerning money, banking, and loans - Table of Contents
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Laws of the United States concerning money, banking, and loans, 1778-1909
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17742135
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Huntington, Andrew Tyler, Mawhinney, Robert J. and National Monetary Commission, ([year]), Laws of the United States concerning money, banking, and loans, 1778-1909: Part II, accessed May 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/nmc/nmc_580_1910-pt2.pdf
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