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WEST~~ "Form 2138 UNION ~~-AM R, ECEIVED AT 801 Main Street, D a11as, T exas C60 FX ~S 186 GVT ALWAYS OPEN K WASHINGTON DC OCT 26 1914 E 0 TENISON, CHAI~MAN BOA~D OF DI~ECT.O~S FEDE~AL RESERVE BANK DALLAS TEX PLEASE CALL A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE FEDE~AL RESE~VE BANK OF YOUR DISTRICT AND ADVISE THEM THAT ALL NECESSAR ~ STATUTO~Y ~EQUIREMENTS HAVING AL~EADY . " BY THE SEV~~AL FEDE~AL RESERVE BANKS WILL FlORWARD TO EACH BANK BEEN COMPLlED THE COMP~OLLE~ OF THE ON OR BEFO.1E NOVEMBER . WITH CU~~ENCY SIXTEEN NINETEEN " HUNDRED AND FOU~TEEN THE CERTIFICATE AUTHORIZING SUCH BANK TO COMMENCE BUSINESS AS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR ·OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT AND THE SEC~ETARY OF THE TREASURY WILL IN CONFO~M'TY WITH SECTION NINETEEN OF THE ACT FORMALLY ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDE~AL ~ESERVE This document was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) WEST..,~ . Form 2138 UNION AM ---.,.. RECEIVED AT 801 Main Street, Dallas, Texas A 51YtJs C 60 FX RS (SHEET TWO) E 0 TENNISON DALLAS TEX BANKS IN EACH OF THE FEDE~AL ~ESERVE DIST~ICTS ON THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBE~ O~S NINETEEN HUND~ED AND FOU~TEEN PLEASE ALSO ASSU~E THE DI~ECT THAT THIS DEPA~TMENT WILL GLADLY EXTEND TO THEM EVERY FAI61LITY AND ALL POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE IN OPENING THE BANKS ON THAT DATE AND ALSO TO ASSU~ E COOPE~ATE THEM OF MY VERY BEST WI SHES AND OF M-I( EA?1 NEST DES I .~E- WITH THEM IN EVERY POSSIBLE MANNE?1 TO ~ENDE~ THIS PUBLI G S t:~ VICE. W G MCADOO SEC?1ETA~Y OF THE T~EASURY , 143P G~EAT .. . • TREASURY DEPARTMENT WASHINGT ON October 26, 1914. My dear Wr. Tenison: I desire to confirnl of which the follo~~ng 8. telegram I sent you today, and is a copy: "Please ca.ll a me eting of the Directors of the Federal Res erve Bank of your district and advise them that al l necessary statutory requirements having already been complied with by the severnl Feder 1 Re s erve Banks, the Comptroller of the Currency 1ill forward to each bank on or before November sixteen, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the cert ifjcate authorizing such bank to commence business a s prescribed by section four of the Federal Reserve Act, and the Secretary of the Treasury will, in conformity with section nineteen of the Act, fortmlly announce the establismnent of the Federal Reserve Banks in each of the Feder a l Reserve Districts on the sixteenth day of November, nineteen hundre d and f ourteen . Pl ea se a l so as sur e t he Directors that this Department vlill gladly extend to them every facility and all possible assistance in opening the banks on that date, and also assure them of my~ry best wishes and of my earnest desire to cooperate with them in every possible manner to render this great p.u..b].ic J; ervic e. It E. O. 'l'enison, Esq., Chairman, Board of Dir ectors, Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas, Texas. This document was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) Hon . \"lm. G. >b :iloo ., lC~t~ 0 ':' c. .cat i . r or ..i.. 1 t b.'mlt 0 " T 1 6 0 -• -h . l~' :€m • (3: 6 m ) This document was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) MACKAY TELEGRAPH-CABLE CONNECTING WITH COMP~NY POSTAL TELEGRAPH-COMMERCIAL CABLES. ' P A C IFI C . : . [I , 2 , AND 16J THE GREATEST TELEGRAPH AND CABLE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. THE ' MACKAY TRANSMITS AND DELIVERS THE WITHIN EXTENDS OVER TWO·THIRDS OF T ELE~RAPH-CA BL E TELEGRAM SUBJECT TO THE T~E WAY AROUND THE EARTH. COMPANY FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: !o guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a telegram should order it REPEATED: that Is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison, For thIS, one-half. the unrepeated telegram rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated on its face, THIS IS AN UN REPEATED TELEGRAM AND PAID FOR AS SUCH, In consIderatIOn whereof it is agreed between the sender of the telegram and this Company as follows: L, The Coml?any shall n ot be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any UN REPEATED telegram, beyond the amount rece~ved for sendlpg the same; nor for mi~takes or delays in the transmission or delivery. or for non-delivery. of any REPEATED t elegram , ~eyond. fifty t imes the sum receIved for sendmg the same, UNLESS SPECIALLY VALUED' nor in any case for delays arisina from unavoidable interruption in the working of Its hnes; NOR FOR ERRORS I N CIPHER OR OBSCURE TELEGRAMS. ' 0 2. In any ev~t the Company shall not be liable for damages for any mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery of this telegram , wheth~r caused by the neghgence ofitsservants or otherwise, beyond fifty times the REPEATED telegram rate, at which amount this telegram, if sent a~ ~ REPEATE;D telegram, IS hereby valued, unless a greater value is stated in writing hereon at the time the telegram is offered to the Company for transmission, and an addItIOnal sum paId or agreed to be paid based on such value equal to one-tenth of one per cent. thereof. • 3, ~he .Company Is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this telegram over the lines of any other Company when necessary to reach It. destInatIOn. 4. Messages will be deli vered free within the established free delivery limits of t he terminal office. For delivery at a greater distance a special charge will be made to cover the cost of such d elivery. 5. No r esponsibility regarding messages attaches to this Company until the same are presented and accepted at one of its transmitting offices; and. if any. messa~e Is sent t~ su~h office by one of this Company's messengers, he acts as the a ge nt of the sender for the purpose of delivering the message and any notice or mstruc tlOns regardIng It to the Company's agent in its said office. 6. The Company shall not be liable for da mages or statutory penalties in a ny ca se where the claim is not presented in writing within ninety-fhoe days after the alleged cause of action has a ccru ed . 1. The above terms and conditions shall be binding upon tbe r" ceiver as well as t he sendet of this t elegram, 8, NO EMPLOYEE OF THIS CO MPANY IS AUT HORIZED T O VARY T H E F ORE GOING. CLARENCE H , MACKAY , PRESIDENT,
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