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BOARD OF
or

GOVERNORS
THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Office Correspondence
To

From

Chairman Eccles

Date

March u, m?.

Subjects

/ R. F. Leonard

({^

banking.

Legislation is pending i n New Jersey to permit branch

The State department has informed the Reserve Bank that
i t had already received a v i s i t from the president of a national
bank, who stated that they were seriously considering withdrawal
from the national system and becoming a nonmember State bank i n
order to be permitted to establish a branch, i f the legislation is
passed.
The Reserve Bank has received an application for withdrawal from membership by a State bank for the stated reason that
i t can not have out-of-town branches.