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BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED,

That

S e c t i o n 3 of t h e Act approved December 23, 1913, known as
t h e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Act, be amended and r e e n a c t e d so as t o
r e a d as f o l l o w s :




S e c . 3 . The F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Board may p e r m i t o r r e q u i r e any F e d e r a l r e s e r v e bank t o e s t a b l i s h b r a n c h banks w i t h i n t h e F e d e r a l r e s e r v e d i s t r i c t i n which i t i s l o c a t e d o r w i t h i n t h e d i s t r i c t of any F e d e r a l r e s e r v e bank which may h a v e
been s u s p e n d e d . Such b r a n c h e d , s u b j e c t t o such
r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s a s t h e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Board
may p r e s c r i b e , s h a l l be o p e r a t e d u n d e r t h e s u p e r v i s i o n of a b o a r d of d i r e c t o r s t o c o n s i s t of n o t
more t h a n s e v e n n o r l e s s t h a n t h r e e d i r e c t o r s ,
of whom a m a j o r i t y of one s h a l l b e a p p o i n t e d by
t h e F e d e r a l r e s e r v e bank of t h e d i s t r i c t , and t h e
r e m a i n i n g d i r e c t o r s by t h e F e d e r a l Reserve B o a r d .
D i r e c t o r s of b r a n c h banks s h a l l h o l d o f f i c e d u r i n g
t h e p l e a s u r e of t h e F e d e r a l Reserve B o a r d ,

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