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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON

X-3699
A p r i l 19, 1923.

SUBJECT:

S p e c i a l Committed t o Consider Non-Cash
Collections.

Dear S i r :
At the l a s t Conference of Federal Reserve Bank
Governors, the Conference considered the B o a r d ' s memorandum
X-3676, d a t e d March 28, 1923, having r e f e r e n c e t o t h e e l i m i n a t i o n of c e r t a i n v o l u n t a r y s e r v i c e s assumed by the F e d e r a l Reserve Banks f o r t h e i r member b a n k s .
I t was "Voted t o be the sense of the Conference t h a t the
s e r v i c e s enumerated i n the B o a r d ' s memorandum should
n o t be ^discontinued a t t h i s time, e x c e p t t h a t w i t h
r e f e r e n c e t o the item of Non-Cash C o l l e c t i o n s , i t
was f e l t t h a t the s u b j e c t should be r e f e r r e d f o r
c o n s i d e r a t i o n and r e p o r t t o a Special Committee
of Governors t o be s e l e c t e d by the F e d e r a l Reserve
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i n accordance with the above a c t i o n , t h e F e d e r a l
Reserve Board has appointed a s p e c i a l committee c o n s i s t i n g
of the Governors of the F e d e r a l Reserve Banks of Boston, New
York, Chicago, Cleveland, and Dallas*
The Board has f u r t h e r d i r e c t e d Mr* J . F . Herson,
Chief Examiner, t o a t t e n d the meetings of the above committee
f o r the purpose of r e p r e s e n t i n g the Board d u r i n g t h e d i s c u s s i o n of
the m a t t e r r e f e r r e d t o .
By d i r e c t i o n of the F e d e r a l Reserve Board.,

Wm. W. Hoxton,
Secretary.
TO GOVS. OF ALL F . R. BANKS EXCEPT BOSTON .NEW YORK .CHICAGO,
CLEVELAND AND DALLAS.




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