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FEDERAL

RESERVE

BOARD

STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS

For immediate r e l e a s e .

November 14, 1934.

WITHDRAWAL OF INTEREST AID HASH DIVIDENDS
FROM RESTRICTED ACCOUNTS.

Ruling Ho. 38 interpreting Regulation T.

In response to

several i n q u i r i e s , the Federal Reserve Board rules that i n t e r e s t
and cash dividends on s e c u r i t i e s i n any r e s t r i c t e d account may,
at the option of the creditor, he paid to the customer i f they
are paid on the same day on which, i n accordance with the c r e d i t o r ' s
usual p r a c t i c e , they are credited to the customer's account.

This

ruling applies t o i n t e r e s t on coupon bonds as well as to i n t e r e s t
on registered "bonds and cash dividends on stocks.