View original document

The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS

March 6, 1933.
\

DENOMINATIONAL EXCHANGE OF
CURRENCY AND COIN

To All Banks in District No. 8 :
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamation declaring bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has
authorized all Federal reserve banks and all other banking
institutions to make change by the exchange of currency
and/or coin of various denominations for an exactly equal
amount of currency and/or coin of other denominations b u t
no gold or gold certificates shall be paid out in making change.
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS

March 6, 1933.

SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES

To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamation declaring bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued
following regulations: "All banking institutions may allow their
customers free access to the Safety Deposit Boxes and Safes
rented to such customers/'
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS

March 6, 1933.

RETURN OF DEPOSITS

To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamation declaring bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued
the following regulation: "All banking institutions may upon
request return intact and without restriction all cash, checks,
and other items delivered for deposit or collection which were
received after the last closing of business hours and have not
been entered on the books of such banking institution/'
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS

March 6, 1933.

k




To Member and Nonmember Clearing Banks in District No. 8:
(For the information of other banks)
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a regulation that
all banking institutions may continue in accordance with the
usual practice to cash checks drawn on the Treasurer of the
United States provided that no gold or gold certificates shall be
paid out.
In keeping with this regulation, the Federal Reserve Bank
of St. Louis and its branches will accept from member and
nonmember clearing banks in the Eighth Federal Reserve District on special deposit, checks drawn on the Treasurer of the
United States and the funds will be maintained in a separate
account for payment of currency or coin other than gold coin
or gold certificates.
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS

March 6, 1933.

To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by Presidents proclamation declaring bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued
the following regulation: "Any banking institution may accept
payments in cash or any other form acceptable to it on account
or in settlement of obligations payable at or to such institution."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS

b

March 6, 1933.

See Regulation #28
date 3-20-33
For additional information
on Regulation $6

#

To All Banks in District No. 8 :
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamation declaring bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued
following regulation: "Any banking institution may handle and
collect drafts or other documents in connection with the shipment, transportation or delivery of food or feed products may
pay out or permit the withdrawal of such amounts of currency
as shall be necessary in the judgment of such banking institution in connection with such shipment, transportation or delivery
of food or feed products and may perform such other banking
functions as may be essential to the shipment, transportation or
delivery of food or feed products, provided, however, that no
banking institution shall pay out or permit the withdrawal of
any gold or gold certificates. ,,
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS

March 6, 1933.

To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamation declaring
bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued following regulations: "Deposits heretofore received by any banking institution pursuant to agreement or
legislative authority providing for segregation and for repayment without
restriction may be paid on demand. Any banking institution which was
lawfully engaged in the business of receiving deposits prior to March 6, 1933,
may create special trust accounts for the receipt of new deposits which shall
be subject to withdrawal on demand without any restriction or limitation and
shall be kept separately in cash or on deposit in Federal reserve banks or
invested in obligations of the United States. Federal reserve banks may open
special accounts on their books for their member banks and temporarily for
nonmember banks and may receive in such special accounts the proceeds of
new deposits received by such banking institutions. In making deposits with
the Federal reserve bank pursuant to this regulation the depositing bank shall
in the case of each deposit indicate to the Federal reserve bank by symbol
or otherwise that the funds so deposited represent new deposits made under
this regulation. Upon receipt of such deposits such Federal reserve bank shall
credit the same in the special account of the depositing bank herein provided
for and shall hold the same solely for repayment to such bank. Federal reserve
banks shall permit the withdrawal of any part or all of such new deposits by
the depositing bank without restriction provided that the depositing bank
shall in such order or request for withdrawal indicate to the Federal reserve
bank by symbol or otherwise that such withdrawal is to be made from such
special account: provided, however, that no banking institution shall pay
out or permit the withdrawal of any gold or gold certificates.
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 7, 1933.

%

To All Banks in District No. 8 :
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamation declaring bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued
following regulation: "Where settlement for checks charged by
drawee institutions to the drawers accounts on its books on or
before March 4, 1933, is incomplete, settlement may be completed
where such settlement does not involve the payment of money
or currency."
Respectfully,
WM, McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 7, 1933.

To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under the authority conferred upon him by the President's
proclamation of March 6, 1933, declaring a bank holiday, the
Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following regulations:
"Any banking institution may deliver to the person entitled
thereto properly identified documents and securities held by such
institution for safe keeping. ,,
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 7, 1933.

D

See regulation #88
date 3-20-33
For additional information
on Regulation #10•

To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamation declaring bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued following regulation : "Any
National or State banking institution may exercise its usual banking functions
to such extent as its situation shall permit and as shall be absolutely necessary
to meet the needs of its community for food, medicine, other necessities of life,
for the relief of distress, for the payment of usual salaries and wages, for
necessary current expenditures for the purpose of maintaining employment,
and for other similar essential purposes: provided, however, that (1) every
precaution shall be taken to prevent hoarding or the unnecessary withdrawal
of currency; (2) no State banking institution shall engage in any transactions
under this regulation which is in violation of State or Federal law or of any
regulation issued thereunder; (3) no National banking association shall
engage in any transaction under this section which is in violation of any
Federal law or of any order or regulation issued by the Comptroller of the
Currency; and (4) no gold or gold certificates shall be paid out. Each banking institution and its directors and officers will be held strictly accountable
for faithful compliance with the spirit and purpose as well as the letter of
this regulation."
Respectfully,
W M . McC. M A R T I N ,
Governor.




March 6, 1933.

REGULATION NO. 11

Under authority conferred upon Secretary of the
Treasury "by Presidents proclamation declaring bante
holiday# you are advised that any hank having branch
in a foreign country :may depos5.t collateral in the
United States to secure advances to such branoh in a
foreign country3 provided such transaction does not involve any transfer of credit from the United States to
a foreign country and any bank having branch in an
insular possession of United States Bay deposit United
States government securities or other collateral for a
similar purpose T»hen under Presidents proclamation
advances of local currency in the insular possession »ray
lawfully be made.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS

V

March 7, 1933.

T o All Banks in District No. 8:
Under the authority conferred upon him by the President's proclamation
of March 6, 1933, declaring a bank holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has
issued the following regulations: "Clearing house associations and other
associations organized to provide an adequately secured medium of temporary
exchange, are hereby permitted to issue certificates against sound assets of
banking institutions, such certificates to be deliverable by each institution to
its creditors and depositors on a pro rata basis provided, however, that no
such certificates shall be issued before Friday, March 10, 1933, without the
consent of the Secretary of the Treasury addressed to the Clearing House or
other association proposing to issue such certificates, and further provided
that this permission may be revoked in the event that a national plan to meet
the existing emergency is proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury if in his
opinion the success of such plan would be inconsistent with the operation of
the certificate plan."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS

'b




March 7, 1933.

To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamation declaring bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued following regulation: "Any
banking institution lawfully engaged in the business of acting as trustee,
executor, administrator, registrar of stocks and bonds, transfer agent, guardian
of estates, assignee, receiver, committee of estates of lunatics, or in any other
fiduciary capacity may continue to transact such business in the normal and
usual manner; provided, that in the conduct of said business, except as may
be permitted by other regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, such banking institutions shall not pay out or permit the withdrawal of coin or currency
nor withdraw any trust or fiduciary funds on deposit with any other department of the bank."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




March 7, 1933•

REGU1ATI0JI H0# 14

Under authority conferred upon him by President*a
proclamation declaring bank holiday* the Secretary of the
Treasury has issued the following regulation: "Federal
reserve banks are authorized to conduct their normal and
usual operations as fiscal agents of the United States
in transactions pertaining to the exchange of obligations
of the United States $ stich as making exchange of denominations, exchanging coupon for registered bonds, and vice
versa, receiving registered bonds for transfer and effecting C P D transactions •"




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 8, 1933.

To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by the President's
proclamation of March 6, 1933, declaring a bank holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued following regulation: "The permission granted in regulation number 7 that deposits heretofore
received by any banking institution pursuant to agreement or
legislative authority providing for segregation and repayment
without restriction may be paid on demand, includes any bank
in which any such deposits have been redeposited by or on behalf
of the receiving bank in accordance with such agreement or legislative authority."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.

(Regulation No. 7 authorized special trust accounts, e t c )




March 10, 1933*

REGU1ATI01I HOo 16

Under authority conferred upon him by the Presidents
proclamation of March 6, 1933.J, as extended* declaring bank
holiday5 the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following regulation: ttAll banking institutions are hereby
authorised to take such steps and carry through such transactions as may be necessary to eoajplete for their ora account^
or the account of their customers* payment on any subscriptions 9 for treasury bills of the United States for tftdoh payment Tjas due on March 6$ 1933*11

(Trans 1602)




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 11, 1933.

REGULATION No, 17

To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamations of March 6 and 9, 1933, declaring and continuing bank
holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued following regulation:
"Any banking institution may, when the owners consent thereto,
pay checks issued prior to March 6, 1933 and received in due
course of business by the drawee banking institution, by charging
the amounts thereof to the accounts of the drawers and crediting
such amounts to the accounts of such owners on the books of
the drawee banking institution."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 11, 1933.

R E G U L A T I O N IVo. 1 8
To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamation of March 6 and 9, 1933, declaring and continuing bank
holiday, Secretary of Treasury has issued following regulation:
"All banking institutions are hereby authorized to subscribe and
pay for any United States government obligations which may be
offered for subscription and sale by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Federal reserve banks may carry on such functions as may be
necessary to facilitate such transactions as are authorized by
this regulation.
"All Federal reserve banks are authorized to redeem matured
obligations of the United States and to cash matured coupons,
provided, no gold or gold certificates shall be paid out."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 12, 1933.

REGULATION No. 19
To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by the President's
proclamations of March 6 and 9, 1933, declaring and continuing
bank holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following regulation: "Except as otherwise prohibited by law, banking
institutions may exercise their normal and usual functions in
permitting substitution for or release of collateral held by them,
provided other collateral or cash of equal or greater value is
received in exchange therefor."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 12, 1933.

REGULATION No. 20
To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by the President's
proclamations of March 6 and 9, 1933, declaring and continuing
bank holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following regulation: "All Federal reserve banks and their branches
and agencies may open March 13, 1933, and may remain open for
the performance of all usual and normal banking functions except
as prohibited by the Executive Order issued by the President on
March 10, 1933, and any further orders or regulations hereafter
issued."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL R E S E R V E BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 12, 1933.

REGULATION No, a i
To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by the President's
proclamations of March 6 and 9, 1933, declaring and continuing
bank holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following regulation: "Banking institutions which are not members
of the Federal Reserve System or organized under the laws of
the United States and which are not under the immediate supervision of any State authority may, on and after March 13, 1933,
carry on their normal and usual functions except as otherwise
prohibited and except that no such institution shall pay out any
gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates, unless authorized by
the Secretary of the Treasury nor allow withdrawal of any
currency for hoarding, nor engage in any transaction in foreign
exchange except such as may be undertaken for legitimate and
normal business requirements, for reasonable traveling and other
personal requirements, and for fulfilment of contracts entered
into prior to March 6, 1933."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




March 12* 1953o

REGULATION NO* 22

Under authority conferred upon him by the Presidents
proclamations of March 6 and 9* 1933$ declaring and continuing bank holidays the Secretary of the Treasury has issued
the following regulation: nAll Federal Land Banks, Federal
Intermediate Credit Banks. Joint Stock Land Banks5 Federal
Home Loan Banks5 Regional Agricultural Credit Corporations and
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation are hereby permitted
to open at 9 o*clock A. M« Monday*, March 13^ 1933s to perform
their usual banking functions except to the extent prohibited
by the Executive Order of the President of the United States$
issued March 10«, 19339 by Federal or State law* or as may hereafter be limited or prohibited by regulations promulgated by
the Secretary of the Treasury*
This permission.* as to each of the foregoing banking institutions3 may be revoked in whole or in part by the Secretary
of the Treasury at any time* and is granted as to each such
institution upon the express condition that such institution
shall deliver within thirty days from the date hereof$ to the
Treasurer of the United States or to a Federal reserve bank or
a Federal reserve branch bank of the district in -which it is
looated* all gold coin^ gold bullion and gold certificates owned by it*, and receive payment in credit or in other forms of
ooin or in currency*11

(Trans 1636)

(a) corporations organized under section 25 (a) of the Federal
Reserve Act*

(Trans 1656)




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 13, 1933.

R E G U L A T I O N IVo. 23
To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamations of March 6th and 9th and Executive Order of the
President of the United States, dated March 10, 1933, Secretary
of the Treasury has issued following regulation governing all
banking institutions whether or not licensed to carry on usual
and normal functions by Secretary of Treasury or appropriate
State authority: "No banking institution shall permit any withdrawal by any person when such institution, acting in good faith,
shall deem that the withdrawal is intended for hoarding. Any
banking institution, before permitting the withdrawal of large
or unusual amounts of currency, may require from the person
requesting such withdrawal, a full statement under oath of the
purpose for which the currency is requested."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 13, 1933.

REGULATION No,

£4

T o All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by Presidents proclamations of'March 6 and 9, 1933, declaring and continuing bank
holiday, Secretary of the Treasury has issued following regulation: "All banking institutions may cash official drafts drawn
upon the Secretary of State for payment of salaries, traveling and
other contingent expenses but not for personal account, and remit
the amounts thereof to the banks from which the drafts are
received, provided that no gold or gold certificates shall be
paid out."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 14, 1933.

REGULATION No. 2 5
To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamations of
March 6 and 9, 1933, declaring and continuing bank holiday, the Secretary
of the Treasury has issued the following regulation:
"Pending the determination by the Treasury Department of a suitable
procedure for licensing the delivery of gold for use in trade, profession or art.
Federal reserve banks are hereby authorized to deliver upon request therefor
gold in amounts deemed by such bank to be reasonably required for legitimate
and customary uses in trade, profession or art, provided such request is
accompanied by affidavit of the person requesting such gold, stating the
amount of unmanufactured gold on hand and the facts making it necessary
to obtain such gold for the purpose of maintaining employment.
All banks licensed to open for usual and normal functions are permitted
to carry out any transaction necessary to complete the delivery of any gold
authorized by any Federal reserve bank to be delivered in accordance with
such request."
The Secretary of the Treasury has also issued a public statement directing that requests for delivery of gold for use in trade, profession or art be
submitted to the Federal reserve bank of the district accompanied by affidavit
referred to in regulation, and stating that accurate records must be kept of
disposition of all gold which may be released.
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 14, 1933.

R E G U L A T I O N ISO. 26
To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamations of March 6 and 9, 1933, declaring and continuing bank
holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following
regulation: "All banking institutions may issue drafts transferring credits from any place in the United States to any other
place in the United States and from any place in the United
States to any place in a foreign country in connection with payments for domestic and foreign patent, trademark and design
application fees, and in payment for domestic and foreign patent
and trademark taxes and renewals. No gold or gold certificates
shall be paid out, withdrawn or exported under this regulation."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 20, 1933.

REGULATION No. 2T
To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by the President's proclamations
of March 6, 1933 and of March 9, 1933, declaring and continuing a bank holiday
and the Executive Order of March 10, 1933, the Secretary of the Treasury
has issued the following regulation: "Any State banking institution which is
a member of the Federal reserve system and which is not licensed by the
Secretary of the Treasury to reopen for the performance of usual banking
functions may, with the approval of the appropriate State authority having
immediate supervision of such banking institution, permit withdrawals by
depositors and make payments to creditors of such percentage of the amounts
due to them (not exceeding 5 per cent) as it may determine, provided that
at or before the time of such withdrawal or payment it shall set aside and
make available for such purpose a fund for the benefit of and sufficient to
pay to all depositors and creditors the percentage so determined.
This regulation shall not in any way affect any right created by regulation number 7 nor limit or restrict any payment thereby authorized.
Any right to authorize withdrawals or payments under the terms of
this regulation shall terminate upon the appointment of any conservator,
receiver or other appropriate State official taking charge of the affairs of such
banking institution."
Respectfully,
WM McC. MARTIN,
Governor.

(Regulation No. 7 authorizes special trust accounts)




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 20, 1933.

REGULATION No. £ 8
To All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by the President's proclamations
of March 6, 1933 and of March 9, 1933, declaring and continuing a bank
holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following regulation:
"After the close of business on March 18, 1933, Treasury regulation No. 6
and Treasury regulation No. 10, as amended, shall be without force or effect
to authorize any banking transaction therein referred to."
(For your information we quote)

REGULATION No. 6
"Any banking institution may handle and collect drafts or other documents in connection with the shipment, transportation or delivery of food or
feed products may pay out or permit the withdrawal of such amounts of
currency as shall be necessary in the judgment of such banking institution
in connection with such shipment, transportation or delivery of food or feed
products and may perform such other banking functions as may be essential
to the shipment, transportation or delivery of food or feed products, provided,
however, that no banking institution shall pay out or permit the withdrawal
of any gold or gold certificates."

REGULATION No. IP
"Any National or State banking institution may exercise its usual banking functions to such extent as its situation shall permit and as shall be absolutely necessary to meet the needs of its community for food, medicine, other
necessities of life, for the relief of distress, for the payment of usual salaries
and wages, for necessary current expenditures for the purpose of maintaining
employment, and for other similar essential purposes: provided, however,
that (1) every precaution shall be taken to prevent hoarding or the unnecessary withdrawal of currency; (2) no State banking institution shall engage
in any transactions under this regulation which is in violation of State or
Federal law or of any regulation issued thereunder; (3) no National banking
association shall engage in any transaction under this section which is in
violation of any Federal law or of any order or regulation issued by the
Comptroller of the Currency; and (4) no gold or gold certificates shall be
paid out. Each banking institution and its directors and officers will be held
strictly accountable for faithful compliance with the spirit and purpose as
well as the letter of this regulation."
Respectfully,
WM McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 22, 1933.

REGULATION No. 2 9
T o All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamations of March 6 and of March 9, 1933, declaring and continuing a bank holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the
following regulation: "Any banking institution which is a member of the Federal reserve system and is not licensed to perform
usual banking functions may rediscount or pledge with another
banking institution renewals of notes which were previously
rediscounted or pledged with such other banking institution."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 28, 1933.

REGULATION No. 3 0
T o All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamations of March 6 and of March 9, 1933, declaring and continuing a bank holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the
following regulation:
"Banking institutions which are members of the Federal
reserve system and of which actual possession and control have
been taken (a) by conservators appointed pursuant to the Act
of March 9, 1933, or (b) by appropriate State officials appointed
pursuant to State law, as permitted by the President's Executive
Order of March 18, 1933, are permitted to transact such limited
banking functions as may be authorized in accordance with law
by the Comptroller of the Currency, in the case of National
banks, or by the appropriate State officials, in the case of State
member banks; provided, however, that no such banking institution shall reopen for the performance of its usual and normal
functions until it shall have received a license from the Secretary
of the Treasury.
This regulation shall not authorize any transaction with
respect to the export or paying out of gold, or gold certificates,
withdrawal of currency for hoarding or transactions in foreign
exchange prohibited or restricted by the Executive Order of
March 10, 1933."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 31, 1933.

REGULATION No. 31
T o All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamations of March 6 and of March 9, 1933, declaring and continuing a bank holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the
following regulation:
"Any banking institution which is a member of the Federal
reserve system and is not licensed to perform usual banking
functions, but which is duly authorized to engage in the business
of acting as trustee, executor, administrator, registrar of stocks
and bonds, transfer agent, guardian of estates, assignee, receiver,
committee of estates of lunatics, or in any other fiduciary capacity, may transact such business in the normal and usual manner
and may make payments on account of the principal or income
of trust or other fiduciary funds to the persons entitled thereto;
provided, that, except to the extent permitted by other emergency
banking regulations, no such banking institution shall withdraw
or pay out any trust or other fiduciary funds on deposit with any
other department of such banking institution or make any other
payment in connection with any trust or other fiduciary funds
which would operate to discharge, as a whole or in part, any
indebtedness, as distinguished from any trust or other fiduciary
duty, of such banking institution.
This regulation supersedes emergency banking regulation
No. 13 of March 7, 1933, which is hereby revoked."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
ST. LOUIS
March 31, 1933.

REGULATION No. 3 2
T o All Banks in District No. 8:
Under authority conferred upon him by President's proclamations of March 6 and of March 9, 1933, declaring and continuing a bank holiday, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued the
following regulation:
"Any State bank which is a member of the Federal reserve
system, and is not licensed by the Secretary of the Treasury to
perform usual banking functions, may permit withdrawals of
deposits which are lawfully secured by collateral; provided, that
such withdrawals are
(a) permissible under applicable law
(b) duly authorized by the board of directors of
such bank, upon such terms with respect to the
release of collateral as will fully protect all
depositors and other creditors against the creation of any preferences, and
(c) approved by the appropriate State authority
having supervision of such bank.
Any such bank is authorized to carry on such usual banking
functions as may be essential to allow the withdrawals permitted
by this regulation, subject to the provisions and restrictions
above set forth and except as otherwise prohibited."
Respectfully,
WM. McC. MARTIN,
Governor.