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Circular No. 72-291
December 22, 1972

To All Banks and Others Concerned
in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District:

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Enclosed is a revised copy of Supplement A to
Bulletin 10, "Closing Hours for Cash Items."

As you will

note, changed havo boon rwuio in tha cloulng bourn for
checks drawn on the Treasurer of the United States, Postal
Money Orders, and Deferred Credit Items.
The old Supplement A to Bulletin 10, effective
November 1, 1971, should be removed from your binder and
destroyed.
Yours very truly,
p, 'Hi. Uoitiwoxx
President
Enclosure

This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org)

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

BULLETIN 10

Supplement A
CLOSING HOURS FOR CASH ITEMS
IMMEDIATE CREDIT ITEMS
Banking days (Monday through Friday)

Closing hour

Items draw n on local banks bearing the immediate credit routing symbol*

9:00 a.m.

Fort W orth bank drafts on Continental National Bank, First National Bank,
and Fort W orth National Bank

10:30 a.m.
(Dallas only)

Redeemed United States Departm ent of Agriculture food stamp coupons
Drafts on Commodity Credit Corporation payable through this bank [accept­
able for immediate credit only at office through which payable)

2:00 p.m.

Cashier’s checks and expense checks of other Federal Reserve banks [only
w hen deposited in separate cash letters) subject to final paym ent after
receipt at the issuing Federal Reserve office
Postal money orders
Checks draw n on the Treasurer of the United States

2:00 p.m.
(El Paso)
3:00 p.m.
(other offices)

Cashier’s checks and expense checks of this bank subject to final payment
after receipt at our issuing office
2:30 p.m.
Drafts on this bank subject to inspection and verification of signatures after
receipt at office on which draw n before paym ent is final

DEFERRED CREDIT ITEMS
Banking days (Monday through Friday)

Closing hour

Regular items

12:00 Noon

Com puter processed items

1:30 p.m.

Items $500 and over MICR encoded as to routing symbol, transit num ber
and am ount

2:00 p.m.
(El Paso)
2:30 p.m.
(other offices)

Computer processed items specially prepared for direct introduction to
high-speed check-handling equipment (contact our Dallas office for specific
details)

2:30 p.m.
(Dallas only)

*For H ouston office, this includes all banks in H arris County.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

BULLETIN 10

Saturdays*

Closing hour

Regular items

11:00 a.m.

Computer processed items

12:00 Noon
(All offices
except Houston)

UNSORTED CASH LETTERS
Banking days (Monday through Friday)

Closing hour

Unsorted cash letters w ith amount-encoded items, w ith daily average of
2,000 items or less, as provided in 3.10 of Bulletin 10

9:00 a.m.

Unsorted cash letters w ith daily average of 300 items or less, as provided
in 3.05 of Bulletin 10

12:00 Noon

*Except Saturdays w hich fall on the holidays listed in A-1.00 of Supplem ent A to Bulletin 1, and Saturdays as to
w hich we have sent advance notification th at no items will be processed.