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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CH I CAGO
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L A SA L L E

S TREET

March 20, 1933.
TO ALL UNLICENSED STATE MEMBER BANKS

IN THE SEVENTH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT:
The following Regulation No. 27, dated March 18, 1933,
has been issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, 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.
"Any State banking institution which ie 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 :f'unctions may, with the approval of the
appropriate State authority having immediate supervision
of such banking institution, permit withdrawals by
depositors and make payments to ~reditors of such percentage
of the amounts due to them (not exceeding 6 percent) as
it may determine, provided that at or before the time o~
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 No. 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 institutions . "
Regulation No. 7 is contained in our Bulletin #224 dated
Maroh 9, 1933 and refers to segregated deposits that may be paid
on demand.


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