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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO


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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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M ONRO E

S T R EET

Bulletin No. 53,
September 16, 1916.

VAULT

RESERVES

TO THE MEMBER BANKS OF DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN:
The recent amendments to the Federal Reserve Act
provide in part that the Federal Reser~e Board shall
have power
"By general ruling covering all districts
alike. to permit member banks to carry in
the Federal Reserve Banks of their respective
districts any portion of their reserves now
required by Section 19 of this Act to be held
in their own vaults,"
In pursuance of the authority vested in it by
this Section the Federal Reserve Board has ruled that,
effective September 18, 19J6. and until further notice,
any member bank so desiring shall be permitted to carry
in the Federal Reserve Bank of its district any portion
of its reserves now required by law to be held in its
own vaults.
Respectfully,

JAMES B, McDOUGAL
Governor.