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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK 'Circular No. 1209T . April 17, 1933 J Nomination and Election of Directors To Member Banks in the Second Federal Reserve District: In accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act and Circular No. 1192, dated March 22, 1933, in regard to election of directors of this bank to hold office for the unexpired terms of HONORABLE WILLIAM H. WOODIN, formerly a Class B director of this bank, and ALBERT H. WIGGIN, formerly a Class A director of this bank, who have resigned as such directors and whose terms would have expired on December 31, 1934, there are given on the two following pages the names of the candidates nominated for election, indicating by whom nominated. The following are being sent to each bank in Group 1 with this circular: (a) Preferential ballot for use in voting for candidates for Class A director and Class B director. (b) Colored ballot envelope in which the ballot is to be sealed. (c) Certificate envelope bearing on its face the certificate in regard to the vote. (d) Self-addressed envelope in which all of the foregoing should be returned to me. The ballot and certificate on the certificate envelope must be executed by an officer who has been authorized to cast the vote. A list showing the officers designated for this purpose by the respective member banks in Group 1 was attached to the above mentioned circular dated March 22, 1933, and a similar list amended to April 14, 1933 is attached to this circular at page 4. In order that the ballot may be secret, the name of the bank and the name and title of the voting officer should not be written on the ballot, but should be written only on the certificate envelope. (1) After the preferential ballot has been marked, (2) It should be placed in the colored ballot envelope and that envelope sealed. (3) Then the sealed colored ballot envelope should be placed within the certificate envelope, and the certificate envelope should be sealed and the certificate thereon executed. (4) Then the certificate envelope containing the sealed colored ballot envelope should be returned to me in the enclosed self-addressed envelope. The law provides that the ballot shall be cast within 15 days after receipt of the list transmitted herewith. The polls will open on April 18, 1933, and will close at 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday, May 3, 1933, and in order to be counted as valid the ballot must be received by me at or before the latter time. Upon the closing of the polls the ballot box will be opened in the board room of this bank, the sealed envelopes containing the ballots will be opened, the votes counted and checked by tellers and the results of the election announced. The candidates are invited to be present or represented on this occasion. While the banks in Groups 2 and 3 will not vote in this election, this circular is sent to them without forms for their information. J. H. CASE, Chairman of the Board. Nominee for Class A Director GEORGE W. DAVISON, NEW YORK, N. Y. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, New York City, N. Y. GEORGE W. DAVISON, now chairman of the board of trustees of Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, entered the banking business in 1912 as vice-president of the Central Trust Company of New York. Later he became vice-president of the Central Union Trust Company of New York and was elected president of that institution in 1919. After the merger with the Hanover National Bank in 1929 he served as president of the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company until he became chairman of the board in January, 1933. Mr. DAVISON is chairman of the New York Clearing House Committee and a member of the Federal Advisory Council, representing the Second Federal Reserve District, and a director in many prominent corporations. He is also president of the board of trustees of Wesleyan University. Nominated by the following member banks in Group 1 CONNECTICUT Place Bridgeport Bank or Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company of Bridgeport NEW JEESEY Jersey City Jersey City Montclair Newark Newark Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey The First National Bank of Jersey City Montclair Trust Company Merchants and Newark Trust Company of Newark, N. J. National Newark and Essex Banking Company of Newark NEW YORK Albany Albany Buffalo Buffalo Elmira Elmira New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York Niagara Falls Rochester Rochester Syracuse Troy The National Commercial Bank and Trust Company of Albany The New York State National Bank of Albany Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company The Marine Trust Company of Buffalo Chemung Canal Trust Company First National Bank & Trust Company of Elmira Bank of the Manhattan Company Bank of New York and Trust Company Bankers Trust Company Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company The Chase National Bank of the City of New York Chemical Bank & Trust Company Colonial Trust Company The Commercial National Bank and Trust Company of New York Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company The Fifth Avenue Bank of New York The First National Bank of the City of New York Fulton Trust Company of New York Grace National Bank of New York Guaranty Trust Company of New York Irving Trust Company Manufacturers Trust Company The National City Bank of New York The New York Trust Company The Public National Bank and Trust Company of New York Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York Power City Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company of Rochester Lincoln-Alliance Bank and Trust Company The Syracuse Trust Company The Manufacturers National Bank of Troy Nominee for Class B Director THOMAS J. WATSON, NEW YORK, N. Y. President, International Business Machines Corporation, New York City, N. Y. THOMAS J. WATSON was born in Campbell, N. Y., and was educated at Addison Academy and the Elmira (N. Y.) School of Commerce. He began his business career with the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio, as a salesman at Buffalo, N. Y., successively becoming branch manager at Rochester, N. Y.; special representative of the president of the National Cash Register Company; and general sales manager of the organization. He severed his connection with the National Cash Register Company in 1914 and became president of the International Business Machines Corporation, with general offices in New York City. Mr. WATSON is a director of a number of industrial and financial institutions. He is a director of the Irving Trust Company, a member of the advisory committee of the Produce Exchange Branch of the Chase National Bank, a member of the advisory board of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a director of the Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation and a director of the Niagara Fire Insurance Company. In addition to business affiliations Mr. WATSON has been interested in civic and educational matters for many years, and is now president of the Merchants Association of New York, president of the Economic Club of New York, vice chairman of the National Industrial Conference Board, a trustee of Lafayette College, and a member of the council of New York University. Nominated by the following member banks in Group 1 CONNECTICUT Place Bridgeport Bank or Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company of Bridgeport NEW JERSEY Jersey City Montclair Newark Newark Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey Montclair Trust Company Merchants and Newark Trust Company of Newark, N. J. National Newark and Essex Banking Company of Newark NEW YOEK Albany Albany Buffalo Buftalo Elmira Elmira New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York Niagara Falls Rochester Rochester Syracuse Troy The National Commercial Bank and Trust Company of Albany The New York State National Bank of Albany Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company The Marine Trust Company of Buffalo Chemung Canal Trust Company First National Bank & Trust Company of Elmira Bank of the Manhattan Company Bank of New York and Trust Company Bankers Trust Company The Chase National Bank of the City of New York Chemical Bank & Trust Company Colonial Trust Company Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company The Fifth Avenue Bank of New York The First National Bank of the City of New York Fulton Trust Company of New York Grace National Bank of New York Guaranty Trust Company of New York Trving Trust Company Manufacturers Trust Company The National City Bank of New York The New York Trust Company The Public National Bank and Trust Company of New York Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York Power City Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company of Rochester Lincoln-Alliance Bank and Trust Company The Syracuse Trust Company The Manufacturers National Bank of Troy 1933 Election of Directors List of 58 Member Banks in Group 1 Revised to April 14, 1933 Group 1 consists of banks having capital and surplus in excess of $1,999,000. CONNECTICUT Place Bridgeport Stamford Bank or Trust Company Officers Authorized to Cast Vote The First National Bank and Trust Co. of Bridgeport President, any Vice-President, or Cashier The First-Stamford National Bank and Trust Company President, any Viee-President, or Cashier NEW JERSEY Bloomfield East Orange Jersey City Jersey City Jersey City Jersey City Montelair Newark Newark Newark Newai'k Passaic Bloomfield Bank and Trust Company Savings Investment and Trust Company Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey . . . . The First National Bank of Jersey City Hudson County National Bank The New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company . Montelair Trust Company Federal Trust Company Fidelity Union Trust Company Merchants and Newark Trust Company of Newark, N. J. National Newark and Essex Banking Company of Newark Passaic National Bank and Trust Company . . . . Albany Albany Albany Brooklyn Brooklyn Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Elmira Elmira New York New York New York New York New York First Trust Company of Albany The National Commercial Bank and Trust Co. of Albany The New York State National Bank of Albany . Brooklyn Trust Company The National Exchange Bank and Trust Co. of New York Liberty Bank of Buffalo Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company . . . . The Marine Trust Company of Buffalo Chemung Canal Trust Company First National Bank & Trust Company of Elmira Bank of the Manhattan Company Bank of New York and Trust Company Bankers Trust Company Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company . . . . The Chase National Bank of the City of New York . . New New New New New New New New New New New New Chemical Bank & Trust Company Colonial Trust Company County Trust Company of New York The Commercial National Bank & Trust Co. of New York The Continental Bank & Trust Company of New York . Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company The Fifth Avenue Bank of New York The First National Bank of the City of New York . . Fulton Trust Company of New York Grace National Bank of New York Guaranty Trust Company of New York The Harriman National Bank and Trust Company of the City of New York Irving Trust Company Manufacturers Trust Company The Marine Midland Trust Company of New York . The National City Bank of New York The New York Trust Company The Public National Bank and Trust Co. of New York Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York United States Trust Company of New York . . . . Power City Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company of Rochester Lincoln-Alliance Bank and Trust Company . . . . First Trust and Deposit Company The Syracuse Trust Company The Manufacturers National Bank of Troy . . . . First Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Utica The County Trust Company The First National Bank & Trust Company of Yonkers . 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President, President, President, President, President, any Vice-President, or Cashier or any Viee-President any Vice-President, or Cashier any Vice-President, or Cashier or any Vice-President Pres., Executive Vice-Pres., any Vice-Pres., or Sec'y President, any Vice-President, or Cashier President, any Vice-President or Sec'y President, any Vice-President or See'y Chairman, President, any Vice-Pres., or Treas. President, any Vice-President, or Cashier Pres., any Vice-Pres., Sec'y or Treas. President, or any Vice-President Chairman of the Board FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK Preferential Ballot April 17, 1933. Group No. 1 This ballot and the certificate on the certificate envelope must be executed by an officer who has been authorized to cast the vote and whose appointment has been certified to me. The polls will open on April 18, 1933, and will close at 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday, May 3, 1933. This ballot must be returned so as to reach me before the latter time. Failure to observe instructions will invalidate this ballot. J. H. CASE, Chairman of the Board. VOTE FOR CLASS A DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK for term of office expiring December 31, 1934 CANDIDATE GEORGE W. DAVISON, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. (Indicate choice by X below) Chairman, Board of Trustees, Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, New York City, N. Y. VOTE FOR CLASS B DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK for term of office expiring December 31, 1934 CANDIDATE THOMAS J. WATSON, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. 1. 2. 3. 4. (Indicate choice by X below) President, International Business Machines Corporation, New York City, N. Y. DIRECTIONS FOR VOTING Mark this preferential ballot to indicate choices. Place preferential ballot so marked in the colored ballot envelope and seal that envelope. Place sealed colored ballot envelope in certificate envelope and seal certificate envelope and execute certificate thereon. Return sealed and executed certificate envelope (with sealed colored ballot envelope enclosed therein) in envelope addressed to Mr. J. H. Case, Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, N. Y.
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