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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK O F NEW YORK r Circular No. 2 8 5 6 1 I November 1,1944 J Nomination and Election of Directors (By member banks in Group 2 only, that is, member banks with capital and surplus of more than $300,000 and less than $10,000,000). To Member Banks in the Second Federal Reserve District: In accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, and circular No. 2845, dated September 29, 1944, in regard to election of directors of this bank for terms of office from January 1, 1945, to December 31, 1947, to succeed WILLIAM J. FIELD, class A director, and FREDERICK E. WILLIAMSON, formerly class B director, there are given on pages 2 and 3 the names of the candidates nominated for such directors, indicating by whom nominated. To each bank in Group 2, except banks affiliated with holding company affiliates which have designated another bank to participate in this election*, the following are being sent with this circular: (a) (b) (c) (d) Preferential ballot for use in voting for candidates for class A director and class B director. Colored ballot envelope in which the ballot is to be sealed. Certificate envelope bearing on its face the certificate in regard to the vote. 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 2 was attached to the above mentioned circular dated September 29, 1944, and a similar list amended to October 28, 1944, is attached to this circular beginning 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 addressed envelope. The law provides that the ballot shall be cast within 15 days after receipt of the list of candidates transmitted herewith. The polls will open on November 2, 1944, and will close at 12 o'clock noon, on Friday, November 17, 1944, 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. The banks in Groups 1 and 3 will not vote in this election, and this circular is sent to them without forms for their information only. BEARDSLEY RUML, Chairman of the Board. * As indicated in circular No. 2845, dated September 29, 1944, section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, provides that whenever any two or more member banks within the same Federal reserve district are affiliated with the same holding company affiliate, participation by such member banks in the election of directors of Federal reserve banks shall be confined to one of such banks, and the holding company affiliate may designate the bank to participate in such election. Consequently, the ballot of any bank in Group 2 so affiliated cannot be counted as valid unless there is on file with me evidence that such bank has been so designated. Candidate for Class A Director HARRY H. POND, PLAINFIELD, N. J. President, The Plainfield Trust Company, Plainfield, N. J. HARRY HOBSON POND, was born in Vineland, New Jersey, on December 25, 1870. He entered The Vineland National Bank in 1887, becoming cashier in 1902. In 1910 he joined The Plainfield Trust Company as secretary and treasurer, and in 1912 was elected a director. He became vice president in 1913, and since 1923 has been president. In 1913 Mr. Pond also became vice president of The Mechanics & Metals National Bank of the City of New York, and upon its consolidation with The Chase National Bank of the City of New York in 1926 he became a vice president of that bank. In 1930 he resigned from that bank to devote his full time to the affairs of The Plainfield Trust Company. Mr. Pond is a director of The Plainfield National Bank and president and director of Plainfield Title & Mortgage Guaranty Co. He was one of the organizers of the New Jersey Bankers Association, and was its president in 1911-12. He is a member of the New York Advisory Board of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Mr. Pond has been active in civic affairs in Plainfield. He has been president of the board of managers of the Vineland State School since 1910, and a member of the board of governors of the Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield, since 1912. Nominated by the following member banks in Group 2 N E W JERSEY Place Name of Bank or Trust Company Jersey City Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey Newark Columbus Trust Company Newark Lincoln National Bank of Newark Paterson The First National Bank of Paterson Plainfield The Plainfield National Bank Plainfield The Plainfield Trust Company The name of ROBERT G. COWAN, President, The National Newark and Essex Banking Company of Newark, Newark, N. J., was also placed in nomination as a candidate for class A director by a number of member banks. Mr. Cowan, however, has declined the nomination, and has requested that his name be omitted from the list of candidates furnished the member banks. 2 Candidate for Class B Director CHARLES E. ADAMS, NEW YORK, N. Y. Chairman, Air Reduction Company, Inc., New York, N. Y. CHARLES EDWARD ADAMS was born in Toledo, Ohio, on October 29, 1881. He was graduated from St. Paul's School, Concord, N. EL, in 1900 and from Yale University, with the degree of A. B., in 1904. After serving for three years as secretary to Mr. Robert C. Pruyn of Albany, N. Y., he became associated successively with the security firms of F. S. Butterworth & Co., New Haven, Conn., and Callaway, Fish & Co., New York City. In 1917-18 he was a partner of Foster & Adams, New York City. He became treasurer of Air Reduction Company, Inc. in 1918; vice president in 1920; president in 1921, and chairman in 1937. Since 1927 he has been chairman of the board of U. S. Industrial Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Adams is a trustee and member of the executive committee and finance committee of Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a director and member of the executive committees of National Distillers Products Corporation and Vanadium Corporation of America, and a director of several other corporations. Since 1940 Mr. Adams has served, in various capacities, the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense, the Office of Production Management, the National Defense Mediation Board, the War Production Board, and the Combined Pulp and Paper Committee of the U. S., Canada, and The United Kingdom. Mr. Adams is a member of the boards of managers of the Babies Hospital and the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York. Nominated by the following member banks in Group 2 CONNECTICUT Bridgeport Bridgeport Harrison Harrison Hillside Jersey City Jersey City Montclair Morristown Newark Newark New Brunswick Nutley Orange Orange Passaic Passaic Paterson Paterson Perth Amboy Perth Amboy Phillipsburg Plainfield Plainfield Prospect Park Ramsey Union City West Orange Albany Amsterdam Auburn Auburn Binghamton Binghamton Buffalo Canandaigua Canandaigua Cohoes Cooperstown Cooperstown Corning Dunkirk Syracuse Troy Troy Troy Utica Watertown Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Bayside Flushing Bronx County Trust Company The Peoples National Bank of Brooklyn in New York Clinton Trust Company The Continental Bank & Trust Company of New York The Fifth Avenue Bank of New York Grace National Bank of New York Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York The Bayside National Bank of New York Flushing National Bank in New York Glens Falls Herkimer Hudson Ithaca Jamestown Jamestown Jamestown Johnstown Kenmore Kenmore Little Falls Lockport Middletown Mineola Monticello Mount Vernon Norwich Ogdensburg Olean Oneida Oneonta Port Washington JERSEY Poughkeepsie Rensselaer Rockville Centre Rome Rye Schenectady Schenectady Schenectady Southampton Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse YORK First Trust Company of Albany Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany The National Commercial Bank and Trust Company of Albany State Bank of Albany The Farmers National Bank of Amsterdam Auburn Trust Company The National Bank of Auburn The City National Bank of Binghamton The First National Bank of Binghamton Liberty Bank of Buffalo The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company Ontario County Trust Company The National Bank of Cohoes The First National Bank of Cooperstown The Second National Bank of Cooperstown First National Bank and Trust Company of Corning Dunkirk Trust Company (Continued) Name of Bank or Trust Company Chemung Canal Trust Company Endicott Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company of Floral Park The First National Bank of Glens Falls The First National Bank of Herkimer The Farmers National Bank of Hudson Tompkins County Trust Company Bank of Jamestown The First National Bank of Jamestown The National Chautauqua County Bank of Jamestown The Peoples Bank of Johnstown, N. Y. The First National Bank of Kenmore State Bank of Kenmore The Herkimer County Trust Company Lockport Exchange Trust Company Orange County Trust Company Nassau County Trust Company The National Union Bank of Monticello Fleetwood Bank The National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich Ogdensburg Trust Company The Exchange National Bank of Olean The Oneida Valley National Bank of Oneida The Wilber National Bank of Oneonta The Port Washington National Bank and Trust Company Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Poughkeepsie Rensselaer County Bank and Trust Company Bank of Rockville Centre Trust Company The Farmers National Bank and Trust Company of Rome The Rye National Bank The Mohawk National Bank of Schenectady The Schenectady Trust Company The Union National Bank of Schenectady The First National Bank of Southampton First Trust & Deposit Company Lincoln National Bank and Trust Company of Syracuse The Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Syracuse The Syracuse Trust Company The Manufacturers National Bank of Troy The National City Bank of Troy The Union National Bank of Troy First Bank & Trust Company of Utica The Watertown National Bank Elmira Endicott Floral Park The Clifton National Bank Clifton Trust Company The First National Bank of Clifton The Citizens National Bank and Trust Company of Englewood The Harrison National Bank West Hudson National Bank of Harrison The Hillside National Bank (P. O., Elizabeth, N. J.) Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey The First National Bank of Jersey City Montclair Trust Company The Morristown Trust Company Columbus Trust Company Franklin Washington Trust Company The National Bank of New Jersey Bank of Nutley The Orange First National Bank The Second National Bank of Orange Bank of Passaic and Trust Company Peoples Bank and Trust Company Commercial National Bank of Paterson The First National Bank of Paterson First Bank and Trust Company The Perth Amboy National Bank The Phillipsburg National Bank and Trust Company The Plainfield National Bank The Plainfield Trust Company The Prospect Park National Bank (P.O., Paterson, N.J.) The First National Bank and Trust Company of Ramsey The First National Bank of Union City The First National Bank of West Orange NEW Albany Albany Albany Place The Bridgeport-City Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company of Bridgeport NEW Clifton Clifton Clifton Englewood NEW YORK Name of Bank or Trust Company Place NEW YORK CITY 3 1944 Election of Directors List of 281 Member Banks in Group 2 Revised to October 28, 1944 Group 2 consists of member banks with capital and surplus of more than $300,000 and less than $10,000,000 CONNECTICUT Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Danbury Danbury Darien Greenwich Norwalk Stamford Officers Authorized to Cast Vote Name of Bank or Trust Company Place The Bridgeport-City Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company of Bridgeport The West Side Bank City National Bank & Trust Company of Danbury The Danbury National Bank The Home Bank and Trust Company of Darien . First National Bank in Greenwich The National Bank of Norwalk The First-Stamford National Bank and Trust Company President, President, President, President, President, President, President, President, President, or any Vice President any Vice President, or Cashier any Vice President, or Cashier or Cashier any Vice President, or Cashier any Vice President, or Treasurer any Vice President, or Cashier any Vice President, or Cashier any Vice President, or Cashier NEW JERSEY Name of Bank or Trust Company Plaae Officers Authorized to Cast Vote Asbury Park Asbury Park National Bank and Trust Company Asbury Park Bayonne Belleville Bloomfield Bound Brook Caldwell Clifton Clifton Asbury Park and Ocean Grove Bank Bayonne Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Treasurer President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank of Belleville . . . . . President, any Vice President, or Treasurer Bloomfield Bank and Trust Company The First National Bank of Bound Brook . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Citizens National Bank and Trust Company of Caldwell President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Clifton National Bank Clifton Trust Company President, any Vice President, Cashier, Secretary, or Assistant Secretary The First National Bank of Clifton President, any Vice President, or Cashier Closter National Bank and Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Dover Trust Company President, any Vice President, Treasurer, or the Assistant Treasurer The National Union Bank of Dover President, any Vice President, or Cashier Savings Investment & Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Treasurer Central Home Trust Company of Elizabeth, N. J. . President, any Vice President, or Treasurer The Elizabethport Banking Company President, any Vice President, or Cashier The National State Bank of Elizabeth . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier Union County Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Treasurer The Citizens National Bank and Trust Company of President, any Vice President, or Cashier Englewood President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Hunterdon County National Bank of Flemington Clifton Closter Dover Dover East Orange Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth Englewood Flemington Hackensack Hackensack Hackensack Hackensack Harrison . President, any Vice President, Cashier, or any Assistant Cashier The Bergen County National Bank of Hackensack . The City National Bank and Trust Company of Hackensack President, any Vice President, President, any Vice President, The Hackensack Trust Company Peoples Trust Company of Bergen County . . . . President, any Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer The Harrison National Bank President, any Vice President, or Cashier or Secretary Cashier, or Cashier NEW JERSEY (Continued) Place Name of Bank or Trust Company Officers Authorized to Cast Vote Harrison Hillside Irvington Jersey City Jersey City Jersey City Kearny Linden West Hudson National Bank of Harrison . President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Hillside National Bank (P. O., Elizabeth, N. J.) President The Irvington National Bank President, any Vice President, or Treasurer Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank of Jersey City . President, any Vice President, or Cashier Hudson County National Bank The First National Bank and Trust Company of Kearny President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Secretary Linden Trust Company and Treasurer Maple wood The Maplewood Bank and Trust Company . President, any Vice President, Cashier, Treasurer, or Secretary The First National Bank of Millburn Millburn President, any Vice President, or Cashier Bank of Montclair Montclair President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank and Trust Company of Mont- President, any Vice President, any Assistant Montclair clair (P. 0., Upper Montclair, N. J.) . Vice President, or Cashier Montclair Montclair Trust Company President, or any Vice President Morris town The First National Iron Bank of Morristown Morristown The Morristown Trust Company President, or any Vice President Newark Clinton Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Treasurer Newark President, or Treasurer Columbus Trust Company Newark President, or any Vice President Federal Trust Company Newark President, or any Vice President Franklin Washington Trust Company Newark President, any Vice President, or Cashier Lincoln National Bank of Newark Newark Merchants and Newark Trust Company of Newark, N. J. President, any Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer The National Newark and Essex Banking Company of Newark President, any Vice President, or Cashier Newark President, any Vice President, or Cashier Newark The National State Bank of Newark President, any Vice President, Cashier, or Newark Union National Bank in Newark Assistant Cashier President, any Vice President, or SecretaryUnited States Trust Company of Newark Newark Treasurer West Side Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Secretary Newark President, any Vice President, or Cashier New Brunswick The National Bank of New Jersey President, any Vice President, or Cashier New Brunswick The Peoples National Bank of New Brunswick President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Sussex and Merchants National Bank of Newton Newton President, any Vice President, or Cashier Bank of Nutley Nutley President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Orange First National Bank Orange President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Second National Bank of Orange . . . . Orange President, any Vice President, or Treasurer Bank of Passaic and Trust Company . . . . Passaic President, any Vice President, or Cashier Passaic National Bank and Trust Company . Passaic Chairman of the Board, President, or any Peoples Bank and Trust Company Passaic Vice President President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Paterson National Bank President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Second National Bank of Paterson . United States Trust Company, of Paterson, New Jersey President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, Treasurer, or First Bank and Trust Company Assistant Treasurer Paterson Paterson Paterson Paterson Paterson Perth Amboy Commercial National Bank of Paterson The First National Bank of Paterson Perth Amboy Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Plainfield The The The The The Plainfield . . . . . . . . Perth Amboy National Bank Phillipsburg National Bank and Trust Company Second National Bank of Phillipsburg . Plainfield National Bank Plainfield Trust Company 5 President, President, President, President, President, any Vice President, or any Vice President, or any Vice President, or any Vice President, or or any Vice President Cashier Cashier Cashier Cashier NEW JERSEY (Continued) Name of Bank or Trust Company Place Prospect Park Rahway Ramsey Red Bank Ridgewood Ridgewood Roselle Rutherford Rutherford South River Summit Summit Union City Washington Westfield Westfield West Orange The Prospect Park National Bank (P. 0., Paterson, N.J.) The Rahway National Bank The First National Bank and Trust Company of Ramsey The Second National Bank and Trust Company of Red Bank Citizens First National Bank and Trust Company of Officers Authorized to Cast Vote President, President, President, President, any any any any Vice Vice Vice Vice President, President, President, President, or or or or Cashier Cashier Cashier Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier The North Jersey Trust Company, Ridgewood, New Jersey President, any Vice President, or Secretary President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank of Roselle President, any Vice President, Cashier, or The Rutherford National Bank any Assistant Cashier President, or any Vice President Rutherford TTust Company The First National Bank of South River . . . . Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank and Trust Company of Summit President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Treasurer The Summit Trust Company The First National Bank of Union City . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank of Washington . . . . Cashier Peoples Bank & Trust Company, Westfield, New Jersey President, any Vice President, or Treasurer President The Westfield Trust Company The First National Bank of West Orange . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier NEW YORK Name of Bank or Trust Company Place Albany Albany Albany Albany Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam Auburn Auburn Baldwin Ballston Spa Binghamton Binghamton Binghamton Bronrville Buffalo Buffalo Canajoharie Canandaigua Canandaigua Carthage Cedarhurst Cohoes Officers Authorized to Cast Vote First Trust Company of Albany President, or any Vice President Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier The National Commercial Bank and Trust Company of President, any Vice President, or Cashier Albany President, any Vice President, or Cashier State Bank of Albany The Amsterdam City National Bank , President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Farmers National Bank of Amsterdam The First National Bank of Amsterdam . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Treasurer Montgomery County Trust Company Auburn Trust Company President The National Bank of Auburn President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Baldwin National Bank and Trust Company . President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Ballston Spa National Bank President, Vice President, or Cashier The City National Bank of Binghamton . . . . Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank of Binghamton . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier Marine Midland Trust Company of Binghamton . President, any Vice President, or Treasurer The Gramatan National Bank and Trust Company of Bronxville President, Cashier, or any Assistant Cashier Liberty Bank of Buffalo President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Niagara National Bank of Buffalo . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier First National Bank of Canajoharie President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company . President, any Vice President, or Cashier Ontario County Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Cashier Carthage National Exchange Bank Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Peninsula National Bank of Cedarhurst . Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, or Cashier The National Bank of Cohoes President, any Vice President, or Cashier 6 NEWJERSEY(Continued) Place Name of Bank or Trust Company Officers Authorized to Cast Vote Cooperstown Cooperstown Corning Cortland The First National Bank of Cooperstown . The Second National Bank of Cooperstown First National Bank and Trust Company of Corning First National Bank of Cortland Dunkirk Dunkirk Dunkirk Elmira Dunkirk Trust Company The Lake Shore National Bank of Dunkirk The Merchants National Bank of Dunkirk Chemung Canal Trust Company . . . Elmira Endicott Farmingdale Floral Park Fort Plain Franklin Square Freeport Elmira Bank & Trust Company Endicott Trust Company The First National Bank of Farmingdale . The First National Bank and Trust Company of Floral Park The Fort Plain National Bank . . . . The Franklin Square National Bank . Tho First National Bank and Trust Company of Free port Citizens National Bank and Trust Company of Fulton Garden City Bank and Trust Company The National Bank of Geneva Glen Cove Trust Company The First National Bank of Glens Falls . Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company . City National Bank and Trust Company of Gloversville The Fulton County National Bank and Trust Company of Gloversville Trust Company of Fulton County . . . . The National Bank of Orange County of Goshen Hempstead Bank The Second National Bank and Trust Company of Hempstead The First National Bank of Herkimer . Bank of Hicksville Fulton Garden City Geneva Glen Cove Glens Falls Glens Falls Gloversville Gloversville Gloversville Goshen Hempstead Hempstead Herkimer Hicksville Hoosick Falls Hudson Hudson Hudson Falls Huntington Ilion Ithaca Ithaca Jamestown Jamestown Jamestown Johnson City Johnstown Johnstown Kenmore Kenmore Kingston Kingston Kingston . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, or any Vice President President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Yice President, or Cashier President, any Yice President, Cashier, Secretary, or Treasurer President, President, President, President, President, any any any any any Vice President, or Treasurer Vice President, or Cashier Vice President, or Cashier Vice President, or Cashier Vice President, or Cashier President, President, President, President, President, President, any any any any any any Vice Vice Vice Vice Vice Vice President, or Cashier President, or Cashier President, or Secretary President, or Cashier President, or Cashier President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier Cashier President, any Vice President, or Treasurer President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Peoples-First National Bank of Hoosick Falls President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Farmers National Bank of Hudson The First National Bank and Trust Company of Hudson President, any Vice President, Cashier, or Assistant Cashier The First National Bank of Hudson Falls . Bank of Huntington and Trust Company . . . . President, any Vice President, or Secretary President, any Vice President, or Cashier Ilion National Bank and Trust Company . President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank of Ithaca President, any Vice President, or Cashier Tompkins County Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Cashier Bank of Jamestown The First National Bank of Jamestown . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier The National Chautauqua County Bank of Jamestown . President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, Cashier, or Workers Trust Company Secretary President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Johnstown Bank President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Peoples Bank of Johnstown, N. Y. . President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank of Kenmore . President, any Vice President, or Cashier State Bank of Kenmore President, any Vice President, or Treasurer Kingston Trust Company F. J. R. Clarke, President The National Ulster County Bank of Kingston President, any Vice President, or Cashier The State of New York National Bank . 7 NEWJERSEY(Continued) Officers Authorized to Cast Vote Name of Bank or Trust Company Place Malone The Herkimer County Trust Company . . . . The Little Falls National Bank Lockport Exchange Trust Company Niagara County National Bank and Trust Company The Lynbrook National Bank & Trust Company The People's Trust Company of Malone . . . Middletown Middletown Mineola President, any Vice President, or Secretary President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Secretary President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, Secretary, or . Treasurer The National Bank of Middletown Orange County Trust Company Nassau County Trust Company Little Falls Little Falls Lockport Lockport Lynbrook Monticello Mount Kisco Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Newburgh Newburgh Newburgh New Rochelle Niagara Falls Norwich Norwich Nyack Ogdensburg President, any Vice President, or Secretary President, any Vice President, Secretary, or any Assistant Secretary The National Union Bank of Monticello . . . . President, Vice President, or Cashier The Mount Kisco National Bank and Trust Company . President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank of Mount Vernon . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier Fleetwood Bank President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Mount Vernon Trust Company President, or any Vice President The Columbus Trust Company President, or any Vice President Highland-Quassaick National Bank and Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Cashier of Newburgh President, any Vice President, or Cashier The National Bank of Newburgh President, any Vice President, or Cashier First National Bank of New Rochelle President, Executive Vice President, any Power City Trust Company Vice President, or Secretary The Chenango County National Bank and Trust ComPresident, any Vice President, or Cashier pany of Norwich The National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich . Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, any Vice President, or Cashier Nyack Bank and Trust Company Ogdensburg Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Treasurer Olean The Exchange National Bank of Olean Olean The First National Bank of Olean . Oneida The Oneida Valley National Bank of Oneida Oneonta . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier . . ' . President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier Oswego The Citizens National Bank and Trust Company of Oneonta President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Wilber National Bank of Oneonta President, any Vice President, or Cashier The First National Bank and Trust Company of Ossining President, any Vice President, or Cashier Oswego County National Bank President, any Vice President, or Cashier Patchogue The Patchogue Citizens Bank & Trust Company President Peekskill The Westchester County National Bank of Peekskill President, any Vice President, or Cashier Plattsburg Plattsburg National Bank & Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Cashier Port Chester Washington Irving Trust Company Port Jervis The First National Bank of Port Jervis Oneonta Ossining . President, any Vice President, or Treasurer . President, any Vice President, or Cashier PortWashington The Port Washington National Bank and Trust Com pany President, any Vice President, or Cashier Poaghkeepsie The Fallkill National Bank and Trust Company of Poughkeepsie President, any Vice President, or Cashier Poughkeepsie The Farmers and Manufacturers National Bank of Poughkeepsie President, any Vice President, or Cashier Poughkeepsie The First National Bank of Poughkeepsie . President, any Vice President, or Cashier Poughkeepsie Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Poughkeepsie President, any Vice President, or Cashier Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Trust Company Rensselaer Rensselaer County Bank and Trust Company 8 . President, any Vice President, or Cashier NEWJERSEY(Continued) Place Name of Bank or Trust Company Officers Authorized to Cast Vote Riverhead Riverhead Rochester Rochester Rockville Centre Rockville Centre Rome The Suffolk County National Bank of Riverhead . The Suffolk County Trust Company Central Trust Company Rochester, N. Y Lincoln-Alliance Bank and Trust Company . . . . Bank of Rockville Centre Trust Company . . . . The Nassau County National Bank of Rockville Centre The Farmers National Bank and Trust Company of Rome Rome Trust Company Rye Salamanca The Rye National Bank Salamanca Trust Company Saranac Lake Adirondack National Bank and Trust Company of SaratogaSprings SaratogaSprings Scarsdale Schenectady The Adirondack Trust Company Saratoga National Bank of Saratoga Springs . Scarsdale National Bank and Trust Company . The Citizens' Trust Company of Schenectady, N. Y. Schenectady The Mohawk National Bank of Schenectady Schenectady The Schenectady Trust Company Schenectady The Union National Bank of Schenectady President President, President, President, President, President, any any any any any Vice Vice Vice Vice Vice President, or Cashier President, or Secretary President, or Secretary President, or Treasurer President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, Cashier, or Secretary President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, Cashier, or Secretary-Treasurer President President, any Vice President, or Treasurer President, any Vice President, or Cashier President . President, any Vice President, or Secretary and Treasurer President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Treasurer . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier Southampton The First National Bank of Southampton . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier Spring Valley The First National Bank of Spring Valley . . . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier . President, any Vice President, or Cashier Springville The Citizens National Bank of Springville Suffern The Suffern National Bank and Trust Company Syracuse First Trust & Deposit Company Syracuse Lincoln National Bank and Trust Company of Syracuse President, any Vice President, or Cashier Syracuse The Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Syracuse The Syracuse Trust Company Troy The Manufacturers National Bank of Troy Troy The National City Bank of Troy Troy President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Union National Bank of Troy The First National Bank & Trust Company of Tuckahoe President President, any Vice President, or Secretary First Bank & Trust Company of Utica Tuckahoe Utica Utica . President, any Vice President, or Cashier . President, any Vice President, or Secretary President, any Vice President, or Cashier Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, or Treasurer . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Oneida National Bank and Trust Company of Utica President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier . Valley Stream Valley Stream National Bank and Trust Company Warsaw Wyoming County Bank and Trust Company . . . Watertown The Northern New York Trust Company . . . Watertown The Watertown National Bank White Plains The Citizens Bank of White Plains, N. Y. President, any Vice President, or Cashier White Plains The County iTust Company President, or any Vice President White Plains The Peoples National Bank and Trust Company of White . President, any Vice President, or Secretary . President, any Vice President, or Secretary and Treasurer President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier Yonkers The Bank of Westchester Yonkers Central National Bank of Yonkers Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, any Vice President, or Cashier Yonkers First National Bank in Yonkers President, any Vice President, or Cashier 9 NEW YORK CITY Place Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Bayside FarRockaway Flushing Forest Hills J amaica Name of Bank or Trust Company Officers Authorized to Cast Vote Bronx County Trust Company President, or any Vice President The National Bronx Bank of New York . . . . President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Bensonhurst National Bank of Brooklyn in New York President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, or Cashier Lafayette National Bank of Brooklyn in New York The Peoples National Bank of Brooklyn in New York Any Director, President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Amalgamated Bank of New York Bank of Yorktown President, any Vice President, or Cashier President, any Vice President, or Treasurer Clinton Trust Company President, or any Vice President Colonial Trust Company The Continental Bank & Trust Company of New York President, any Vice President, or Treasurer President, or any Vice President Federation Bank and Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Cashfer The Fifth Avenue Bank of New York President, any Vice President, or Secretary Fulton Trust Company of New York President, any Vice President, or Cashier Grace National Bank of New York President, any Vice President, Secretary, or Lawyers Trust Company Treasurer The Merchants Bank of New York President, any Vice President, Cashier, or Assistant Cashier The National Safety Bank and Trust Company of New York President, any Vice President, or Cashier Pan American Trust Company President, or any Vice President The Pennsylvania Exchange Bank President, any Vice President, or Cashier Schroder Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Secretary Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York President, any Vice President, or Cashier Trade Bank and Trust Company President, any Vice President, or Cashier The Bayside National Bank of New York . . . The National Bank of Far Rockaway Flushing National Bank in New York United National Bank of Long Island in New York The Jamaica National Bank of New York . . . Richmond Port Richmond Staten Island National Bank & Trust Company of New York 10 . President, any President President, any President, any . Vice President Vice President, or Cashier Vice President, or Cashier Vice President, or Cashier and Cashier President, any Vice President, or Cashier F E D E R A L RESERVE BANK O F N E W YORK Preferential Ballot November 1,1944. Group No. 2 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 November 2, 1944, and will close at 12 o'clock noon on Friday, November 17,1944. This ballot must be returned so as to reach me before the latter time. Failure to observe instructions will invalidate this ballot. BEAKDSLEY R U M L , Chairman of the Board. VOTE FOR CLASS A DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK for term of office from January 1, 1945 to December 31, 1947 CANDIDATE HARRY H . POND, Plainfield, N. J. President, The Plainfield Trust Company, Plainfield, N. J. (Indicate choice by X below) o VOTE FOR CLASS B DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK for term of office from January 1, 1945 to December 31, 1947 CANDIDATE CHARLES E . ADAMS, New York, N. Y. Chairman, Air Reduction Company, Inc., New York, N. Y. (Indicate choice by X below) o DIRECTIONS FOE VOTING 1. Mark this preferential ballot to indicate choices. 2. Place preferential ballot so marked in the colored ballot envelope and seal that envelope. 3. Place sealed colored ballot envelope in certificate envelope and seal certificate envelope and execute certificate thereon. 4. Return sealed and executed certificate envelope (with sealed colored ballot envelope enclosed therein) in envelope addressed to Mr. Beardsley Ruml, Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve P. O. Station, New York 7, N. Y. BALLOT ENVELOPE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS of Federal Reserve Bank of New York The marked preferential ballot should be placed in this envelope, and this envelope should then be sealed and placed in the certificate envelope. CERTIFICATE ENVELOPE This Envelope Should Contain Only Ballot in Sealed Colored Envelope It Will Not Be Opened Until Polls Close ,1944. Group No. 2 T o MR. BEARDSLEY RUML, Chairman of the Board, Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In accordance with section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, I hereby certify that my choices for a class A director and a class B director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for terms of office from January 1, 1945 to December 31, 1947, are as indicated thus ( X ) in the columns of the ballot sealed herein. For (Name of Bank) (Location of (Signature of officer designated to vote) Bank) ( T I T L E of Voting Officer) MR. BEARDSLEY RUML, Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve P. 0. Station, New York 7, N. Y.
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