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FED ERAL RESERVE BANK O F NEW YORK Circular No- 4 0 3 4 1 I October 28 , 1953 J f Nomination and Election of Directors (B y m em ber banks in G roup 2 only, that is, m em ber banks with capital and surplus over $400,000 but less than $10,000,000) To Member Banks in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict: In accordance with the provisions o f section 4 o f the Federal Reserve A ct, as amended, and Circular No. 4020, dated September 24, 1953, in regard to election o f directors o f this Bank fo r terms o f office from January 1, 1954, to December 31, 1956, to succeed B u r r P . C l e v e l a n d , class A director, and L a n s i n g P . S h i e l d , class B director, whose terms expire December 31, 1953, there are shown on pages 2 and 3 the names o f the candidates nominated fo r such directors, and by whom nominated. To each bank in Group 2, except banks affiliated with holding com pany affiliates which have desig nated another bank to participate in this election,* the follow in g are being sent with this circu la r: (a ) Preferential ballot fo r use in voting fo r candidates fo r 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 ) Addressed envelope in which all o f the foregoin g should be returned to me. The ballot and certificate on the certificate envelope must be executed by an officer who has been authorized to east the vote. A list showing the officers designated for this purpose b y the respective member banks in Group 2 was attached to the above mentioned circular dated September 24, 1953, and a similar list amended to October 26, 1953, is attached to this circular beginning at page 4. In order that the ballot may be secret, the name o f the bank and the name and title o f the voting officer should not be written on the ballot, but should be written only on the certificate envelope. (1 ) A fter 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 east within 15 days after receipt o f the list o f candidates transmitted herewith. The polls will open on October 29, 1953, and will close at 12 o ’clock noon, on Friday, November 13, 1953, and in order to be counted as valid the ballot must be received by me at or before the latter time. U pon the closing o f the polls the ballot box w ill be opened in the board room o f this Bank, the sealed envelopes containing the ballots will be opened, the votes counted and checked b y tellers, and the results o f the election announced. The candidates are invited to be present or represented on this occasion. Because banks in Groups 1 and 3 will n ot vote in this election, this circular is sent to them without form s fo r their inform ation only. Jay E. Cran e, Chairman o f the Board. * As indicated in Circular No. 4020, dated September 24, 1953, 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 JOH N R. EVAN S, PO U G H K EEPSIE, N. Y . President, The First National Bank o f Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. J o h n R. E v a n s was born in Blossburg, Pennsylvania, in 1899. He served with the U. S. Navy during W orld War I, was graduated from Pennsylvania State College in 1922, and was a member o f the first graduating class of the Graduate School o f Banking at Rutgers University. Having held various banking positions in Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans during the thirties was appointed by the Comptroller o f the Currency to assist in the program o f rehabilitation o f closed banks. He returned to commercial banking as executive vice president o f The First National Bank and Trust Company o f Hudson, New York. In 1938, he became executive vice president and cashier o f The First National Bank o f Poughkeepsie, New York, later being elected a director. He has been president o f that institution since 1942. Mr. Evans served on the Executive Council o f the American Bankers Association from 1936 to 1939, and is now a member o f its Economic Policy Commission. In the New York State Bankers Association, he has been chairman o f the Bank Management and Research Committee and o f the Nominating Committee; currently, he is vice chairman o f the Retirement System and a member o f the Legislative Committee. Nominated by the following member banks in Group 2 C O N N E C T IC U T Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Greenwich N E W Y O R K (Continued) Name o f Bank or Trust Company Place The Black Rock Bank and T ru st Company The Bridgeport-City Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company Bridgeport The W est Side Bank First National Bank in Greenwich Place Cortland Dunkirk East A urora Endicott Endicott Hempstead of H erkimer Highland Falls H udson H udson N E W JER SEY Boonton Bound Brook Cliffside Park Elizabeth Elizabeth Englewood Hackensack Hackensack Hackettstown Harrison Irvington Jersey City Jersey City Madison Maplewood Montclair Morristown Newark N ew Brunswick Orange Paterson Perth Am boy Perth Amboy Phillipsburg Plainfield Plainfield Plainfield R ed Bank R ed Bank Ridgefield Park Ridgewood Ridgewood Roselle Summit W est Orange Boonton Trust Company Bound B rook Trust Company T he United National Bank o f Cliffside Park Central H om e T ru st Company o f Elizabeth, N . J. T h e National State Bank o f Elizabeth Citizens N orthern V alley National Bank o f Englewood T h e Hackensack T ru st Company Peoples Trust Company o f Bergen County The Peoples National Bank o f Hackettstown W est Hudson National Bank o f Harrison T h e Peoples National Bank & T ru st Company o f Irvington Commercial T ru st Company o f N ew Jersey T h e First National Bank o f Jersey City T h e F irst National Bank o f Madison The Maplewood Bank and Trust Company M ontclair Trust Company The First National Iron Bank o f Morristown Federal Trust Company The National Bank o f N ew Jersey T h e Second National Bank o f Orange Broadway Bank & Trust Company F irst Bank and T ru st Company T h e Perth Am boy National Bank The Phillipsburg National Bank and Trust Company T he Plainfield National Bank T he Plainfield Trust Company T he State Trust Company at Plainfield, N ew Jersey T h e Merchants T ru st Company o f R ed Bank, N . J. The Second National Bank o f R ed Bank Ridgefield Park Trust Company Citizens First National Bank and Trust Company of Ridgewood The N orth Jersey Trust Company, Ridgewood, New Jersey T h e First National Bank o f Roselle Citizens Trust Company o f Summit, N ew Jersey T h e F irst National Bank o f W est Orange Huntington Inwood Ithaca Ithaca Jamestown Jamestown Kenmore K ingston Liberty Lindenhurst Little Falls Middletown Mineola Mount V ernon N ewburgh N orwich Oneida Plattsburg Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Riverhead Rome R ye Salamanca Saranac Lake Scarsdale Schenectady Schenectady Schenectady S pring V alley Syracuse T ro y U tica W atertown W estbury NEW YORK A lbany A lbany A m ityville Auburn Auburn Babylon Binghamton Binghamton B ronxville Buffalo Buffalo Canandaigua Cohoes Cooperstown First T ru st Company o f Albany M echanics and Farm ers' Bank o f Albany F irst National Bank and Trust Company o f Amityville Auburn Trust Company T h e National Bank o f Auburn The Babylon National Bank & Trust Company T h e C ity National Bank o f Binghamton First National Bank o f Binghamton, N. Y . T h e Gramatan National Bank and Trust Company o f Bronxville Liberty Bank o f Buffalo L incoln National Bank T h e Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company The National Bank o f Cohoes T h e Second National Bank o f Cooperstown Name o f Bank or Trust Company First National Bank o f Cortland Dunkirk Trust Company Erie County Trust Company T he Endicott National Bank Endicott Trust Company The Second National Bank and Trust Company of Hempstead T he First National Bank o f Herkimer First National Bank in H ighland Falls T he Farmers National Bank o f Hudson The First National Bank and Trust Company o f Hudson Bank o f Huntington and Trust Company T h e First National Bank o f Inwood First National Bank o f Ithaca Tompkins County T ru st Company Bank o f Jamestown T he First National Bank o f Jamestown State Bank o f Kenmore Kingston Trust Company T he National Bank o f Liberty T h e First National Bank o f Lindenhurst T he Herkimer County Trust Company Orange County Trust Company Nassau County Trust Company The First National Bank o f M ount Vernon Highland-Quassaick National Bank and Trust Company o f Newburgh T h e National Bank and Trust Company o f Norwich The Oneida V alley National Bank o f Oneida Plattsburg National Bank & T ru st Company The Fallkill National Bank and T ru st Company o f Poughkeepsie T h e First National Bank o f Poughkeepsie Merchants National Bank & T ru st Company o f Pough keepsie Poughkeepsie Trust Company The Suffolk County National Bank o f Riverhead The Farmers National Bank and Trust Company o f Rome The Rye National Bank Salamanca Trust Company Adirondack National Bank and Trust Company o f Saranac Lake Scarsdale National Bank and T ru st Company T h e Citizens’ T ru st Company o f Schenectady, N . Y . T h e Mohawk National Bank o f Schenectady T h e Schenectady T ru st Company Ramapo Trust Company First Trust & Deposit Company The National C ity Bank o f T roy First Bank & Trust Company o f Utica The W atertown National Bank Bank o f W estbury T ru st Company N E W Y O R K C IT Y Manhattan Queens Forest H ills Jamaica 2 Colonial Trust Company Federation Bank and Trust Company Grace National Bank o f N ew Y ork The Pennsylvania Exchange Bank Sterling National Bank & Trust Company o f New York T rade Bank and T ru st Company U nited National Bank o f L ong Island in New York T he Jamaica National Bank o f N ew Y ork Candidate for Class B Director LANSIN G P. SHIELD, EAST PATERSO N , N. J. President, The Grand Union Company, East Paterson, N. J. L a n s i n g P. S h i e l d was born in Linlithgo, New York, on April 8, 1896. He was graduated from Rutgers University with the degree of Bachelor o f Arts in 1917 and received the degree o f Doctor o f Laws from that university in 1952. He became treasurer o f The Grand Union Company in 1928, and vice president the next year; since 1947, he has been president. Mr. Shield is a director and member o f the executive committee o f the American Re-insurance Company and o f the finance committee, American Reserve Insurance Company; director and past chairman o f the National Association o f Food Chains; director o f the Prudential Insurance Company o f America; a member o f the board o f trustees o f the American Retail Federation; and chairman o f the Puerto Rico Food Advisory Commission. He is vice chairman o f the board o f trustees, life trustee, and member o f the executive committee o f Rutgers University. He was awarded the Honor Medal o f the Freedom Foundation in 1951. He is national chairman o f the 1953 United Cerebral Palsy Campaign. Mr. Shield has been serving as a class B director o f the Federal Reserve Bank o f New York since March 20, 1953. Nominated by the following member banks in Group 2 N E W Y O R K (Continued) C O N N E C T IC U T Name o f Bank or Trust Company Place Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport < Bridgeport Greenwich The Black R ock Bank and Trust Company T h e Bridgeport-City Trust Company The First National Bank and Trust Company Bridgeport T h e W est Side Bank First National Bank in Greenwich Place Cortland Dunkirk East Aurora Endicott Endicott Hempstead of Herkimer Highland Falls Hudson Hudson N E W JER SEY Boonton Bound Brook Cliffside Park Elizabeth Elizabeth Englewood Hackensack Hackensack Hackettstown Harrison Irvington Jersey City Jersey City Madison Maplewood Montclair Morristown Newark N ew Brunswick Nutley Orange Paterson Perth Amboy Perth Amboy Phillipsburg Plainfield Plainfield Plainfield R ed Bank R ed Bank Ridgefield Park Ridgewood Ridgewood Roselle Summit W est Orange Boonton T ru st Company Bound Brook Trust Company The United National Bank o f Cliffside Park Central Home Trust Company o f Elizabeth, N . J. T he National State Bank o f Elizabeth Citizens Northern V alley National Bank o f Englewood T he Hackensack Trust Company Peoples Trust Company o f Bergen County The Peoples National Bank o f Hackettstown W est Hudson National Bank o f Harrison The Peoples National Bank & T ru st Company of Irvington Commercial Trust Company o f N ew Jersey The First National Bank o f Jersey City The First National Bank o f Madison T h e Maplewood Bank and Trust Company Montclair Trust Company The First National Iron Bank o f Morristown Federal Trust Company The National Bank o f N ew Jersey Bank o f Nutley The Second National Bank o f Orange Broadway Bank & Trust Company First Bank and Trust Company The Perth Am boy National Bank The Phillipsburg National Bank and Trust Company The Plainfield National Bank The Plainfield Trust Company The State Trust Company at Plainfield, N ew Jersey The M erchants Trust Company o f Red Bank, N . J. The Second National Bank o f R ed Bank Ridgefield Park Trust Company Citizens First National Bank and Trust Company o f Ridgewood T he North Jersey Trust Company, Ridgewood, New Jersey T he First National Bank o f Roselle Citizens Trust Company o f Summit, New Jersey T he First National Bank o f W est Orange Huntington Inwood Ithaca Ithaca Jamestown Jamestown Kenmore Kingston Liberty Little Falls Middletown Mineola Mount Vernon Newburgh Norwich Oneida Plattsburg Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Riverhead Rome Rye Salamanca Saranac Lake Scarsdale Schenectady Schenectady Schenectady Spring Valley Syracuse T roy Utica Utica NEW YORK Albany Albany A m ityville Auburn Auburn Babylon Binghamton Binghamton B ronxville Buffalo Buffalo Canandaigua Cohoes Cooperstown First Trust Company o f Albany Mechanics and Farmers’ Bank o f Albany First National Bank and Trust Company o f Amityville Auburn Trust Company The National Bank o f Auburn The Babylon National Bank & Trust Company The C ity National Bank o f Binghamton First National Bank o f Binghamton, N. Y . The Gramatan National Bank and Trust Company of Bronxville Liberty Bank o f Buffalo Lincoln National Bank The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company The National Bank o f Cohoes The Second National Bank o f Cooperstown W atertown W estbury Name o f Bank or Trust Company First National Bank o f Cortland Dunkirk Trust Company E rie County Trust Company The Endicott National Bank Endicott Trust Company T he Second National Bank and T ru st Company o f Hempstead T he F irst National Bank o f Herkimer First National Bank in Highland Falls T he Farmers National Bank o f Hudson T he First National Bank and Trust Company o f Hudson Bank o f Huntington and Trust Company T h e First National Bank o f Inwood First National Bank o f Ithaca Tompkins County Trust Company Bank o f Jamestown The First National Bank o f Jamestown State Bank o f Kenmore Kingston Trust Company The National Bank o f Liberty The Herkimer County Trust Company Orange County Trust Company Nassau County Trust Company The First National Bank o f M ount Vernon Highland-Quassaick National Bank and Trust Company o f Newburgh T he National Bank and Trust Company o f Norwich The Oneida V alley National Bank o f Oneida Plattsburg National Bank & Trust Company The Fallkill National Bank and Trust Company o f Poughkeepsie T he First National Bank o f Poughkeepsie Merchants National Bank & Trust Company o f Pough keepsie Poughkeepsie Trust Company The Suffolk County National Bank o f Riverhead The Farmers National Bank and Trust Company o f Rome The Rye National Bank Salamanca Trust Company Adirondack National Bank and Trust Company o f Saranac Lake Scarsdale National Bank and Trust Company The Citizens’ Trust Company o f Schenectady, N. Y . The Mohawk National Bank o f Schenectady The Schenectady Trust Company Ramapo Trust Company First Trust & Deposit Company The National City Bank o f T roy First Bank & Trust Company o f Utica The Oneida National Bank and Trust Company of Utica The W atertown National Bank Bank o f W estbury Trust Company N E W Y O R K C IT Y Manhattan Queens Forest Hills Jamaica 3 Colonial Trust Company Federation Bank and Trust Company Grace National Bank o f N ew York The Pennsylvania Exchange Bank Sterling National Bank & Trust Company o f New York Trade Bank and Trust Company United National Bank o f L ong Island in N ew York The Jamaica National Bank o f New Y ork 1953 Election o f Directors List of 288 Member Banks in Group 2 Revised to October 26, 1953 Group 2 consists of member banks with capital and surplus over $400,000 but less than $10,000,000 C O N N E C T IC U T Place B ridgeport B ridgeport B rid geport B rid geport D anbury D anbury Greenwich N ew Canaan N orw alk South N orwalk Stam ford Stam ford Nam e o f Bank or Trust Company The B lack R ock Bank and Trust Company . . . . The B ridgeport-C ity Trust C o m p a n y .................................. The F irst N ational Bank and Trust Company o f B rid geport The W est Side B a n k ................................................................... City N ational Bank & Trust Company o f Danbury D anbury N ational B a n k ............................................................. F irst N ational Bank in G r e e n w i c h ........................................ The F irst N ational Bank & Trust Com pany o f N ew Canaan The N ational Bank o f N o r w a l k ............................................... The City N ational Bank o f South N o r w a lk ........................... The F irst-Stam f ord N ational Bank and Trust Company The Springdale Bank and Trust C o m p a n y ........................... Officers Authorized to Cast V ote President, or Treasurer President, or any V ice President President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, or Treasurer N E W JEBSEY Allenhurst A sbury Park A sbury Park Allenhurst N ational Bank and T rust Com pany . A sbury P ark and Ocean Grove B a n k ................................. A sb u ry Park N ational Bank and Trust Com pany . Belleville Bergenfield B em ardsville Bloom field B loom ingdale B ogota Boonton B ound Brook Bound Brook Bradley Beach Caldwell Cliffside Park Clifton C lifton Dover Peoples N ational Bank & Trust Com pany o f Belleville T he Bergenfield N ational Bank and Trust Company . Som erset H ills N ational Bank o f B em ardsville . Com munity Trust Com pany o f B l o o m f i e l d ........................... The F irst N ational Bank o f Bloom ingdale . . . . The B ogota N ational B a n k ...................................................... B oon ton Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................. B ound B rook T rust C o m p a n y ............................................... The F irst N ational Bank o f Bound Brook . . . . The F irst N ational Bank o f Bradley B e a c h ........................... The Citizens N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Caldwell The U nited N ational Bank o f Cliffside Park . . . . Bank o f A l l w o o d .......................................................................... President, any V ice President, Passaic-Clifton N ational Bank and Trust Company . The Dover Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................... President, any V ice President, Assistant Treasurer The N ational Union Bank o f D o v e r .................................. President, any V ice President, The F irst N ational Bank o f D u n e lle n ................................. President, or Cashier Central H om e Trust Company o f Elizabeth, N . J. President, any V ice President, The E lizabethport Banking C o m p a n y .................................. President, any V ice President, The N ational State Bank o f E l i z a b e t h ................................. President, any V ice President, Union County Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... President, any V ice President, Dover Dunellen Elizabeth Elizabeth E lizabeth Elizabeth E nglew ood F a ir Lawn Flem ington Freehold Garfield Glen Ridge Hackensack Hackensack Hackensack Citizens N orthern V a lley N ational Bank o f Englewood F a ir Law n-R adbum Trust C o m p a n y .................................. The Hunterdon County N ational Bank o f Flem ington The F irst N ational Bank o f F r e e h o l d .................................. F irst N ational Bank in G a r fie ld ............................................... Glen R idge Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................... The B ergen County N ational Bank o f Hackensack The C ity N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Hackensack The Hackensack Trust C o m p a n y ........................................ 4 President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, Cashier, or any A ssistant Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Treasurer President, any V ice President, or Treasurer President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier or Cashier Treasurer, or or Cashier or or or or Treasurer Cashier Cashier Treasurer President, any V ice President, or President, any V ice President, or President, any V ice President, or President, any V ice President, or President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier Treasurer Cashier Cashier Secretary President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Secretary GROU P 2 NEW JE RSEY ( Continued) N am e o f Bank or Trust Company Place Hackensack H ackettstow n H arrison H ighland Park H illsdale H illside Irvington President, any V ice President. , Cashier, Secretary, or Treasurer President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Peoples N ational Bank o f H ackettstown President, any V ice President, or Cashier W est Hudson N ational Bank o f Harrison President, any V ice President, or Cashier The F irst N ational Bank o f H ighland Park President, any V ice President, or Cashier The H illsdale N ational B a n k ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier The H illside N ational Bank (P . O., Elizabeth, N . J .) The Peoples N ational Bank & Trust Company o f Irvington President, any V ice President, Cashier, or any Assistant Cashier Peoples Trust Com pany o f Bergen County Jersey City Jersey City J ersey City Jersey City K earny Linden Commercial T rust Com pany o f N ew Jersey . . . . The F irst N ational Bank o f Jersey C i t y ........................... H udson County N ational B a n k ............................................... The Trust Com pany o f N ew J e r s e y .................................. The F irst N ational Bank and Trust Company o f K earny Linden Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................. L on g Branch Madison Manville M aplewood L o n g Branch Trust Company . The F irst N ational Bank o f Madison The Manville N ational Bank . . . . The M aplew ood Bank and Trust Company Millburn M ontclair M ontclair M orristown M orristow n Newark Newark Newark Newark Newark Newark N ew Brunswick N ew Brunswick Newton N orth Bergen N utley Oradell Orange Passaic Paterson Paterson Perth A m boy Perth Am boy Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Plainfield Plainfield Plainfield Plainfield Prospect Park Rahway Ramsey R ed Bank R ed Bank Ridgefield Ridgefield Park Officers Authorized to Cast V ote President, any V ice President, President, any V ice President, President, any V ice President, President, any V ice President, President, any V ice President, President, any V ice President, and Treasurer President President, any V ice President, or or or or or or Treasurer Cashier Cashier Treasurer Cashier Secretary or Cashier President, any V ice President, Cashier, Treasurer, or Secretary The F irst N ational Bank o f M i l l b u r n .................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier F irst National Bank o f M ontclair (P . O., U pper M on t President, any V ice President, any Assistant clair, N . J . ) ........................................ ........................................ V ice President, or Cashier M ontclair T rust C o m p a n y ...................................................... President, or any V ice President The F irst N ational Iron Bank o f M orristown President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, or any V ice President The M orristown Trust C o m p a n y ........................... Bank o f C o m m e r c e ................................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier Federal Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................. President, or any V ice President Franklin W ashington Trust C o m p a n y .................................. President, or any V ice President Lincoln N ational Bank o f N e w a r k ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier Union N ational Bank in N e w a r k ........................................ President, any V ice President, Cashier, or Assistant Cashier W est Side Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Secretary The N ational Bank o f N ew J e r s e y ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Peoples N ational Bank o f N ew Brunswick President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Sussex and Merchants N ational Bank o f Newton President, any V ice President, or Cashier The F irst N ational Bank o f N orth Bergen President, any V ice President, or Cashier Bank o f N u t l e y .................................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The F irst N ational Bank o f O r a d e l l ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Second N ational Bank o f O r a n g e ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier Bank o f Passaic and Trust C o m p a n y ........................... President, any V ice President, or Treasurer Broadw ay Bank & Trust C o m p a n y .................................. President, any V ice President, or Treasurer First N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Paterson . President, any V ice President, or Cashier First Bank and Trust C o m p a n y .................................. President, any V ice President, Treasurer, or Assistant Treasurer The Perth A m boy N ational B a n k ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Phillipsburg N ational Bank and Trust Company President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Second N ational Bank o f Phillipsburg . . . . President, any V ice President, or Cashier M id-C ity Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................. President, any V ice President, or Treasurer The Plainfield N ational B a n k ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Plainfield Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... President, or any V ice President The State Trust Company a t Plainfield, N ew Jersey . President, or any V ice President The P rospect Park N ational Bank (P . O., Paterson, N .J .) President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Rahway N ational B a n k ...................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The F irst N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Ramsey President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Merchants Trust Company o f Red Bank, N. J. . President, any V ice President, or Treasurer The Second N ational Bank o f Red B a n k ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Ridgefield N ational B a n k ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier Ridgefield Park Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Secretary 5 GROU P 2 NEW JE B SE Y ( Continued) Nam e o f Bank or Trust Company Place R idgew ood R idgew ood Roselle R utherford Citizens F irst N ational Bank and Trust Company o f R i d g e w o o d ................................................................................. The N orth Jersey Trust Company, R idgew ood, N ew Jersey The F irst N ational Bank o f R o s e l l e .................................. The R u th erford N ational B a n k ............................................... R utherford Somerville South R iver R u th erford Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................... The Second N ational Bank o f S o m e r v i l l e ........................... The F irst N ational Bank o f South R i v e r ........................... Summit Summit Summit Teaneck Citizens Trust Company o f Summit, N ew Jersey . The F irst N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Summit The Summit Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... The Garden State N ational Bank o f Teaneck (P . 0 ., W est Englewood, N . J . ) ................................................................... County Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................. The Union Center N ational B a n k ........................................ The F irst N ational Bank o f W a s h i n g t o n ........................... Peoples Bank & Trust Company, Westfield, N ew Jersey The F irst N ational Bank o f W est O r a n g e ........................... W oodbridge N ational B a n k ...................................................... The W ood R idge N ational B a n k ........................................ Tenafiy Union W ashington W estfield W est Orange W oodbridge W ood Ridge Officers Authorized to Cast V ote President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Secretary President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, Cashier, or any A ssistant Cashier President, or any V ice President President, any V ice President, or Cashier Chairman o f the B oard, President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, or any V ice President President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Treasurer President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any Cashier President, any President, any President, any President, any V ice President, or Cashier V ice V ice V ice V ice President, or Treasurer President, or Cashier President, or Cashier President, or Cashier NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------a a — ---— F irst T rust Company o f A l b a n y ........................................ M echanics and F arm ers’ Bank o f A lban y . F irst N ational Bank and Trust Com pany o f A m ityville . T he F irst N ational Bank o f A m s t e r d a m ........................... M ontgom ery County Trust C o m p a n y .................................. Auburn Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................. The N ational Bank o f A u b u r n ............................................... The B abylon N ational Bank & Trust Company . The B ath N ational B a n k ............................................................. T he F irst N ational Bank and T rust Company o f Bay Shore .............................................................................................. The C ity N ational Bank o f B i n g h a m t o n ........................... President, or any V ice President President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Treasurer President President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier Chairman o f the B oard, President, any V ice President, or Cashier Chairman o f the B oard, President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Treasurer B u ffalo B uffalo B uffalo Canajoharie Canandaigua Cedarhurst F irst N ational Bank o f Bingham ton, N . Y ........................... M arine M idland T rust Company o f Bingham ton The Gramatan N ational Bank and Trust Company o f B r o n x v i l l e ................................................................................. F irst N ational Bank o f B u f f a l o ............................................... L ib erty Bank o f B u f f a l o ............................................................. Lin coln N ational B a n k ............................................................. First N ational Bank o f C a n a j o h a r i e .................................. The Canandaigua N ational Bank and Trust Company The Peninsula N ational Bank o f Cedarhurst . . . . Cobleskill Cohoes Cooperstown C om ing Cortland The F irst N ational Bank o f C o b l e s k i l l .................................. The N ational Bank o f C o h o e s ............................................... The Second N ational Bank o f Cooperstown . . . . F irst N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Corning F irst N ational Bank o f C o r t l a n d ........................................ Dunkirk Dunkirk E ast A urora Elm ira Dunkirk Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................. The Lake Shore N ational Bank o f Dunkirk . . . . E rie County Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................... Chemung Canal Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... A lbany A lban y A m ityville Am sterdam Amsterdam Auburn Auburn Babylon Bath B a y Shore Bingham ton Bingham ton Bingham ton Bronxville 6 President, Cashier, or any A ssistant Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier Chairman o f the Board, President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier Chairman o f the B oard, President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, or any V ice President President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, or Secretary President, any V ice President, Cashier, Secretary, or Treasurer GROU P 2 N E W Y O B K ( Continued) Nam e o f Bank or Trust Company Place Officers Authorized to Cast V ote Chairman o f the B oard, Chairman o f the Executive Committee, President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Treasurer President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, Cashier, or any A ssistant Cashier Elm ira Elm ira Bank & Trust Company E n dicott E n dicott Farm ingdale Franklin Square Fredonia The E n dicott N ational B a n k ........................... E n dicott Trust C o m p a n y ........................................ The F irst N ational Bank o f Farm ingdale . . The Franklin N ational Bank o f Franklin Square Citizens Trust Com pany o f Fredonia, N ew Y ork Freeport Freeport Garden City Geneva Glen Cove Glens Falls Glens Falls Gloversville Gloversville The F reeport Bank, o f F reeport, N ew Y ork . President, any V ice The M eadow B rook N ational Bank o f Freeport L on g Island T rust C o m p a n y .................................. The N ational Bank o f G e n e v a ............................................... President, any V ice Glen Cove Nassau U nion Trust C o m p a n y ........................... President, any V ice The F irst N ational Bank o f Glens F a l l s ........................... President, any V ice Glens Falls N ational Bank and T rust Company City N ational Bank and Trust Com pany o f Gloversville President, any V ice The Fulton County N ational Bank and Trust Company o f G l o v e r s v i l l e .......................................................................... Cashier T rust Com pany o f Fulton C o u n t y ........................................ President, any V ice F irst N ational Bank in G o u v e r n e u r .................................. President, any V ice Gloversville Gouverneur G reat Neck Plaza H am burg Hempstead Hempstead H erkimer Hicksville Hicksville H ighland Falls H oosick Falls Hudson Hudson H untington H untington H untington Station Inw ood Ithaca Ithaca Jamestown Jamestown Jamestown Johnson City President, or Cashier President, or Cashier President, or Cashier President, or Cashier President, or Cashier President, or Treasurer President, or Cashier Great N eck Trust Company ( P . O., G reat N eck, N . Y .) The P e o p le ’ s Bank o f H a m b u r g h ........................................ Hempstead B a n k .......................................................................... The Second N ational Bank and Trust Company o f H e m p s t e a d ................................................................................. The F irst N ational Bank o f H e r k im e r .................................. Bank o f H ic k s v ille .......................................................................... The L on g Island N ational Bank o f H icksville . . . . F irst N ational Bank in H ighland F a l l s ........................... The Peoples-First N ational Bank o f H oosick Falls The Farm ers N ational BanJ- o f H u d s o n ........................... The F irst N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Hudson President, or any V ice President President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier Bank o f H untington and Trust Company F irst Suffolk N ational Bank o f Huntington President, any V ice President, or Secretary President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, President, any Vice President, President, any Vice President, Cashier President, any V ice President, President, any V ice President, President, any V ice President, President, any Vice President, A ssistant Cashier or Cashier or Cashier or Cashier or Cashier or Cashier or Cashier Cashier, or H untington Station B a n k ............................................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier The F irst N ational Bank o f I n w o o d ..................................President, any V ice President, or Cashier F irst N ational Bank o f I t h a c a ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier Tompkins County Trust C o m p a n y ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier Bank o f J a m e s t o w n ................................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier Chautauqua N ational Bank & Trust Company o f Jamestown ......................................................................................................................................................................... The F irst N ational Bank o f J a m e s t o w n ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier W orkers Trust C o m p a n y .............................................................President, any V ice President, Cashier, or Secretary Johnstown Kenm ore Kingston K ingston K ingston Liberty Liberty Lindenhurst The Johnstown B a n k ................................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier State Bank o f K e n m o r e .............................................................President, any V ice President, or Cashier K ingston Trust C o m p a n y .............................................................President, any V ice President, or Treasurer The N ational Ulster County Bank o f K ingston . . . F . J. B. Clarke, President The State o f New Y o rk N ational B a n k ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The N ational Bank o f L i b e r t y ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Sullivan County N ational Bank o f L ib erty . . President, any V ice President, or Cashier The F irst N ational Bank o f L i n d e n h u r s t ........................... Chairman o f the B oard, President, any V ice President, or Cashier L ittle Falls L on g Beach Lynbrook The Herkimer County Trust C o m p a n y ........................... President, any V ice President, or Secretary The N ational City Bank o f L on g B e a c h ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Lynbrook N ational Bank & Trust Company . . President, any V ice President, or Cashier 7 GROU P 2 NEW Y O R K ( Continued) Place Massena M iddletown M iddletown M ineola M ineola M ount K isco M ount Vernon Newburgh Newburgh N ew H yde Park N ew Rochelle N ew Y ork City N orth Tarrytow n N orw ich N orw ich N yack Ogdensburg Olean Olean Oneida Oneonta Oneonta Peekskill Plattsburg Plattsburg P o rt Jefferson Potsdam Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Riverhead Riverhead Rochester Rochester R ockville Centre Rockville Centre Rome Rome Roslyn Rye N am e o f Bank or Trust Company Officers Authorized to Cast Vote The Massena B anking and Trust Company The N ational Bank o f M iddletown Orange County T rust Company . . . . The Central N ational Bank o f M ineola Nassau County Trust Company . . . . President, any V ice President, or Treasurer President, any V ice President, or Secretary President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, Secretary, or any A ssistant Secretary The M ount K isco N ational Bank and Trust Com pany . President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier The F irst N ational Bank o f M ount Vernon . . . . The Columbus Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... President, or any V ice President H ighland-Quassaick N ational Bank and T rust Company o f N e w b u r g h ................................................................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier Bank o f N ew H yde P a r k ...................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier F irst W estchester N ational Bank o f New Rochelle (See page 9) The F irst N ational Bank o f N orth Tarrytown President The Chenango County N ational Bank and Trust Com pan y o f N o r w i c h .................................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The N ational Bank and Trust Company o f N orwich . Chairman o f the B oard o f Directors, President, any V ice President, or Cashier N yack Bank and Trust C o m p a n y ......................................... Ogdensburg Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... ...... President, any V ice President, or Treasurer The Exchange N ational Bank o f O l e a n ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The F irst N ational Bank o f O l e a n ......................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Oneida V alley N ational Bank o f Oneida . . . . President, any V ice President, or Cashier T he Citizens N ational Bank and Trust Com pany o f O n e o n t a ........................................................................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier W ilb er N ational Bank o f O n e o n t a .................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier The W estchester County N ational Bank o f Peekskill President, any V ice President, or Cashier Merchants N ational Bank in P l a t t s b u r g ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier P lattsburg N ational Bank & Trust Com pany . . . . President, any V ice President, or Cashier T he Bank o f N orthern B r o o k h a v e n ........................................ President, or Cashier Potsdam Bank and Trust C o m p a n y .................................. The F allkill N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Poughkeepsie .......................................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier The F irst N ational Bank o f P o u g h k e e p s ie ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier Merchants N ational Bank & T rust Company o f Poughkeepsie .......................................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier Poughkeepsie Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Secretary The Suffolk County N ational Bank o f Riverhead President The Suffolk County Trust C o m p a n y .................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier Central Trust Company Rochester, N . Y ................................. President, any V ice President, or Secretary Security Trust Company o f R o c h e s t e r .................................. President, any V ice President, or Secretary Bank o f Rockville Centre Trust Company . . . . President, any V ice President, or Treasurer The Nassau County N ational Bank o f Rockville Centre President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Farmers N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Rome President, any V ice President, or Cashier Rom e Trust Company . ' ......................................... President, any V ice President, Cashier, or Secretary The Roslyn N ational Bank & Trust Company President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Rye N ational B a n k ............................................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier Salamanca Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................... President, any V ice President, Cashier, or Secretary-Treasurer Saranac Lake A dirondack N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Saranac Lake ............................................................. President Saratoga Springs The Adirondack Trust C o m p a n y ........................... President, any V ice President, or Treasurer Salamanca Sayville The Oysterm en’ s Bank and Trust Company Searsdale Searsdale N ational Bank and Trust Company Schenectady The Citizens’ Trust Company o f Schenectady, N . Y . Schenectady The Mohawk N ational Bank o f Schenectady 8 . . . Chairman, President, any V ice President, or Secretary President President, any V ice President, or Secretary and Treasurer President, any V ice President, or Cashier GROU P 2 NEW Y O R K ( Continued) P lace Nam e o f Bank or Trust Company Officers Authorized to Cast V ote Schenectady Scotia S eaford Southampton Spring Valley Spring Valley Suffem Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse The Schenectady Trust C o m p a n y ........................................ Glenville N ational Bank o f S c o t i a ......................................... The F ort N eck N ational Bank o f Seaford . . . . The F irst N ational Bank o f Southampton . . . . The F irst N ational Bank o f Spring Valley . . . . Ramapo Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................. The Su ffem N ational Bank and Trust Company . F irst Trust & D eposit C o m p a n y ........................................ Lincoln N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Syracuse Marine Midland Trust Company o f Central N ew Y ork . . Syracuse The Merchants N ational Bank & Trust Company o f Syracuse ........................................................................................ The Manufacturers N ational Bank o f T roy . . . . The N ational City Bank o f T r o y ........................................ The Union N ational Bank o f T r o y ........................................ The F irst N ational Bank & Trust Company o f Tuckahoe F irst Bank & Trust Company o f U t i c a ........................... The Oneida N ational Bank and Trust Company o f U tica V alley Stream N ational Bank and Trust Company F irst N ational Bank o f W a t e r l o o ........................................ The N orthern N ew Y ork Trust Company . . . . Troy Troy Troy Tuckahoe U tica U tica V alley Stream W aterloo W atertown W atertown W estbury White Plains W hite Plains Yonkers Yonkers President, any V ice President, or Treasurer President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Treasurer President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Secretary President, any V ice President, or Cashier Chairman o f the Board, President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V iee President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V iee President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President President, any V ice President, or Secretary President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Secretary and Treasurer The W atertown N ational B a n k ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier Bank o f W estbury Trust C o m p a n y ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier The County Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................... President, or any V ice President The Peoples N ational Bank and Trust Company o f W hite P l a i n s ................................................................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier Central N ational Bank o f Y o n k e r s ........................................ Chairman o f the B oard o f Directors, President, any V ice President, or Cashier F irst N ational Bank in Y o n k e r s ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier N E W Y O R K C IT Y Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens F ar Eockaway Forest Hills Jam aica Springfield Gardens Richmond P o rt Richmond B ronx County Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... President, or any V ice President The Bensonhurst N ational Bank o f Brooklyn in N ew Y ork President, any V ice President, or Cashier L afayette N ational Bank o f Brooklyn in N ew Y ork . . President, or Cashier The Peoples N ational Bank o f Brooklyn in New Y ork A n y D irector, President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Am algam ated Bank o f New Y o r k ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier Am erican Trust C o m p a n y ......................................................President, or any V ice President Clinton Trust C o m p a n y .............................................................President, any V ice President, or Treasurer Colonial Trust C o m p a n y .............................................................President, or any V ice President Federation Bank and Trust C o m p a n y ..................................President, or any V ice President Grace N ational Bank o f N ew Y o r k ..................................President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Merchants Bank o f New Y o r k ........................................ President, any V ice President, Cashier, or Assistant Cashier The Pennsylvania Exchange B a n k ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier Schroder Trust C o m p a n y .............................................................President, any V ice President, or Secretary Sterling N ational Bank & Trust Company o f N ew Y ork President, any V ice President, or Cashier Trade Bank and Trust C o m p a n y .........................................President, any V ice President, or Cashier The N ational Bank o f F a r R o c k a w a y ..................................President United N ational Bank o f L on g Island in N ew Y ork . President, any V ice President, or Cashier President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Jam aica N ational Bank o f N ew Y ork . . . . The Springfield Gardens N ational Bank o f N ew Y ork . President, any V ice President, or Cashier The Richm ond County N ational Bank o f P o rt Richm ond President, any V ice President, or Cashier Staten Island N ational Bank & Trust Company o f N ew Y o r k ................................................................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier 9