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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A NK
O F N E W YORK
f Circular N o. 4 8 1 5 1
I Novem ber 27, 1959 J

Nomination and Election of Directors
(B y m em ber banks classified in G roup 2 on O ctober 20, 1959, that is, m em ber banks with
capital and surplus o f $800,000 and m ore, but less than $20,000,000, on that date)
To M em ber Banks o f the Second Federal R eserve D istrict:

In accordance with the provisions o f section 4 o f the Federal Reserve A ct, as amended, and Circular
No. 4796, dated October 20, 1959, on the election o f directors o f this Bank fo r terms o f office from
January 1, 1960, to December 31, 1962, to succeed C h a r l e s W . B i t z e r , 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, 1959, there are shown on pages 2 and 3 the names
o f the candidates nominated fo r such offices, and b y whom nominated.
T o each bank classified in Group 2 on October 20, 1959, except banks affiliated with holding com­
pany affiliates which have designated 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 foregoing should be returned to me.
The ballot and the certificate on the certificate envelope must be executed by an officer who has been
authorized to cast the vote. A list o f the officers designated fo r this purpose b y the respective member banks
in Group 2 form ed a part o f the above mentioned circular dated October 20, 1959, and a similar list
revised to date form s a part o f this circular. 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 fte r 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 o f the list o f candidates
transmitted herewith. The polls will open at 9 a.m., November 30, 1959, and w ill close at 12 o ’clock noon, on
Tuesday, December 15, 1959, 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 w ill 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 not vote in this election, this circular is sent to them, without
forms and for their information only.
John

E. B ie r w ir t h ,
Chairman of the Board.

* A s indicated in Circular N o. 4796, dated October 20, 1959, section 4 o f the Federal Reserve A ct, as amended,
provides that whenever any two or m ore member banks within the same Federal reserve district are affiliated with the same
holding com pany affiliate, participation b y such member banks in the election o f directors o f Federal reserve banks shall
be confined to one o f such banks, and the holding com pany affiliate m ay designate the bank to participate in such election.
Consequently, the ba llot o f any bank in Group 2 so affiliated cannot be counted as valid unless there is on file w ith me
evidence that such bank has been so designated.




Candidate for Class A Director
CESAR J. BERTHEAU, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY
President, Peoples Trust Company o f Bergen County, Hackensack, New Jersey
C e s a r J. B e r t h e a u was born in San Francisco on June 5, 1897, and was graduated from the University o f C a li­
fornia, class o f 1919. He served as a lieutenant, artillery, U. S. Army, 1918-19, AEF. Mr. Bertheau started his banking
career at the American Trust Company of San Francisco in 1924. In 1925 he became manager, Los Angeles Office,
American National Company o f San Francisco, and representative, American Trust Company of San Francisco; from
1928 to 1930, he was vice president and New York City representative. He was also vice president, manager, and direc­
tor, 1928-30, of the Pacific Trust Company, American Pacific Corporation, New York City. From 1930 to 1947 he w as
vice president, The Marine Midland Trust Company o f New York, and from 1939 to 1947 he was also president and
director o f Fidelity Safe Deposit Company, New York City.

Mr. Bertheau became executive vice president and a director o f Peoples Trust Company of Bergen County in 1948,
and president, in 1951. He is also a director o f Cary Chemicals, Inc.

Nominated by the following member banks in Group 2
CONNECTICUT

N E W Y O R K ( Continued )
Place

Name o f Bank or Trust Company

Place
Bridgeport
Bridgeport

The Black Rock Bank and Trust Company
City Trust Company

Cliffside Park
Englewood
Freehold
Hackensack

The United National Bank o f Cliffside Park
Citizens National Bank o f Englewood
The First National Bank of Freehold
The City National Bank and Trust Company

Hackensack
Jersey City
Jersey City
New Brunswick
Nutley
Phillipsburg
Rahway
Red Bank
Red Bank
Ridgewood

The Hackensack Trust Company
Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
The First National Bank o f Jersey City
The National Bank o f New Jersey
Bank o f Nutley
The Phillipsburg National Bank and Trust Company
The Rahway National Bank
The Merchants Trust Company o f Red Bank, N. J.
The Monmouth County National Bank, Red Bank
Citizens First National Bank and Trust Company of
Ridgewood
National Community Bank o f Rutherford
Woodbridge National Bank

Little Falls
Mount Vernon
Newburgh
Newburgh
Norwich
Ogdensburg
Olean
Oneida
Oneonta
Patchogue
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie

N EW JERSEY

Rutherford
Woodbridge

of

Poughkeepsie
Riverhead
Rochester
Rye
Sayville
Schencctady
Schenectady
Smithtown
Suffern
Syracuse
Utica

N EW Y ORK
Albany
Auburn
Cedarhurst
Cortland
Dunkirk
Endicott
Glens Falls
Hempstead
Huntington
Ithaca
Ithaca
Kenmore

First Trust Company o f Albany
The National Bank o f Auburn
The Peninsula National Bank o f Cedarhurst
First National Bank of Cortland
Dunkirk Trust Company
Endicott Trust Company
The First National Bank o f Glens Falls
The Second National Bank and Trust Company of
Hempstead
Bank o f Huntington
First National Bank and Trust Company o f Ithaca
Tompkins County Trust Company
State Bank of Kenmore




Wallkill
Watertown
Watertown
Yonkers

Name o f Bank or Trust Company
The Herkimer County Trust Company
The First National Bank of Mount Vernon
The Columbus Trust Company
Highland National Bank of Newburgh
The National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich
Ogdensburg Trust Company
The Exchange National Bank o f Olean
The Oneida Valley National Bank of Oneida
Wilber National Bank of Oneonta
The Peoples National Bank of Patchogue
Dutchess Bank & Trust Company
The Fallkill National Bank and Trust Company of
Poughkeepsie
The First National Bank of Poughkeepsie
The Suffolk County National Bank of Riverhead
Security Trust Company of Rochester
The Rye National Bank
The Oystermen’s Bank and Trust Company
The Mohawk National Bank of Schenectady
The Schenectady Trust Company
Bank of Smithtown
Rockland National Bank, Suffern
First Trust & Deposit Company
The Oneida National Bank and Trust Company of
Central New York
The Valley National Bank, Wallkill, N. Y.
The Northern New York Trust Company
The Watertown National Bank
First National Bank in Yonkers
N E W Y ORK CITY

Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Forest Hills

2

The Peoples National Bank o f Brooklyn in New York
The Gotham Bank
Grace National Bank of New York
Trade Bank and Trust Company
United National Bank of Long Island in New York

Candidates for Class B Director
LEE H. BRISTOL, Sr., NEW Y O R K , N. Y.
Chairman of the Board, Bristol-Myers Company, New York, N. Y.
L e e H. B r i s t o l , S r . , was born November 11, 1892, in Syracuse, New York. He was graduated from Hamilton
College, Clinton, New \ork, with the degree of Bachelor o f Philosophy in 1914 and was awarded the honorary degree
o f Doctor o f Laws by that College in 1952. In W orld War I, he served in the U. S. Navy as an aviator. Practically his
entire business career has been with Bristol-Myers Company. He served as vice president from 1928 to 1949, and
as president from 1949 to 1958, when he became chairman o f the board. He is also a director o f Bristol Laboratories,
Grove Laboratories, Luzier, Inc., Clairol Inc., and Thomas & Betts.
Mr. Bristol has served as a director o f the National Association o f Manufacturers and the National Conference
of Christians and Jews. For two years, he was national chairman o f the United Negro College Fund. He is currently a
director and chairman o f the Executive Committee o f The Advertising Council and a director of the Health Information
Foundation.

Nominated by the following member bank in Group 2
The Hillside National Bank, Hillside, New Jersey

KENNETH H. HANNAN, NEW YO R K , N. Y.
Executive Vice President, Union Carbide Corporation, New York, N. Y.
K e n n e t h H. H a n n a n was born January 25, 1911, in Lincoln, Nebraska. H e was graduated from Yale College in
1933 with the degree o f Bachelor o f Arts, and from Yale Law School in 1936 with the degree o f Bachelor o f Laws. In
1936 he joined the legal staff of the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation (now Union Carbide Corporation), New
York City, and has been with that corporation since then, except for a period o f service with the U. S. Navy from 1941
to 1945. After serving as secretary and as treasurer o f the corporation, Mr. Hannan became vice president and a director
in 1954. Since 1956 he has been an executive vice president and a member of the Appropriations Committee.
Mr. Hannan is also a director o f the American Brake Shoe Company and the New York Life Insurance Company.
He is a member o f the Board o f Governors o f the Society o f the New York Hospital.

Nominated by the following member banks in Group 2
CONNECTICUT
Place
Bridgeport
Bridgeport

N E W Y O R K ( Continued )

Name o f Bank or Trust Company

Place

The Black Rock Bank and Trust Company
City Trust Company

Ithaca
Kenmore
Little Falls
Mount Vernon
Newburgh
Newburgh
Norwich
Ogdensburg
Olean
Oneida
Oneonta
Patchogue
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie

N E W JERSEY
Bound Brook
Cliffside Park
Englewood
Freehold
Hackensack

Bound Brook Trust Company
The United National Bank o f Cliffside Park
Citizens National Bank o f Englewood
The First National Bank o f Freehold
The City National Bank and Trust Company of
Hackensack
Hackensack
The Hackensack Trust Company
Jersey City
Commercial Trust Company o f New Jersey
Jersey City
The First National Bank o f Jersey City
New Brunswick The National Bank o f New Jersey
Nutley
Bank o f Nutley
Phillipsburg
The Phillipsburg National Bank and Trust Company
Rahway
The Rahway National Bank
Red Bank
The Merchants Trust Company o f Red Bank, N. J.
Red Bank
The Monmouth County National Bank, Red Bank
Ridgewood
Citizens First National Bank and Trust Company of
Ridgewood
Rutherford
National Community Bank o f Rutherford
Woodbridge
Woodbridge National Bank

Poughkeepsie
Riverhead
Rochester
Rye
Sayville
Schenectady
Schenectady
Smithtown
Suffern
Syracuse
Utica

NEW YO R K
Albany
Amsterdam
Auburn
Cedarhurst
Cortland
Dunkirk
Endicott
Glens Falls
Hempstead
Huntington
Ithaca

Wallkill
Watertown
Watertown
Yonkers

First Trust Company o f Albany
The First National Bank o f Amsterdam
The National Bank o f Auburn
The Peninsula National Bank of Cedarhurst
First National Bank o f Cortland
Dunkirk Trust Company
Endicott Trust Company
The First National Bank o f Glens Falls
The Second National Bank and Trust Company of
Hempstead
Bank of Huntington
First National Bank and Trust Company o f Ithaca




Name o f Bank or Trust Company
Tompkins County Trust Company
State Bank of Kenmore
The Herkimer County Trust Company
The First National Bank of Mount Vernon
The Columbus Trust Company
Highland National Bank of Newburgh
The National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich
Ogdensburg Trust Company
The Exchange National Bank of Olean
The Oneida Valley National Bank o f Oneida
Wilber National Bank of Oneonta
The Peoples National Bank of Patchogue
Dutchess Bank & Trust Company
The Fallkill National Bank and Trust Company of
Poughkeepsie
The First National Bank of Poughkeepsie
The Suffolk County National Bank of Riverhead
Security Trust Company of Rochester
The Rye National Bank
The Oystermen’s Bank and Trust Company
The Mohawk National Bank of Schenectady
The Schenectady Trust Company
Bank of Smithtown
Rockland National Bank, Suffern
First Trust & Deposit Company
The Oneida National Bank and Trust Company of
Central New York
The Valley National Bank, Wallkill, N. Y.
The Northern New York Trust Company
The Watertown National Bank
First National Bank in Yonkers
NEW Y ORK CITY

Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Forest Hills

3

The Peoples National Bank of Brooklyn in New York
The Gotham Bank
Grace National Bank of New York
Trade Bank and Trust Company
United National Bank of Long Island in New York

1959 Election of Directors

List of 189 Member Banks in Group 2
( Group 2 consists of member banks with capital and surplus of $800,000 and more,
but less than $20,000,000, on October 20, 1959)

C O N N E C T IC U T
Place
B ridgeport
B ridgeport
B ridgeport
B ridgeport
Stam ford

N am e o f Bank or T rust Company

Officers Authorized to Cast V ote

The Black B ock Bank and Trust C o m p a n y ...........................
City Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................................

President, or Treasurer
President, any V ice President, Cashier, or
Secretary
The Connecticut N ational B a n k ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The W est Side B a n k ................................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Fairfield County Chairman o f the Board, President, any
V ice President, or Cashier
N E W JE R SE Y

Allenhurst
A sbury Park
Asbury Park
Belleville
Bergenfield
Bernardsville
Bound Brook
Bound Brook
Cliffside Park
Clifton
Dover
Dover
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Englewood
F a ir Lawn
Flem ington
Freehold
Hackensack
Hackensack
Hackensack
Hackensack
Highland Park
Hillsdale
Hillside
Jersey City
J ersey City
Jersey City
Jersey City
K earny
Linden
Manville




Allenhurst N ational Bank and Trust Company . . . .
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
A sbury Park and Ocean Grove B a n k ......................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
A sbury Park N ational Bank and Trust Company
President, any V ice President, Cashier, or
any Assistant Cashier
Peoples N ational Bank & Trust Company o f Belleville
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The Bergenfield National Bank and Trust Company .
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
Somerset H ills N ational Bank o f Bernardsville
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
B ound Brook Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................... President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
The F irst N ational Bank o f Somerset County, Bound
Brook, N . J ...................................................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The United N ational Bank o f Cliffside Park
. . . .
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
New Jersey Bank and Trust C o m p a n y .................................. President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
The Dover Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................... President, any V ice President, Treasurer, or
A ssistant Treasurer
The N ational Union Bank o f D o v e r ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier
Central Home Trust Company o f Elizabeth, N. J.
President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
The Elizabethport Banking Company
........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The N ational State Bank, Elizabeth, N. J ................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
Union County Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
Citizens N ational Bank o f E n g l e w o o d .................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
F a ir Lawn-Radburn Trust C o m p a n y ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
The Hunterdon County National Bank o f Flem ington .
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The F irst N ational Bank o f F r e e h o l d .................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The B ergen County N ational Bank o f Hackensack .
The City N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Hackensack President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The H ackensack Trust C o m p a n y ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Secretary
Peoples Trust Company o f Bergen C o u n t y ........................... President, any V ice President, Cashier,
Secretary, or Treasurer
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 B a n k ...................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
Commercial Trust Company o f New J e r s e y ........................... President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
The F irst N ational Bank o f Jersey C i t y ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
H udson County N ational B a n k ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The Trust Company o f New J e r s e y ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
The F irst N ational Bank and Trust Company o f K earny President, any V ice President, or Cashier
Linden Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................. President, any V ice President, or Secretary
and Treasurer
The M anville N ational B a n k ...................................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier

4

GROUP 2
NEW JE RSEY ( Continued)

Place

Name o f Bank or T rust Company
.

Officers Authorized to Cast V ote

M aplewood

The M aplew ood Bank and Trust Company

.

.

.

M ontclair

M ontclair N ational Bank and Trust Company

Morristown
Morristown
Newark
New Brunswick
N ew Brunswick
Newton
N orth Bergen
Nutley
Passaic
Paterson
Paterson

The F irst N ational Iron Bank o f M orristown
Trust Co. o f M orris C o u n t y ...............................................
Bank o f C o m m e rce ...................................................................
The N ational Bank o f N ew J e r s e y ..................................
The Peoples N ational Bank o f N ew Brunswick .
The Sussex and Merchants N ational Bank o f N ew ton .
The F irst N ational Bank o f N orth Bergen
. . . .
Bank o f N u t l e y ...................................................................
Bank o f Passaic and C l i f t o n ...............................................
B roadw ay Bank & Trust C o m p a n y ..................................
F irst N ational Bank o f Passaic C o u n t y ...........................

Perth Am boy

F irst Bank and Trust C o m p a n y ........................................

Perth Am boy
Phillipsburg
Plainfield
Prospect Park
Rahway
Red Bank
Red Bank
Ridgewood
Ridgewood
Rutherford

The Perth A m boy N ational B a n k .................................
The Phillipsburg N ational Bank and Trust Com pany .
Plainfield Trust State N ational B a n k ...........................
The Prospect Park N ational B a n k ..................................
The Rahway N ational B a n k ...............................................
The Merchants Trust Company o f Red Bank, N . J . .
The Monmouth County N ational Bank, Red Bank
Citizens F irst National Bank and Trust Company
R i d g e w o o d ..........................................................................
The North Jersey Trust Company, Ridgewood .
National Community Bank o f R utherford
. . . .

South River
Summit
Teaneck
Tenafly
Union
W ashington
W oodbridge

The F irst N ational Bank o f South River . . . .
The Summit Trust C o m p a n y ...............................................
The Garden State N ational Bank o f Teaneck .
County Trust C o m p a n y ......................................................
The Union Center N ational B a n k .................................
The F irst National Bank o f W ashington, N . J . .
W oodbridge National B a n k ...............................................

. President, any V ice President, Cashier,
Treasurer, or Secretary
. President, any V ice President, any Assistant
V ice President, or Cashier
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
. President, or any V ice 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 Cashier
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
. President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
. President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
. Chairman o f the B oard, President, any
V ice President, or Cashier
. President, any V ice President, Treasurer, or
A ssistant 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
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
. President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
of
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
. President, any V ice President, or Secretary
. Chairman o f the B oard, Chairman o f the
Executive Committee, President, any
V ice President, or Cashier
. President, or Cashier
. President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
. Cashier
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier

NEW YORK
A lbany
Albany
Albany
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Auburn
Auburn
B av Shore

Binghamton
B uffalo
Canajoharie
Canandaigua
Cedarhurst




F irst Trust Company o f A l b a n y ...............................................
Mechanics and Farm ers’ Bank o f A l b a n y ...........................
The National Commercial Bank and Trust Company o f
A lbany
..........................................................................
The First National Bank o f A m s t e r d a m ...........................
Montgom ery County Trust C o m p a n y ..................................
Auburn Trust C o m p a n y ............................................................
The National Bank o f A u b u r n ...............................................
The F irst National Bank and Trust Company o f B ay
Shore ..............................................................................................
First-City National Bank o f Bingham ton, N. Y .
L iberty Bank o f B u f f a l o ............................................................
Central National Bank, C a n a j o h a r i e .................................
The Canandaigua N ational Bank and Trust Company .
The Peninsula National Bank o f Cedarhurst . . . .

5

President, or any V ice President
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
President,
President,
President,
President
President,

any V ice President, or Cashier
any V ice President, or Cashier
any V ice President, or Treasurer
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 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

GROUP 2
NEW YORK ( Continued )
Plaee

Nam e o f Bank or Trust Company

Officers Authorized to Cast V ote

Cohoes
Corning
Cortland

The N ational Bank o f C o h o e s ........................................
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
East A u rora
Elm ira

Dunkirk Trust C o m p a n v ......................................................
Erie Countv Trust C o m p a n v ...............................................
Chemung Canal Trust C o m p a n y ........................................

Elm ira

M arine M idland Trust Company o f Southern N ew Y ork

E n dicott
Farm ingdale
Garden City
Glen Cove

E n dicott Trust C o m p a n y ......................................................
The F irst N ational Bank o f Farm ingdale . . . .
L on g Island Trust C o m p a n y ...............................................
Nassau Trust C o m p a n y ......................................................

Glen Head
Glens Falls
Glens Falls
Gloversville
Gloversville

Huntington

The F irst N ational Bank o f Glen H e a d ...........................
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The F irst N ational Bank o f Glens F a l l s ...........................
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company .
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
C ity N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Gloversville . President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The Fulton County N ational Bank and Trust Company o f
. Cashier
G l o v e r s v i l l e ..........................................................................
Trust Company o f Fulton C o u n t y ..................................
. President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
The Peoples Bank o f H a m b u r g ........................................
. President, or Cashier
Hempstead B a n k ...................................................................
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The Second N ational Bank and Trust Company o f
H e m p s t e a d ..........................................................................
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
. Cashier
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 ...........................
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
Bank o f H u n t i n g t o n .............................................................
. President, any V ice President, Cashier, or
Secretary
Security N ational Bank o f L on g Island . . . .
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier

Ithaca
Ithaca
Jamestown
Jamestown
J amestown
Kenm ore
K ingston
K ingston
L iberty
L iberty
L ittle Falls
L on g Beach
Mattituck
Middletown
Middletown
M ount K isco
M ount Vernon
Newburgh
Newburgh
N ew Rochelle
N ew Y ork City
N orwich

F irst N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Ithaca
Tompkins County Trust C o m p a n y ..................................
Bank o f J a m e s t o w n .............................................................
Chautauqua N ational Bank o f Jamestown . . . .
The F irst N ational Bank o f Jamestown
. . . .
State Bank o f K e n m o r e ......................................................
K in gston Trust C o m p a n y ......................................................
The State o f New Y ork N ational B a n k ...........................
The N ational Bank o f L i b e r t y ........................................
The Sullivan Coim ty N ational Bank o f Liberty
The Herkimer County Trust C o m p a n y ...........................
State Bank o f L on g B e a c h ...............................................
The N orth F ork Bank and Trust Company . . . .
County N ational Bank, M id d le t o w n ..................................
Orange County Trust C o m p a n y ........................................
The M ount K isco N ational Bank and Trust Company .
The F irst N ational Bank o f M ount Vernon . . . .
The Columbus Trust C o m p a n y ........................................
H ighland N ational Bank o f N e w b u r g h ...........................
F irst W estchester N ational Bank o f New Rochelle
(S ee pa ge 7)
The N ational Bank and Trust Company o f N orwich .

N yack
Ogdensburg
Olean
Olean

M arine M idland Trust Company o f Rockland County
Ogdensburg Trust C o m p a n y ...............................................
The Exchange N ational Bank o f O l e a n ...........................
The F irst N ational Bank o f O l e a n ..................................

Gloversville
Ham burg
Hempstead
Hempstead
Hicksville
H ighland Falls
H untington




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. 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, or Secretary
. President, any V ice President, Cashier,
Secretary, or Treasurer
. 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 Treasurer
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
. President, or any V ice President
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier

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President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice

President, or Cashier
President, or Cashier
President, or Cashier
President, or Cashier
President, or Cashier
President, or Cashier
President, or Treasurer
President, or Cashier
President, or Cashier
President, or Cashier
President, or Secretary

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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, any V ice President, or
President, or any V ice President

Secretary
Cashier
Secretary
Cashier
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 Treasurer
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier

GROUP 2
NEW YORK ( Continued )
Nam e o f Bank or Trust Company

Place

Officers Authorized to Cast V ote

Oneida
Oneonta
Patchogue
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie

The Oneida V alley N ational Bank o f Oneida . . . .
W ilber National Bank o f O n e o n t a ........................................
The Peoples National Bank o f P a t c h o g u e ...........................
Dutchess Bank & Trust C o m p a n y ........................................
The Fallkill N ational Bank and Trust Company o f
P o u g h k e e p sie .................................................................................
Poughkeepsie
The F irst National Bank o f P o u g h k e e p s i e ...........................
Riverhead
The Suffolk County N ational Bank o f Riverhead
Rochester
Central Trust Company, Rochester, N. Y .................................
Rochester
Security Trust Company o f R o c h e s t e r ..................................
Rockville Centre Bank o f Rockville Centre Trust C o m p a n y ...........................
R ye
The Rye National B a n k .............................................................
Saratoga Springs The A dirondack Trust C o m p a n y ...............................................
Sayville
The Oysterm en’ s Bank and Trust Company . . . .
Scarsdale
Schenectady

Scarsdale N ational Bank and Trust Com pany . . .
The Citizens’ Trust Com pany o f Schenectady, N . Y .

Schenectady
Schenectady
Smithtown
Smithtown
Spring Valley
Suffern
Syracuse
Syracuse

.

President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice
President, any V ice

President, or Cashier
President, or Cashier
President, or Cashier
President, or Secretary

President, any V ice President, or Cashier
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
President
President, any V ice President, or Secretary
President, any V ice President, or Secretary
President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
President, any V ice President, or Treasurer
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
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
President, any V ice President, or Secretary

The Mohawk N ational Bank o f Schenectady . . . .
The Schenectady Trust C o m p a n y ........................................
Bank o f S m i t h t o w n ...................................................................
The Eastern N ational Bank o f S m i t h t o w n ...........................
The First N ational Bank o f Spring V a l l e y ...........................
Rockland N ational Bank, S u f f e r n ........................................
F irst Trust & D eposit C o m p a n y ...............................................
Lincoln N ational Bank and Trust Company o f Central New
Y o r k .............................................................................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
M arine M idland Trust Company o f Central New York,
Syracuse
Syracuse ....................................................................................... Chairman o f the Board, President, any
V ice President, or Cashier
Syracuse
The Merchants National Bank & Trust Company o f
Syracuse ........................................................................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier
T roy
The M anufacturers N ational Bank o f T roy . . . .
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
Troy
The Union National Bank o f T r o y ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier
U tica
Marine M idland Trust Company o f the Mohawk V alley President, any V ice President, or Secretary
U tica
The Oneida National Bank and Trust Company o f Central
New Y o r k ................................................................................. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
V alley Stream
V alley Stream N ational Bank and Trust Company .
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
W allkill
The V alley N ational Bank, W allkill, N . Y . ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
W aterloo
F irst N ational Bank o f W a t e r l o o ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier
W atertown
The N orthern New Y ork Trust C o m p a n y ........................... President, any V ice President, or Secretary
and Treasurer
W atertown
The W atertown N ational B a n k ............................................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
W ellsville
The Citizens N ational Bank o f W e l l s v i l l e ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
W estbury
Bank o f W estburv Trust C o m p a n y ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier
W est Hempstead The Meadow Brook N ational Bank o f Nassau County .
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
W hite Plains
The County Trust C o m p a n y ...................................................... President, or any V ice President
W hite Plains
N ational Bank o f W estchester, W hite Plains . . . .
President, any V ice President, or Cashier
Y onkers
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

Brooklyn

The Bensonhurst National Bank o f Brooklyn in New Y ork President, any V ice President, or Cashier
L afayette N ational Bank o f Brooklyn in New Y ork
President, or Cashier
The Peoples N ational Bank o f Brooklyn in New Y ork .
A ny Director, President, any V ice President,
or Cashier




7

GROUP 2
NEW YO R K C ITY ( Continued)

Place
Manhattan

Queens
F a r R ockaw ay
F orest H ills
Springfield
Gardens
Richmond
P ort Richmond




Name o f Bank or Trust Company

Officers Authorized to Cast V ote

The Am algam ated Bank o f N ew Y o r k ..................................President, any Vice President, or Cashier
Am erican Trust C o m p a n y .............................................................President, or any V ice President
Colonial T rust 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
T he Gotham B a n k .......................................................................... President, A ctin g President, any V ice
President, or Cashier
G race N ational Bank o f N ew Y o r k ........................................ President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The Merchants Bank o f N ew Y o r k .........................................President, any V ice President, Cashier, or
A ssistant Cashier
Schroder Trust C o m p a n y .............................................................President, any V ice President, or Secretary
Sterling N ational Bank & Trust Com pany 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 ar R o c k a w a y ..................................President
United National Bank o f L on g Island in New Y ork
. President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The Queens N ational Bank o f New Y o r k ........................... President, any V ice President, or Cashier
The Richmond County N ational Bank o f P ort Richmond

. President, any V ice President, or Cashier

FE D E R A L R ESER V E BANK
O F N EW YORK

Preferential Ballot
N ov em b er 27, 1959

Group N o. 2
T h is b a llo t a n d

th e c e r tific a t e

on

a n o ffic e r w h o h a s b e e n a u t h o r iz e d t o
d u ly c e r tifie d t o m e.

th e

c e r tific a te

e n v e lo p e

c a s t th e v o t e a n d

m ust b e

ex ecu ted

w h o se d e s ig n a tio n

by

has been

T h e p o l ls w ill o p e n a t 9 a .m . o n N o v e m b e r 3 0 , 1 9 5 9 , a n d w il l c lo s e a t 1 2 o ’ c lo c k
n o o n o n T u e s d a y , D e c e m b e r 1 5 , 1 9 5 9 . T h is b a llo t m u s t b e r e tu r n e d s o a s t o r e a c h m e
b e f o r e t h e l a t t e r t im e .
F a ilu r e t o o b s e r v e in s t r u c t io n s w ill in v a lid a t e th is b a llo t .
John

E . B ie r w ir t h ,

Chairman o f the Board.
VOTE

FOR

CLASS A

D IR E C T O R

OF

FEDERAL

RESERVE

BANK

OF

NEW

YORK

f o r term o f office fro m J an u ary 1, 1960 t o D e ce m b e r 31, 1962
C a n d id a t e
Cesar J. B ertheau,
H ack en sack ,

FOR

o

B e r g e n C ou n ty ,
H ack en sack , N ew J ersey

N ew Jersey

VOTE

(In d ic a t e b y X below )

P r e s id e n t , P e o p le s T r u s t
C om pany o f

CLASS

B

D IR E C T O R

OF

FEDERAL

RESERVE

BANK

OF

NEW

YORK

fo r term o f office fro m J an u ary 1, 1960 to D e ce m b e r 31, 1962
(S e c t io n 4 o f th e F ed era l R e s e r v e A c t req u ire s the officer ca stin g a m em ber ban k’ s v ote to
in d ica te “ first, secon d , a n d oth er c h o ice s .” W h e r e there a r e t w o ca n didates in v o lv e d a n d o n ly a
first ch o ice is m ade, the m em ber bank w ill be deem ed t o h a v e in dica ted the oth er can didate as its
second c h o ic e .)
(In d ic a t e choic .e b y X b e lo w )
C a n d id a t e s

L e e H . B r is t o l , S r .,

C h a ir m a n o f t h e B o a r d ,

N ew Y ork, N . Y .

K enneth H . H an n an ,

B r is t o l-M y e r s C o m p a n y ,
N ew Y ork, N . Y .
E x e c u tiv e V ic e P r e s id e n t,

N ew Y ork , N . Y .

U n io n C a r b id e
C o r p o r a tio n ,
N ew Y ork, N . Y .
D IR E C T IO N S F O R R E T U R N

1.
2.

F irst
C h oice

S e co n d
C h oice

o
o

o
o

OF BALLOT

P la c e m arked preferen tia l ballot in the c o lo r e d ba llo t e n velope a n d seal that envelope.
P la ce sealed c o lo r e d ballot en v elope in certificate e n velope and seal certificate e n velop e and execute
certifica te thereon.
3. R e tu r n sealed a n d ex ecu ted c e rtifica te e n velop e (w ith sealed c o lo r e d ba llo t e n velope en closed
th erein ) in envelope ad d ressed t o M r. Joh n E . B ie rw irth , C h airm an, B o a rd o f D ire cto rs , F ed era l

R eserv
e B a n k o f N e w Y o r k , Federal R e s e r v e P . O . Station , N e w Y o r k 45, N . Y .



BALLOT ENVELOPE
E l e c t io n

of

D ir e c t o r s

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
................................................... . 1959.

G roup N o . 2

(Date)

To M b . J o h n E. B i e r w i r t h ,
Chairman o f the Board,
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
In accordance with section 4 o f the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, I hereby certify that
my choices for a class A director and a class B director o f the Federal Reserve Bank o f New York
for terms o f office from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1962, are as indicated thus ( X ) in the
columns o f the ballot sealed herein.
For
(Name o f Bank)

 (Location of Bank)


(Signature of officer designated to vote. See list of member banks
in Group 2 in Circular No. 4815.)
(T IT LE of Voting Officer)

R o o m 537




M r . Jo h n E. B i e r w ir t h ,
Chairman, Board o f Directors,

Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
Federal Reserve P. 0 . Station,
New York 45, N. Y.