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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Applications and Reports Received or Acted on
and All Other Actions of the Board
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During the Week Ending April 19, 1975

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Current Report Filed Pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act
Received
Nassau Trust Company, Glen Cove, New York

4-18-75

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California,
Lodi, California

4-15-75

To Become a Member of the Federal Reserve System
Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
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Received
The Merchants and Miners Bank, Calumet, Michigan
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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
European-American Bank and Trust Company, New York,
New York. Branch to be established at Fifth Avenue
and 85th Street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

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Received Cont'd
New Bank of Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia. Branches to
be established at the following locations:
A.

To be established at 106 West Cherry Street,
Culpeper, Culpeper County.

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To be established at 206 South Main Street,
Culpeper, Culpeper County.

Approved
^Lincoln First Bank of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
Branch to be established at Wegman's Supermarket,
6600 Pittsford-Palmyra Road, Town of Perinton
(Unincorporated Area), Monroe County.
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To establish an Overseas Branch of a Member Bank
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act
Approved
First National City Bank, New York, New York: a branch
in the Sultanate of Oman to be located in Muscat.
The Chase Manhattan Bank, National Association, New York,
New York: a branch in Jordan to be located in Amman.
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Thirty Day Notice of Intention to Establish an
Additional Branch in a Foreign Country
Approved
First National City Bank, New York, New York: an
additional branch in the United Arab Emirates, to
be located in Ras A1 Khaimah.
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*Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.




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Pursuant to Sections 25 and 25(a) of the Federal
Reserve Act and Sections 4(c)9 and 4(c)13 of the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended

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The Chase Manhattan Bank, National Association, New York,
New York: to acquire 100.0 per cent of a de novo
company to be known as Chase Merchant Bank Nigeria Ltd.,
Lagos, Nigeria.

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Wells Fargo Bank International, New York, New York:
an additional investment in Interamericana de
Arrendamientos, S.A., Mexico.

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First National City Bank, New York, New York: to continue
to hold the shares of Banco de Guayaquil, Guayaquil,
Ecuador.

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Marine Midland Western International Corporation, Buffalo,
New York: to continue to hold the shares of MarMid
Financial Services Limited, Toronto, Canada, now that
the latter holds 90.0 per cent of MM Builders Funds
Limited, Toronto.




First Pennsylvania Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
a Bank Holding Company: to reorganize its direct
wholly-owned subsidiary First Pennsylvania International,
Ltd., Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
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To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Commercial Bankshares, Inc., Grand Island, Nebraska,
for approval to acquire 88 per cent or more of the
voting shares of Commercial National Bank & Trust
Company, Grand Island, Nebraska, Grand Island, Nebraska.
Mountain Financial Services, Inc., Denver, Colorado,
for approval to acquire 97.5 per cent or more of the
voting shares of Northwest State Bank, Arvada, Colorado.
Approved
Maple Banc Shares, Inc., Maple Plain, Minnesota, for
approval to acquire 85.9 per cent of the voting shares
of State Bank of Maple Plain, Maple Plain, Minnesota.
Denied
Midwest Bancshares, Inc., Poplar Bluffs, Missouri, for approval to acquire 80 per cent of the voting shares of
Dexter National Bank, Dexter, Missouri.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent (less directorsT
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of Commerce Bank
of Grandview, National Association, Grandview, Missouri,
a proposed new bank.
First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas,
for approval to acquire 170,868 shares or more of the
voting shares of Central Bank and Trust Company, Farmers
Branch,•Texas.
First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas,
for approval to acquire 87.8 per cent or more of the
voting shares of First Greenville National Bank, Greenville, Texas.




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Received Continued
First Security Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, for
approval to acquire 99 per cent of the voting shares of
First Security State Bank of Helper, Helper, Utah, a
proposed new bank.
Approved
First National Charter Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri,
for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the
voting shares of The Aurora Bank, Aurora, Missouri.
Suspended
Correction:
Commerce Financial Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares
(less directors! qualifying shares) of American State
Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, a proposed new bank. This
application should have been reported as returned as of
March 21, 1975.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(5) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Approved
First Bancgroup-Alabama, Inc., Mobile, Alabama, for approval to merge with United Alabama Bancshares, Inc.,
Birmingham, Alabama.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**Fidelity Union Bancorporation, Newark, New Jersey, notification of intent to engage in cle novo activities (the
business of making loans in the present maximum amount
of $3,500 or less under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Consumer Discount Company Act; and making available to customers, credit life insurance and disability
insurance covering the unpaid balance of loans outstanding; and other insurance to protect collateral during
the periods of credit extensions) at 25th and Butler
Street, Palmer Township, Pennsylvania, through a subsidiary of its subsidiary, Suburban Finance Company, known
as Sentry Consumer Discount Company.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.



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Recelved Continued
**!<'trst Maryland Bancorp, Baltimore, Maryland, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (making or
acquiring, for its own account or for the account of
others, loans and other extensions of credit; servicing
loans and other extensions of credit; and acting as insurance agent or broker in the sale of credit accident
and health insurance and credit life insurance related
to loans and other extensions of credit by First Maryland Bancorp or any of its bank or bank-related affiliates and of other insurance to protect the collateral
in which First Maryland Bancorp or any of its bankrelated affiliates have a security interest) at 20 Mall
Shopping Center, Guilderland, New York, through its
subsidiary, State Loan Corp.
**CB&T Bancshares, Inc., Columbus, Georgia, notification of
intent to engage in de novo activities (making or acquiring , for its own account or for the account of
others, loans and other extensions of credit such as
would be made by a first mortgage company) at 620
Shuring Drive, Northeast Plaza Shopping Center, Macon,
Georgia, through a subsidiary, The Georgia Company of
America.

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First National Insurance Agency, Incorporated, Exeter,
Nebraska, for permission to continue to engage in activities which were commenced through the acquisition of
A.B.&C. Becker Agency, and E. L. McCabe Agency, Exeter,
Nebraska.

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Mountain Financial Services, Inc., Denver, Colorado, for
approval to engage in insurance activities as agent or
broker for insurance directly related to extensions of
credit by a bank or bank-related firm, such as credit
life, health and accident insurance, or insurance protecting loan collateral.

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**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate the Des Plaines, Illinois
office of its subsidiary, Decimus Corporation, which
engages in (storing and processing of banking, financial,
and related economic data, for one or more financial
institutions, such as demand deposit accounting, general
ledger accounting, account reconciliation, installment
loan accounting, mortgage loan accounting, savings accounting, credit union accounting, and commercial loan

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Received Continued
accounting; and storing and processing of financial and
accounting data for non-financial institutions relating
to payroll, accounts receivable or payable, and other
billing services) from 2200 East Devon Avenue, Des
Plains, to 1660 Louis Avenue, Elk Grove, Illinois.
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* * B ankAme r i c a Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate the Miami, Florida,
office of its indirect subsidiary, FinanceAmerica Credit
Corporation, a subsidiary of FinanceAmerica Corporation,
which engages in (purchasing installment sales finance
contracts on vehicles, mobile homes, pleasure equipment,
and home improvement; acting as agent or broker for the
sale of credit related life/accident and disability
insurance, and credit related property and casualty insurance in connection with extensions of credit by
FinanceAmerica Credit Corporation) from Suite 226, 7800
Building, 7800 Red Road, Miami, Florida, to 1141 East
Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs, Florida.

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**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate the St. Petersburg,
Florida office of its subsidiary, FinanceAmerica Corporation (Florida), a subsidiary of FinanceAmerica
Corporation, which engages in (making of consumer installment loans, purchasing installment sales finance
contracts, and making of loans to small businesses;
acting as agent or broker for the sale of credit related
life/accident and disability insurance, and credit related property and casualty insurance in connection with
extensions of credit by FinanceAmerica Corporation) from
654 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, Florida, to 769 34th Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida.

4-10-75

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**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making loans, extending credit, and providing of services incident to such loans and extensions of credit
such as would be made or provided by a finance company,
including the following specific activities: (a) providing funds and/or credit services in connection with
the financing of stock and floor plan inventory of distributors and dealers of consumer products; (b) makes
available to such dealers, at their option and cost,

4-15-75

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Received Continued
fire, theft, and damage insurance on a monthly reporting
basis covering only the outstanding indebtedness on such
floor plan inventory) at 3074 A Whitney Avenue, Hamden,
Connecticut; 9901 Paramount Boulevard, Downey, California; 3960 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia; 927
Temple Street, Whitman, Massachusetts; 9001 East Bloomington Freeway, Bloomington, Minnesota; 6501 East Livingston Avenue, Reynoldsburg, Ohio; and 5600 West 95th
Street, Leawood, Kansas; through its indirect subsidiary,
MerCredit Corporation, a subsidiary of FinaneeAmerica
Corporation.
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**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate the Santa Rosa, California office of its subsidiary, GAC Finance Inc. of
California, a direct subsidiary of GAC Finance West,
which engages in (making of consumer installment loans
and purchasing installment sales finance contracts, and
making of loans to small businesses; acting as agent or
broker for the sale of credit related life/accident and
disability insurance, and credit related property and
casualty insurance in connection with extensions of
credit by GAC Finance Inc. of California) from 420-1/2
Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, California, to 2777 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa, California.

4-8-75

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**Rainier Bancorporation, Seattle, Washington, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (making or
acquiring, for its own account or for the account of
others, loans and other extensions of credit; and servicing loans and other extensions of credit for other
persons) at 190 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii,
through its subsidiary, Rainier Mortgage Company.

4-11-75

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**SEAFIRST CORPORATION, Seattle, Washington, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (acting as
insurance agent with regard to group and individual
credit life, credit accident and health, and credit disability insurance in connection with extensions of
credit by SEAFIRST CORPORATION or its subsidiaries (e.g.
Seattle-First National Bank, Firstbank Mortgage Corporation and Firstbank Leasing Corporation) at all branches
of Seattle-First National Bank located through out the
State of Washington, through a subsidiary, Spokane
Eastern Company.

4-10-75

**4(c)(8) and 4(c) (12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Received Continued
**SEAFIRST CORPORATION, Seattle, Washington, notification
of intent to engage in die novo activities (acting as
insurance agent with regard to group and individual
credit life, credit accident and health and credit disability insurance in connection with extensions of
credit by SEAFIRST CORPORATION or its subsidiaries (e.g.
Seattle-First National Bank, Firstbank Mortgage Corporation and Firstbank Leasing Corporation) at branches
of Seattle-First National Bank in Centralia and Bremerton, Washington, in addition to branches of SeattleFirst National Bank in communities in the vicinity of
Centralia and Bremerton, through its subsidiary, Spokane
Eastern Company.

4-17-75

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**Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in d<e novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, loans and other extensions of credit,
including making consumer installment personal loans,
purchasing consumer installment sales finance contracts,
making loans to small businesses and other extensions of
credit such as would be made by a factoring company or a
commercial finance company; and acting as broker or
agent for the sale of consumer related life/accident and
health insurance and consumer related property and
casualty insurance) at 16200 Ventura Boulevard, Encino,
California, through its subsidiary, Security Pacific
Finance Corporation.

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**Western Bancorporation, Los Angeles, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as investment or financial adviser to the extent
of (a) serving as investment adviser, as defined in
Section 2(a)(20) of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
to an investment company registered under that Act; (b)
providing portfolio investment advice to other persons;
and (c) furnishing general economic statistical forecasting services and industry studies) at 901 State
Street, Santa Barbara, California, through its subsidiary, Western Asset Management Company.

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Approved
Midlantic Banks Inc., West Orange, New Jersey, for approval to acquire all of the voting shares of Great
Eastern Leasing Corporation, New York, New York, through
its subsidiary, Midlantic Commercial Corporation.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.



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**C iLIcorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (operating as a thrift
company (Morris Plan), issuing thrift certificates and
and thrift passbook certificates; offering to sell life
insurance equal to the difference between the maturity
value of a deposit plan or periodic deposits over a
specified term and the balance at the time of the
depositor's death; if this proposal is effected, the
establishment will also be known as Citicorp Person-toPerson Financial Center of Utah) at 2186 Highland Drive,
Salt Lake City, Utah, through a subsidiary of Nationwide
Financial Services Corporation, known as Citicorp Personto-Person Financial Center.
Permitted
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (making consumer installment personal loans, purchasing consumer installment
sales finance contracts; and acting as broker for the
sale of consumer credit related life/accident and health
insurance and consumer credit related property and
casualty insurance; if this proposal is effected, Nationwide Financial Corporation of Montana will offer to sell
insurance as follows: (a) group credit life/accident
and health insurance to cover the outstanding balances
of loans to borrowers in the event of their death, or,
to make the contractual monthly payments on the loans in
the event of the borrowers' disability; (b) individual
casualty insurance on property, generally automobiles
and household goods, subject to security agreements with
Nationwide; further, in regard to the sale of credit
related insurance, Nationwide Financial Corporation of
Montana will not offer insurance counseling) at 18th
Street and Grand Avenue, Billings, Montana, through its
subsidiary, Nationwide Financial Corporation of Montana.
^Philadelphia National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to relocate de_ novo
activities (making of installment loans for personal,
family, or household purposes; purchasing of sales
finance contracts executed in connection with the sale
of personal, family, or household goods or services;

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Permitted Continued
selling of and writing of reinsurance with respect to
credit life insurance and credit disability insurance
sold in connection with certain personal installment
loans made and sales finance contracts purchased;
selling of insurance protecting the collateral securing
the extensions of credit and generally engaging in the
business of a consumer finance company) from 4 Market
Street, Brownsville, Pennsylvania, to 86 West Fayette
Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, through an indirect
subsidiary, Signal Consumer Discount Company, 1800 Three
Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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**Trust Company of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, notification
of intent to shift de novo activities (providing bookkeeping and data processing services for the internal
operations of the holding company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, storing and processing other banking,
financial, and related economic data, and performing
such incidental activities as are necessary to carry on
the foregoing; including in the above, but not limited
to, providing services relating to corporate trust,
factoring, fixed assets, general ledger, line of credit,
marketing systems, project controll, profit sharing,
payroll, safekeeping, staff sales, time accounting,
excess computer time, computer software as a by product,
payroll services, audio response, auditing, bond accounting, certificate of deposit, check reconcilement,
demand deposit accounting, installment loans, bookkeeping loans and discounts, savings and personal trust
services (but not including computer output microfilming
operations), for the holding company, subsidiaries,
affiliates, and other banks and businesses) from its
subsidiary, Trust Company Bank to Trust Company of
Georgia and conduct the activities at Macon, Georgia.

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**Colorado National Bankshares, Inc., Denver, Colorado,
notification of intent' to engage in de novo activities
(accepting time and savings deposits; making consumer
loans, including direct and indirect personal loans that
are either unsecured or secured by such collateral as
motor vehicles, furniture, appliances, mobile homes, and
other categories of personal property or equipment; and

4-14-75

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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acting as agent for the sale of single and joint reducing term and single level credit life insurance and
health and accident insurance which names the industrial
bank as creditor beneficiary of benefits paid in connection with loans made by such industrial bank) in
Northglenn, Colorado, through a subsidiary, Northglenn
Industrial Bank.

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**Alameda Bancorporation, Inc., Alameda, California, notification of intent to relocate the Alameda office of First
Leasing Corporation which engages in (leasing of personal property, acting as agent, broker, and adviser in
the leasing of such personal property, plus the servicing and management of leases generated by, but not
limited to, Alameda First National Bank and the procuring and servicing of leases originated by First Leasing
Corporation provided: the lease is to serve as the
functional equivalent of an extension of credit to the
lessee of the property; the property to be leased is
acquired specifically for the leasing transaction under
consideration or was acquired specifically for an earlier leasing transaction; the lease is on a nonoperating
basis; at the inception of the initial lease the effect
of the transaction (and, with respect to governmental
entities only, reasonably anticipated future transactions) will yield a return that will compensate the
lessor for not less than the lessorfs full investment in
the property plus the estimated total cost of financing
the property over the term of the lease, from: (1)
rentals; (2) estimated tax benefits (investment tax
credit, net economic gain from tax deferral from accelerated depreciation, and other tax benefits with a
substantially similar effect); (3) the estimated residual value of the property at the expiration of the
initial term of the lease, which in no case shall exceed
20 per cent of the acquisition cost of the property to
the lessor; and (4) in the case of a lease of not more
than 7 years in duration, such additional amounts, which
shall not exceed 60 per cent of the acquisition cost of
the property, as may be provided by an unconditional
guarantee by a lessee, independent third party or manufacturer, which has been determinded by the lessor to
have the financial resources to meet such obligations,
that will assure the lessor of recovery of its investment

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.



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and cost of financing; the maximum lease term during
which the lessor must recover the lessor's full investment in the property plus the estimated total cost of
financing the property shall be 40 years; and at the
expiration of the lease (including any renewals or
extensions with the same lessee), all interest in the
property shall be either liquidated or re-leased on a
non-operating basis as soon as practicable but in no
event later than two years from the expiration of the
lease, however, in no case shall the lessor retain any
interest in the property beyond 50 years after its
acquisition of the property) from 1120 Ballena Boulevard
to 2111 Whitehall Place, Alameda, California.
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Rescinded
**Wells Fargo and Company, San Francisco, California,
notification of intent to relocate the El Segundo,
California, office of its subsidiaries, Wells Fargo
Leasing Corporation and Wells Fargo Transport Leasing
Corporation, which engages in (finance leasing of personal property and equipment or acting as agent, broker,
or adviser in leasing such property) from 909 North
Sepulveda Boulevard, El Segundo, to 330 Washington
Street, Marina Del Rey, California.
Returned
**Sun Banks of Florida, Inc., Orlando, Florida, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (making
or acquiring, for its own account or for the account of
others, loans and other extensions of credit; servicing
loans and other extensions of credit for any person; and
leasing real property or acting as agent, broker, or
adviser in leasing such property) at 66 N.W. 12th
Avenue, Miami, Florida, through a subsidiary, Sunbank
Mortgage Company.
**Sun Banks of Florida, Inc., Orlando, Florida, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (leasing
real property; or acting as agent, broker, or adviser in
leasing'such property) at 300 Main Street, Dunedin,
Florida; 801 North Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, Florida;
and 730 E. Strawbridge Avenue, Melbourne, Florida;
through a subsidiary, Sunbanks Mortgage Company.

**4(cj(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Returned Continued
**Sun Banks of Florida, Inc., Orlando, Florida, notification of intent to engage in cie novo activities (leasing
real property, or acting as agent, broker, or adviser in
leasing such property) at 801 North Magnolia Avenue,
Orlando, Florida, and 60 N.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida,
through a subsidiary, Sunbank Properties Inc.
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Other Actions of the Board
Amendment to Regulation Q, to prohibit member banks
from issuing NOW accounts (check-like withdrawals from
interest-bearing savings accounts) to governmental units
effective May 16, such accounts established prior to May
16, 1975, may be maintained through December 31, 1975.
Letter to Consumers Union relating to disclosure of interest rates charged by banks on consumer loans.
Report on bill, S. 249, the Securities Acts Amendments
of 1975, response to request for the Board1s views with
respect to an amendment which may be offered during
Senate consideration of the bill, one provision of the
amendment would prohibit exchange members from being
affiliated with a bank, letter to Senator John Tower.
FBT Bank, Frankenmuth, Michigan, proposed merger with
Frankenmuth Bank & Trust, Frankenmuth, Michigan, report
to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on competitive factors.
***Commerce Financial Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas, extension of time to January 31, 1976, in which to divest of
Banco, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas.
***First International Bancshares, Inc., Dallas, Texas,
request for a 90-day extension of time to July 16, 1975,
in which to consummate the acquisition of North Austin
State Bank, Austin, Texas.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.
***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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***Guaranty Loan-Investment Corporation of Tulsa, Inc.,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, extension of time to July 13, 1975,
within which to engage in industrial banking at a de
novo office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, through a subsidiary known as Western Trust and Savings Company,
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
***Fredonia Bancshares, Inc., Fredonia, Kansas, extension
of time to May 9, 1975, within which to file registration statement.
***Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, Florida, extension
of time until April 30, 1976, within which to invest in
Canadian American Finance, S.A.
***Southwest National Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
extension of time until July 22, 1975, within which to
consummate the acquisition of The Carlsbad National
Bank, Carlsbad, New Mexico, and The Bank of Las Vegas,
Las Vegas, New Mexico.
***Bank of America, N.T. & S.A., San Francisco, California,
extension of time to December 6, 1975, within which to
acquire additional shares of Banco Internacional S. A.,
Sao Paulo, Brazil, and in which BISA can acquire an
interest in a Brazilian Investment Bank.
***Louisville Trust Company, Louisville, Kentucky, extension
of time to May 8, 1976, within which to establish a
branch at New Cut Road and Outer Loop, Louisville,
Kentucky.
***Trust Company Bank, Atlanta, Gerogia, extension of
time until November 10, 1975, within which to open a
branch on Oli Street, Decatur, Georgia.
***Union Bank, Los Angeles, California, extension of
time to May 2, 1976, within which to extablish a branch
in the vicinity of Century Boulevard and La Cienega
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.

***Proceesed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.