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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 24, 1976

District

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To Become a Member of the Federal Reserve System
Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Bradford Trust Company, New York, New York

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First Citizens Bank of Butte, Butte, Montana

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Approved
"First Citizens Bank of Butte, Butte, Montana

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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Pan American Bank of Miami, Miami, Florida. Branch to
be established at 119th Street Office, Miami.
Cheboygan Bank, Cheboygan, Michigan. Branch to be established
in the vicinity of West U.S. Highway 2 and County Road
407 (Boulevard Drive) of Moran Township, Mackinac County,
St. Ignace.
Walker Bank & Trust Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. Branch
to be established in the vicinity of 7800 South 1700
West, West Jordan, Salt Lake County.

-Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.




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^Chemical Bank of Binghamton, Binghamton, New York.
Branch to be established at 2068 Lake Road, Town of
Horseheads, Chemung County.
Denied by State
The Peoples State Bank of Holland, Holland, Michigan.
Branch to be established at the intersection of M-40
and 136 Street, Overisel Township, Allegan County.
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To establish an Overseas Branch of a Member Bank
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act
Approved
Chemical Bank, New York, New York: branch - Manama,
Bahrain.
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International Investments and Other Actions Approved
- 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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Manufacturers Hanover International Banking Corporation,
New York, New York: investment - additional in
Anglo-Romanian Bank Limited, London, England, to
maintain its current 20 per cent interest.

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International Bank of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan:
investment - additional in IMFC Discounts Limited,
Sydney, Australia.
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•^Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.







To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Commercial Bankshares Corp., Adrian, Michigan, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of
the successor by merger to The Commercial Savings Bank,
Adrian, Michigan.
C N Banc Holding Corporation, Maplewood, Missouri, for
approval to acquire over 80 per cent of the voting
shares of common stock and 100 per cent of preferred
stock of Citizens National Bank of Greater St. Louis,
Maplewood, Missouri.
First Altus Bancorp, Inc., Altus, Oklahoma, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less
directors' qualifying shares) of The First National Bank
in Altus, Altus, Oklahoma.
Burleson Bancshares, Inc., Burleson, Texas, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less directors1 qualifying shares) of Burleson State Bank,
Burleson, Texas.
Approved
Dorset Bancshares, Inc., Dorset, Minnesota, for approval
to acquire 81.5 per cent of the voting shares of Farmers
State Bank of Dorset, Dorset (P.O. Park Rapids), Minnesota.
Exchange Bancshares, Inc., Skiatook, Oklahoma, for approval
to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of
The Exchange Bank, Skiatook, Oklahoma.
NBF Corporation, Frederick, Oklahoma, for approval to
acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of National
Bank of Frederick, Frederick, Oklahoma.
University Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of University State Bank,
Houston, Texas.
Withdrawn
Nabach, Inc., Farmer City, Illinois, for approval to
acquire 52.27 per cent of the voting shares of State
National Bank of Lincoln, Lincoln, Illinois and to
acquire 1.33 per cent of the voting shares of National
Bank of Chenoa, Chenoa, Illinois.

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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank. Holding Company Act of 1956
Approved
The Royal Trust Company, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for
approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Dale Mabry State Bank, Tampa, Florida.
Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Raytown Bank, Raytown, Missouri.
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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
**CBT Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut, notification of intent to engage in cle novo activities (commercial financing including the making of loans secured by accounts
receivable, inventory, machinery and equipment, real
estate, and full payout leasing of equipment) at 680
Beach Street, San Francisco, California, through General
Discount Corporation, an indirect subsidiary of CBT
Corporation.

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Worcester Bancorp, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts, for
approval to engage de novo in providing management
consulting advice to non-affiliated commercial banks
through a subsidiary, Empire Group, Inc., Worcester,
Massachusetts.

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**F.N.B. Corporation, Sharon, Pennsylvania, notification of
intent to relocate de novo activities (consumer lending
including the making of loans to individuals and the
purchasing of installment sale contracts) from 3702 Lee
Road, Shaker Heights, Ohio to 5236 Warrensville Center
Road, Maple Heights, Ohio, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Citizens Budget Co., Youngstown, Ohio.

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**Dom:i.nion Bankshares Corporation, Roanoke, Virginia, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities (mortgage banking activities by originating residential,
commercial, and industrial mortgage loans for its own
account but principally for sale to others, servicing

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**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
such loans for others; and writing credit life, credit
accident and health and mortgage redemption insurance in
connection with such mortgage loans) from the Colisuem
Mall Shopping Center, 1800 West Mercury Boulevard,
Hampton, Virginia to 11009 Warwick Boulevard, Suite 212,
Newport News, Virginia, through its subsidiary, Metropolitan Mortgage Fund, Inc.
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**Union Trust Bancorp, Baltimore, Maryland, notification of
intent to engage in d_e novo activities (making installment loans to individuals for personal, family, or
household purposes, purchasing sales finance contracts
executed in connection with the sale of personal, family,
or household goods or services, making second mortgage
loans secured in whole or part by mortgage or other lien
on real estate; acting as agent in the sale of credit
life and credit accident and health insurance directly
related to its extensions of credit; acting as agent in
the sale of insurance protecting collateral held against
its extensions of credit; and acting as agent in the
sale of single-premium payment accidental death insurance
sold as a convenience to borrowers at the time credit is
extended where premium income from such sales does not
constitute a significant portion of the bank holding
company system's total premium income) at 209 South Main
Street, Lexington, North Carolina, through its subsidiaries, Landmark Finance Corporation of North Carolina
and Landmark Mortgage Corporation.

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**D.H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities (leasing real property or acting as agent, broker, or adviser in leasing
such property provided that any such lease is made on a
full-payout basis over a period not to exceed 40 years,
that the leased property is acquired (or was earlier
acquired) specifically for the lease transaction, that
the lease is not operating and that all interests of
lessor in the leased property, is terminated within 50
years from the date of acquisition) at 1801 Gilbert
Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, through a subsidiary, The
Baldwin Company.

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Approved
First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts,
for approval to acquire all of the voting shares of
Invenchek, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.

**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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Delayed
**Mellon National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as insurance agent or broker with respect to
credit life insurance, credit accident and health insurance, and/or mortgage redemption insurance which
insurance is directly related to an extension of credit
by Mellon National Corporation, its subsidiaries, or
affiliates) at Mellon Bank Building, Mellon Square,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and 6400 Steubenville Pike,
Robinson Township, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, through a
wholly-owned subsidiary, Laurel Insurance Agency, Inc..
Permitted
**Fidelity Union Bancorporation, Newark, New Jersey, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (making
loans in the present maxiurn amount of $2,500 or less
under the provisions of the New Jersey Small Loan Law;
and making loans secured by second mortgages on residential real estate (up to 4-family occupancy) owned by the
borrowers under the New Jersey Secondary Mortgage Loan
Act; and making available to the customers credit life
insurance and disability insurance covering the unpaid
balance of loans outstanding) at 125 North Fourth Street,
Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey, through its subsidiary, Suburban Finance Company, Newark, New Jersey.

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**First Pennsylvania Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to relocate d_e novo activities
(making, acquiring, and servicing loans or other extensions of credit for personal, family, or household purposes including the sale of credit insurance, life/accident and health and disability insurance which is directly
related to such consumer loans) from 5923 Hamilton
Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio to 9236 Winton Road, Cincinnati,
Ohio, through its indirect subsidiary, Investors Loan
Corp. of Ohio.

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^^Philadelphia National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities (selling casualty insurance on property in
which a security interest is taken in connection with
second mortgage loans made pursuant to Signal Mortgage
Corporation's second mortgage lending business and in
connection with personal installment loans made and
sales finance contracts purchased pursuant to Signal
Finance of Ohio, Inc.' s consumer finance business; such

**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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Permit ted Continued
insurance will be underwritten by Toledo National Insurance Company, an unaffiliated insurer, and will be
offered at the branch offices of Signal Mortgage Corporation and Signal Finance of Ohio, Inc.) at 1616 East
Wooster Street, Stadium Plaza, Bowling Green, Ohio; 3809
Darrow Road, Stow, Ohio; Great Lakes Mall, Room 242,
7850 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, Ohio; Kamm's Plaza, 3766
Rocky River Drive, Cleveland, Ohio; and Perkins Plaza,
Store 5, Perkins Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio; through its
indirect subsidiaries, Signal Mortgage Corporation and
Signal Finance of Ohio, Inc.
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**Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, notification of intent to engage in cle novo activities
(performing or carrying on any one or more of the functions or activities that may be performed or carried on
by a trust company, including activities of a fiduciary,
agency, or custodial nature in the manner authorized by
federal and State law; provided, however, that loans and
investments will be made and deposits accepted only in
conformity) at 331 S. Florida Avenue, Lakeland, Florida,
through a subsidiary, Barnett Banks Trust Company, N.A.

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**Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, Florida, notification of intent to engage in d£ novo activities (performing or carrying on any one or more of the functions or
activities that may be performed or carried on by a
trust company including activities of a fiduciary,
agency, or custodial nature) at 920 Manatee Avenue,
West, Bradenton, Florida, through a subsidiary, Southeast Banks Trust Company, N.A.

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**Harris Bankcorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, notification of
intent to engage in de novo activities (making or acquiring, for its own account secured and unsecured installment loans and other extensions of credit (including
through acceptances of drafts) primarily to individuals
and selling participations in (but not acting as underwriter, agent, or broker with respect thereto) group
credit life and group credit health and accident insurance coverage directly related to such loans and
other extensions of credit) at U.S. Route 45 and 151st
Street, Orland Park, Illinois, through its subsidiary,
Harriscorp Finance, Inc.

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**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
**F i rst Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities (making
or acquiring, for its own account or for the account of
others, loans or other extensions of credit such as
would be made by a finance company and incidental credit
related insurance activity) from Suite 194, Two Summers
Square, 4255 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, Texas to Suite 1202,
13773 North Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas, through
its subsidiary, FBS Financial, Inc. of Texas.

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**United Banks of Colorado, Inc., Denver, Colorado, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (a
mortgage banking business limited to the origination and
closing of real estate mortgage loans) at 1675 Carr
Street, Lakewood, Colorado, through a subsidiary, United
Mortgage Company.
**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 including
the making of consumer installment loans, purchasing
consumer installment sales finance contracts, and making
of loans to small businesses; leasing personal property
and equipment, or acting as agent, broker, or adviser in
leasing of such property where 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 lessor's
full investment in the property plus the estimated total
cost of financing the property over the term of the
lease, from rentals; estimated, tax benefits (investment
tax credit, net economic gain from tax deferral from
accelerated depreciation, and other tax benefits with a
substantially similar effect); 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 in the case of a lease of not more than 7
years in duration, such additional amount, 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 determined by the lessor to have the
financial resources to meet such obligation, that will
assure the lessor of recovery of its investment and cost

**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
of financing; acting a,*; insurance agent or broker with
regard to credit life and disability insurance relating
only to extensions of credit by Rainier Credit Company>
secured or unsecured, with the limitation that the
initial amount of such insurance issued with respect to
any debtors may ,at no time exceed the amount owed by
debtors and with regard to consumer credit related property and casualty insurance on personal property subject
to security agreements with Rainier Credit Company) at
21551 Foothill Boulevard, Hayward, California, through
its subsidiary, Rainier Credit Company.
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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 including
the making of consumer installment loans, purchasing
consumer installment sales finance contracts, and making
of loans to small businesses; leasing personal property
and equipment, or acting as agent, broker, or adviser in
leasing of svichr,property where 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 lessor's
full investment in the property plus the estimated total
cost of financing the property over the term of the
lease, from rentals; estimated tax benefits (investment
tax credit, neteconomic gain from tax deferral from
accelerated depreciation, and other tax benefits with a
substantially similar effect); 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 in the case of a lease of not more than 7
years in duration, such additional amount, 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 determined by the lessor to have the
financial resources to meet such obligation that will
assure the lessor of recovery of its investment and cost
of financing; acting as insurance agent or broker with
regard to credit life and disability insurance relating
only to extensions of credit by Rainier Credit 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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Permitted Continued
secured and unsecured, with the limitation that the
initial amount of such insurance issued with respect to
any debtors may at no time exceed the amount owed by
debtors and with regard to consumer credit related
property and casualty insurance on personal property
subject to security agreements with Rainier Credit
Company) at 124 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, California,
through its subsidiary, Rainier Credit Company.

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Reactivated
**First Commercial Banks Inc., Albany, New York, notification of intent to relocate <de novo activities (serving
as the advisory company for a mortgage or real estate
investment trust; serving as investment adviser as defined in Section 2(a)(20) of the Investment Company Act
of 1940 to an investment company registered under the
act, providing portfolio investment advice to any other
person; furnishing general economic information and
advice, general economic statistical forecasting services , and industry studies; and providing financial
advice to State and local governments such as with
respect to the issuance of their securities) from 170
Broadway, New York, New York to 290 Madison Avenue, New
York, New York, through its subsidiary, FCB Advisory
Services, Inc.
**American Bancorporation, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, 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 (including issuing letters of credit and accepting drafts) such
as would be made, for example, by a finance company) at
9920 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri, through a subsidiary, American Finance Company of Kansas City, Inc.

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.H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 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,
for example, by a business finance company, a factoring
company, or other business credit institution; such
lending activities will be on both a short term and long
term basis for working capital purposes and capital
equipment purchases) at 1801 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati,
Ohio, through a subsidiary, The Baldwin 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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Withdrawn
Nabach, Inc., Farmer City, Illinois, for approval to
continue to engage in the provision of investment
advisory service for the National Bank of Chenoa,
Chenoa, Illinois, and to be a holder of master policies
for credit life insurance and credit accident and health
insurance for enrolling debtors of State National Bank
of Lincoln and National Bank of Chenoa.

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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(12) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Permitted
**The Jacobus Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, notification
of intent to acquire Beacon Oil Company, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, a gasoline distribution and sales business,
through a subsidiary to be formed.

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Other Actions of the Board
***Republic of Texas Corporation, Dallas, Texas, extension
of time to May 9, 1977, within which to divest or make
application to acquire certain minority owned banks.
***Security Bank and Trust Company, Southgate, Michigan, extension of time to December 5, 1976, within which to
establish a branch at High Street and Southfield Road,
Ecorse, Michigan.
***Termination of registration under Regulation G for Brown
Group, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri.
***State Bank of Blue Mound, Blue Mound, Illinois, to make
an investment in bank premises.
***01d Kent Bank of Kentwood, Kentwood, Michigan, (in organization), extension of time to September 1, 1976, within
which to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
***p a r k National Bank of Holyoke, Holyoke, Massachusetts,
proposed merger into Western Bank and Trust Company,
West Springfield, Massachusetts; report to the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation on competitive factors.
**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.