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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

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Applications and Reports Received or Acted on
and All Other Actions of the Board
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During the Week Ending May 1, 1976

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Date
Registration Statement Filed Pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act
Received
Aquia Bank and Trust Company, Stafford, Virginia
(Amendment #1)

4-26-76

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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Company, Augusta, Georgia.
Branch to be established at Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon.

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Walker Bank & Trust Company, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Branch to be established at 200 South and Regent Street,
Salt Lake City.

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The Continental Bank and Trust Company, Salt Lake City,
Utah. Branch to be established at 509 East 400 South,
Salt Lake City.

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Approved
*The Minster State Bank, Minster, Ohio. Branch to be
established on State Route 66, Village of New Bremen,
German Township, Auglaize County.
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^Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.




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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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Bankers International Corporation, New York,
New York: investment - additional in BT Finance
Ltd., Hong Kong, increasing its ownership from
83 per cent to 100 per cent.

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Detroit Bank & Trust International, Detroit, Michigan:
to continue to hold the shares of Indianhead
Financial Services Limited, Toronto, Canada, after
the latter issues debt obligations.




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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
Mountain Grove Bancshares, Inc., Mountain Grove,
Missouri, for approval to acquire 91 per cent of the
voting shares of Mountain Grove National Bank, Mountain
Grove, Missouri.
Maryville Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, for
approval to acquire 94 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Citizens State Bank of Maryville, Missouri,
Maryville, Missouri.
Appoved
One Corporation, New Richmond, Wisconsin, for approval to
acquire 87.8 per cent of the voting shares of The First
National Bank of New Richmond, New Richmond, Wisconsin.
Denied
Starbuck Bancshares, Inc., Starbuck, Minnesota, for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of The First National Bank of Starbuck, Starbuck,
Minnesota.
Withdrawn
Cardinal Bancorporation, Inc., Greenville, Illinois, for
approval to acquire 12,000 shares of the voting shares
of First National Bank in Greenville, Greenville,
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
Peoples Credit Co., Kansas City, Missouri, for approval
to acquire an additional 30.0 per cent of the voting
shares of The Lathrop Bank, Lathrop, 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
**Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(mortgage banking, including the making, acquiring, and
servicing for its own account or the accounts of others,
loans and other extensions of credit) from 4300 Stevens
Creek Boulevard, Suite 275, San Jose, California to The
Sherman Building, Suite 10, 3031 Tisch Way, San Jose,
California, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The
Kissell Company, Springfield, Ohio.

4-29-76

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**Maryland National Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities (investment or financial adviser to the extent of serving
as advisory company to Maryland Realty Trust, a real
estate investment trust) from Maryland National Center,
Rockville, Maryland to 325 John Knox Road, Tallahasse,
Florida, through its subsidiary, Maryland National
Advisers, Inc.

4-28-76

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**Southern Bancorporation, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making extensions of credit as a licensed consumer
finance lender under the Consumer Finance Act of South
Carolina as supervised by the South Carolina Board of
Bank Control, Consumer Finance Division; and acting as
agent for the sale of credit related life/accident and
disability insurance and credit related property and
casualty insurance issued in connection with the abovementioned extensions of credit) at 413 Montague Avenue,
Greenwood, South Carolina and 232 West Evans, Florence,
South Carolina, through a subsidiary, World Finance
Corporation of South Carolina,

4-26-76

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**Southern Bancorporation, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina,
notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities
(making extensions of credit as a licensed consumer finance lender under the Consumer Finance Act of South
Carolina as supervised by the South Carolina Board of
Bank Control, Consumer Finance Division; and acting as
agent for the sale of credit related life/accident and
disability insurance and credit related property and
casualty insurance issued in connection with the abovementioned extensions of credit) at 222 Park Avenue,
S.W., Aiken, South Carolina, through a subsidiary, World
Finance Corporation of South Carolina.

4-28-76

**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
**U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Oregon, notification of intent to
engage in de_ novo activities (acting as insurance agent
with regard to insurance which is sold as a matter of
convenience to the purchaser) at 309 S.W. Sixth Avenue,
Portland, Oregon, through its subsidiary, Mt. Hood
Credit Life Insurance Agency, Inc.
Permitted
**Chemical New York Corporation, New York, New York, notification of intent to relocate cle novo activities (making
of direct loans and purchasing sales finance contracts
representing extensions of credit such as would be made
or acquired by a finance company; and acting as agent
for the sale of credit life insurance, credit accident
and health insurance, and credit related property and
casualty insurance issued in connection with extensions
of credit; if this proposal is effected, Sun Finance
Company will offer to sell insurance as follows: group
credit life/accident and health insurance to cover the
outstanding balances of extensions of credit to borrowers in the event of their death, or, to make the contractual monthly payments on the extensions of credit in
the event of the borrowers1 disability; individual
physical damage insurance on personal property subject
to security agreements including liability insurance
only when such insurance is sold as part of an insurance
package on such property) from 3885 Buford Highway,
Atlanta, Georgia to 2000 Clearview Avenue, Atlanta,
Georgia, through its subsidiary, Sun Finance Company.

4-19-76

4-30-76

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**Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account and for the
account of others, loans and other extensions of credit
such as would be made by a mortgage company) at 1003
Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware, through a subsidiary, Mercantile Mortgage Corp.

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**First Kentucky National Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky,
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)
at 101 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

4-26-76

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Withdrawn
Cardinal Bancorporation, Inc., Greenville, Illinois, for
approval to acquire the assets of Jackson Insurance
Company, Greenville, Illinois.

**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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Other Actions of the Board
Report on bill, H.R. 13077, the Financial Reform Act of
1976, letters to the Chairmen of the Congressional
Banking Committees offering Board*s comments on the Act.
Withdrawals from Savings Deposits, the Board published a
statement supplementing an earlier proposal that would
authorize transfers of funds from savings accounts to
cover check overdrafts; the Board extended the period
for comment by 30 days, to June 14, 1976.
Chatham Trust Company, Chatham Township, New Jersey, proposed acquisition by State Bank of Chatham, Chatham,
New Jersey; report to the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation of competitive factors.
***First National Bancshares, Inc., San Jose, California,
extension of time to August 23, 1976, within which to
acquire shares of The First National Bank of San Jose,
San Jose, California.
***NCNB Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, extension of
time to July 29, 1976, within which it may engage in a
general trust company business through a subsidiary
known as American Trust Company, Inc., Camden, South
Carolina.
***Trans Texas Bancorporation, Inc., El Paso, Texas, 90-day
extension of time to July 31, 1976, within which to
consummate the acquisition of Chamizal National Bank, El
Paso, Texas, a proposed new bank.
***New England Merchants National Bank, Boston, Massachusetts,
to accept drafts or bills of exchange drawn on itself up
to the aggregate of 100 per cent of its paid up and
unimpaired capital stock and surplus.
***Termination of registration under Regulation G for Tandy
Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas.
***Farmers and Merchants Bank of Rockford, Opportunity,
Washington, extension of time to October 29, 1976, within which to make an investment in bank premises.
***Walker Bank & Trust Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, to make
an investment in bank premises.
***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.