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Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System on Thursday, July 130 1950.
PRESENT:

Mr. McCabe, Chairman
Mr. Szymczak
Mr. Carpenter, Secretary
Mr. Kenyon, Assistant Secretary

Memorandum dated July 12, 1950, from Mr. Dembitz0 Assistant
4rector of the Division of International Finance, recommending the
aPPointment of Miss Dorothy Grifasi as a clerk-stenographer in
that Division, on a temporary indefinite basis, with basic salary
at the rate of $2,650 per annum, effective as of the date upon
which she enters upon the performance of her duties after having
Passed the usual physical examination.
Approved unanimously.
Letter to The First National Bank in Childress, Childress,
Texas, reading as follows:
"The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System has given consideration to your application
for fiduciary powers, and grants you authority to
act, when not in contravention of State or local law,
as trustee, executor, administrator, registrar of
stocks and bonds, guardian of estates, assignee, receiver, committee of estates of lunatics, or in any
Other fiduciary capacity in which State banks, trust
companies or other corporations which come into competition with national banks are permitted to act
under the laws of the State of Texas, the exercise
Of all such rights to be subject to the provisions of
tne Federal Reserve Act and the regulations of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
"This letter will be your authority to exercise
the fiduciary powers granted by the Board pending
the preparation of a formal certificate covering such
authorization, which will be forwarded to you in due
course."




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-2Approved unanimously, for
transmittal through the Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Memorandum dated July 13, 1950, from Mr. Hackley, Assistant

Counsel, recommending that there be published in the law department of the July issue of the Federal Reserve Bulletin a statement
In the form attached to the memorandum with respect to the follow-

Purchase of Government Obligations by Federal Reserve Banks
Amendment to Section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act




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