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At a special rnectinc, of the Federal rAesel.,',_
1 oard on ronday, March
the office of the 3

held

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The Governor -ft:Torte:
eral

the Federal 7eserve

ounscl thesuggested 7.7T1 ,

toard„'of the - abstract of reTort's.Jit.ton of 2atio;lal
that

3,
loanks as,. of close,ofbusiness December 7,1, 1?,1(

not
'General Counsel was of the ol-Anio7n that the 30ard could
••lawfully publish such abstract as -1,1
voted
ToJ, It
tion duly
On
to
.
Yn
6
.estil.,the
4.
refer
to
155e of 4,7
with. Tower to print
:7,ch parts of t7-,
deem of Ifitrc.:,st o the Federal

The Goici,,y,

etofor

suant to
propAssory
on pape

-61- orted rediscount transaction
:,t,cd in hi

pur-

member ban',c

:t;7red by GD,/,-,:r12'.:'(-1-t obligations: rate

socu ed b.7 certificates of indebtedness, and

On paper secnrz:d by Liberty bonds 1.-1],1 Victory notes,as follows:
Date
March 26th




Bank ,ediscountinp
3t. Louis

With
San Francisco

7..:aturities
OMnY) l2-15

:Toted.
The Governor reported the reserve positions of the
several Federal 2eserve banks as at close of business Yarch
25th, and the status of rediscounts between Federal reserve
banks as of the same date.
(At this point 2.1/.. Harrison withdrew from the meeting)
Williams cave notice that at the next meeting of
the Board he would move to publish in the forthcoming issue
of the Federal reserve Bulletin the resolutions adopted by the
Board upon the resignations of Honorable Carter class as
.0ecretary of the Treasury and Ex-officio Chairman of the
Board, and of 1.r. Albert Strauss, Vice-Governor of the Board.
The Governor stated that the meeting with the representatives of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in re
letting of contract for the new bank building of that Bank,
would be held on Tuesday, April 6th, instead of April 3d.
(At this point Ylr. Williams withdrew from the meeting)
-Letter dated Larch 19th from the Governor, Federal
reserve Bank of Chicago, in regard to rights of that Bank under
a party wall agreement with the Old Colony Life Insurance Company.




Referred to the Governor for reply.

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AH)lication of the Cleveland Trust Company,Cleveland, Ohio, a member bank, for permission to orcrate the
Houch Savings Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, as a branch of the trust
'company.
Approved.
Letter dated March 26th from Ire . James A.. O'Gorman,
onclosin

copy of F. F. Bill 17090, ,roviding for the so-

called German billion dollar credit.
Ordered circulated.
Letter dated 7arch 23d from the Chairman, Federal re
serve Bank' of Pallas, renuestinc approval of salary of

2,500

per annum for Iv.r. C. 1. "Ihitley as Chief Clerk of the TTouston
Branch of that Bank.
Approved.
Letter dated "arch :3d from the r'hairman, Federal
Tieserve Bank of Dallas, intuirinr; if the Federal reserve
Board desires to have submitted to it for aprroval, individual increases in salaries, where such-increases are in
small !mounts.




Voted that the Chairnan, Federal eserve
Bank of Dallas, be directed to submit to the
Federal Peserve Board for approval, all increases in salaries at that Bank before the
same are made effective.
T'emorandum dated ::arch 5th by General Counsel in

-4re tax upon deficiencies in reserves.
Ordered circulated and docketed for meeting
of the Board to be held Friday, April 2d.
PrT'OT?T9 OF CO

ITT

NO. 1:

Dated March 26th, recommending changes in stock at Federal
Peserve banks as set forth in the auxiliary
minute book as of this date.
Apnroved.
Dated March 27th, recommending approval of applications for
fiduciary powers, as set forth in the auxiliary
minute book as of this date.
Approved.
Dated March 27th, recommending approval of application of
P. T. Chapman to serve at the same time as
a director of the First National Bank of
7ast 3t. Louis, Ill., and as director and
officer, First Tlational Bank, Vienna, Ill.
Approved.
At 12-10

the meeting adjourned.

Secretary.
Approved: