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A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
SYstem was held in Washington on Saturday, March 31, 1945, at 10:30

PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Ransom, Vice Chairman
Szymezak
McKee
Draper
Evans

Mr. Morrill, Secretary
Mr. Carpenter, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Thurston, Assistant to the Chairman
The action stated with respect to each of the matters hereinafter referred to was taken by the Board:
The minutes of the meeting of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System held on March 30, 1945, were approved unanimously.
Memorandum dated March 30, 1945, from Mr. Morrill, Secretary,
recommending that the basic salary of Bray Hammond, Assistant
Secretary,
be

increased from $6,800 to $7,500 per annum, effective at the beginning

of the pay roll period following approval by the Board.
Approved unanimously, effective April
1, 1945.
Memorandum dated March 27, 1945, from Mr. Paulger, Director of
the Division of Examinations, recommending that Miss Virginia E. Leamn
be
appointed on a permanent basis as a stenographer in that Division
and that her basic salary be increased from $1,620
to $1,800 per annum,
effective
April 1, 1945.




Approved unanimously.

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-2Letter to the board of directors of the "Devon-North Town State

Banktil Chicag
o, Illinois, stating that, subject to conditions of member-

ship numbered 1 to 3 contained in the Board's Regulation H, the Board
aPproves the bank's application for membership in the Federal Reserve
System and for the appropriate amount of stock in the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago.
Approved unanimously, for transmission through the Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago.
Letter to the board of directors of "The State Bank of Lima",
Lima, Illinois, stating that, subject to conditions of membership numbered 1 to 3 contained in the Board's Regulation
H, the Board approves
the bank's
application for membership in the Federal Reserve System and
for the appropriate amount of stock in the Federa Reserv
l
e Bank of St.
Louis.
Approved unanimously, for transmission through the Federal Reserve Bank of
St. Louis.
Letters to Mr. John Agnew and Mr. F. 0. Fayerweather, former
directors of The
Paterson National Bank, Paterson, New Jersey, reading
as follow
s:
Letter to Mr. Agnew:
"In the matter of John Agnew and F. 0.
/1-verweather, Directou, The Paterson
National Bank Paterson New Jersy.
"An order was issued by the Board in the above entitled
Proceedings under date of March 23, 1945, and We have received advice that, in accordance with the requirement of




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"the statute, a copy of this order was served upon you on
March 27, 1945. We now enclose herewith a copy of the
opinion of the Board in this matter, which includes the
findings of fact upon which the order was based."
Letter to Mr. Fayerweather:
"In the matter of John Agnew and F. 0.
Fayerweather, Directors, The Paterson
National Bank, Paterson, New Jersey.
"An order was issued by the Board in the above entitled proceedings under date of March 23, 1945, and we
have received advice that, in accordance with the requirement of the statute, a copy of this order was served upon
you on March 26, 1945. We now enclose herewith a copy of
the opinion of the Board in this matter, which includes the
findings of fact upon which the order was based."
Approved unanimously, together with
letters to Mr. Sproul, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Honorable
Preston Delano, Comptroller of the Currency,
in the following form:
Letter to Mr. Sproul:
"In the matter of John Agnew and F. 0.
Fayerweather, Directors, The Paterson
National Bank, Paterson, New Jersey.
"Enclosed are copies of letters which the Board sent
today to Mr. Agnew and Mr. Fayerweather in connection with
the above matter together with a copy of the opinion referred to therein."
Letter to Mr. Delano:
"In the matter of John Agnew and F. 0.
Fayerweather, Directors, The Paterson
National Bank, Paterson, New Jersey.
"Enclosed are copies of letters which the Board sent
today to Mr. Agnew and Mr. Fayerweather in connection with




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"the above matter together with a copy of
the opinion re—
ferred to therein."




Thereupon the meeting adjourned.

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rdecretary.

ce Chairman.