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Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the
l'ecieral Reserve
System on Monday, May 17, 1948.
PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

McCabe, Chairman
Szymczak
Draper
Evans
Vardaman
Clayton
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

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1411111teS

Carpenter, Secretary
Sherman, Assistant Secretary
Morrill, Special Adviser
Thurston, Assistant to the Board

of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the

eserve System on May 14, 1948, were approved unanimously.
Letter to the
Char
board of directors of the "Peoples Bank of
-Les rp
toci44 -.*()) Charles
Town, West Virginia, stating that, subject
1 1
4
t a4s of membership numbered 1 to 3 contained in the Board's

1114tio.„
s141)14 —4 4, the
Board approves the bank's application for memberthe
Ot

E3tock

,
xoteral
Reserve System and for the appropriate amount

14 the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
APproved unanimously, together with
Mr. Leach, President of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, read14g as
follows:
4 -Letter
to

t
r,'
, zaae Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys!
'1,
-;'°
,,Ires the application of the Peoples Bank of
il),
11- fwla, Charles Town, West Virginia, for member6111ke Federal Reserve System, subject to the conPl
'
escribed in the enclosed letter which you are
'
llatit
s
to forward to the board of directors of the
el°secCytlel. Two copies of such letter are also enof which is for your files and the other

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tt

Or tA.,

ch you are requested to forward to the CommisBanking for the State of West Virginia for
s
JJaformation.
:
Or
t It is assumed that you will follow the matter
vi i-e bank's bringing into conformity with the proof law and the Board's regulations, the savings
"mentioned on page 16 of the report of examinatie,
n—
it-s-rc'r membership and the matter of incorporating in
toticevings passbooks appropriate provisions regarding
ce
,, of deposit withdrawals.
cazt .hit is understood that the directors of the applithro nit Propose to increase its capital by $37,500
:
13.1 %Ia. sale of $25,000, par value, of common stock at
tor leinIllmi; that a meeting of stockholders had been called
12) 1948, to consider the matter; and that the
rece
t-e 13833k felt that the capital increase would be efto
as Proposed. This would increase the capital ratio
-"L Per cent of total assets."




Chairman.