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mettinj; of the L;.ecttive Jommittee of the leaeral
Zeserve 1.:oard held in the office of the lovernor O. ?riday,
:ovember

at 10.30, LM.,

r. Hardins.,
,:arb1lr3,

.illiz, ,,ecretarzr.

Delano,
Present also,

Joansel of the Lord.
:'. J. .A.liott,

lovernor HardinL; presented basiness, ard action was
t._,ken thereon as follcms:
letter from loverror .;clay with reference to the new
tax at the rate of to cents per -,;100 on credit instrar:entz,
and in airinz as to an exemption :or notes secired by T,ibert:,Bonds was read and it dal: informally a2reed to sec what coaid
be done as to an a-aend:ftent to the law.
4, letter from the Jomptroller of the ,arrency iniirin
as to whether members of the bo_rd have re,laests for infornation which they woald like to have obtained at the next call,
as

ell as a letter from the Lecretar:r of the "reasary trans-

Ilitting a letter from a. Thomas 3. Lpencer of the Travelers
-ife Insarance Jompan7, Lt, to his experience with the second
,iberty Loan, %ere read.




It was informally a:reed to ask the

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J;omotroller to inaire of the national banks 'hether any
loansa.:e being made by them for the p'Irnose of v:ithholdins cotton, wheat and other food prod:lets fro!r, mrket, also
the amont of ':roverwrnent bonds and obligations carried for
their own accoAnts, and the a!:loant loaned to sabsCribers
wi

Governent oLlitioi

i

collatcral.

It waS Llso

voteci in this connection to doket at the meeting of the
:.oard this day the q,aestion of withdrawing the :oard's corl-Aodity
- letter fron 1)ei.ty
a letter fr-)m :r. ;h%s.

overnor 'The:7%n tr,nsnittin

. 'Tiffany statiln:7 that thetain

of a 61anish vessel hA. obtained. -.:;15,00C) in :Told, was read,
and it was a7eed to refer the nLtter to the Lecitive
„. ...:o=ittee sitting*

the '.3old

rort J.crInittee,

letter from ?ederal Iteserve *ent Wellborn transmitting certa n compl:,ints concernin
Zavannah made by the 'jhelby

ech..in:ge charges at
jornixAny, was referred

back to -Ammittee :7o. I with the sxestion tht the matter
be dealt with. n

t

letter from

evi Orleans.
Delno tr%ns7-littin

report of

comnittee of treas:tr7 officers with reference to ;,:old 1.,u.
nent3 by the Treasqry, was ordered docketed for the ford's

ncetin

this afternoon.
, letter from -ssistant ,e3ret:,ry of the TreaLary

Crosby 413 to certificate!, of indebtednecs for lar,jc tz

rayers

'aas laid on the table.
letter. from

Parshall zis to apnoint-tent on
was r(ad and notcd.

d of the .Tittsol.rjh
the .10a

'of fidz3iary rowers for rea York Lnd -AnnThe ‘aectio,
coot:. 1):_n5, orJered refc:.-red to the

ttorney "rencr.1 of the

gnitcd .tates, was dis(rassed aith Counso

nd Soansel dir(oted

Cotton, the lovernor to "rite a

to corliAanicate with

letter to the President ackin,3 for the slbrion of tae rr-tter.
nenorandam :..13 to the prerLration of a 1- ro,;.r.a-,71.e for
the net meetin,s of the 2e1eral -dvisory CoahJil, referred to
the lovernor by the Board, was discatsed ,_ .nd the lovernor azIsed
the !ambers for sa=estionb.
letter fro-I
ein ec

':ii,

lnc;crooll

Jo., relative to for-

ead and noted.

4. letter from the President transmittir; 4 letter from
the ,',ttorney 7,eneral of the 'Thited .dtatc

entin

on z..n op-

inion of the ,Atorney ,lencral of .annezota, who had Jeld thL.t
State banks and trast co:ftpanies in that LAate"are rrohibited




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their capital and

by law frrt investino !sore than

was read and notc:i,

usrplLs in Liberty 330T1

1 reenleaf of Lawrence,
r. J. i.;..,

letter from

Kansas, addressed to the 2ecre

L of the 7rea ury, and

statin3. that tire deposits now carried in natiOnal bans
interest cozld be 'turned into new cha nels if the'
?ederal deserve Lanks would c t their own

ViaLi

read and noted.
letter

federal deserve

the payment of sold certificates at the

eat

to

ub

„ was
ry „Lathori-

read and it was agreed to consul
ties on the subject.
letter from the .;omptr 1
transmittin,a letter

nrA th

of the 2.urr icy

per

cadent of Banks.

of (YAio as to advice ziven by national banks to state
bankers aaiist joini

the 2ed ral reserve syst

-

read and it was afreed to siest to the Jomptro ler to
take no action at the present.
letter from ir. d. S. Black transmitted by .
?rank £s Vanderlip as to the nttcr of deposit ng lovcrnment bonds with banks, and docuients prepared by
sel of the Board relat

to the

S4 R,

were presented and

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considered.
Governor HardinL' rerorted the result of an inforal
conference held on Lovember 1 with Detroit lx„nkers relative
. branch in Detroit.
,
to the establislrftent ofI




On motion,
VL.D:

t 11.30 a.m. the Jommittt.e adjoa Led.