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At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Federal Reserve Board, held in the office of the Board
on November 8, 1918, at 10:15 A.M.,
PRESENT: Mr. Strauss, presiding
Yr. Hamlin
Mr. Miller
Mr. Broderick, Secretary.
Business was presented and disposed of as follows:
Letter dated 1:ovember 6, 1918, from Deputy
Governor Case of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
asking approval of the Board for an arrangement whereby
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will act as a trustee
to hold for account of Spanish banks certain United States
certificates of indebtedness (drawn in pesetas), pursuant
to an arrangement perfected by the Treasury Department
with the Spanish Government.
Voted to approve.
Letter dated October 23d, from the Auditor to the
Assistant Auditor of the Panama Canal, in re absorption of
charges on gold certificates to be transferred from the
Canal Zone to the United States.




The Secretary reported that Governor
Lynch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco had expressed himself as willing to take
the gold certificates accumulated in Panama
by the Canal Zone Administration, and to pay
all charges incident to the transfer of same.
Voted to approve.

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-2REPORTS OF COMMITTEE NO. 1:
Changes in Staff:
Dated November 7th, recommending appointment of Miss
Leona A. McGrath as Stenographer in
the office of the Vice-Governor at
a salary of $1,440 per annum, plus
the statutory increase of $120 per
annum, or a total salary of $1,560
per annum, effective November 8,1918.
Approved.
At 10:25 A.M., the meeting adjourned.

Approved:




Vice-Governor.