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Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of
the Federal
Reserve System on Thursday, September
PRESENT:

4, 1952.

Mr. Szymczak, Acting Chairman
Mr. Evans
Mr. Vardaman
Mr. Mills
Mr. Robertson
Mr. Sherman, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Kenyon, Assistant Secretary

Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of
the

Federal Reserve System on September 3, 1952, were approved

Letter to Mr. Young, President, Federal Reserve Bank
of

Chicago, reading as follows:
"The Board is in receipt of a letter dated August 19,
1952 from Mrs. Valerie R. Frank, Secretary of the Retirement System of the Federal Reserve Banks, regarding the
approval of a proposed rider to be incorporated in the
group life insurance policy carried with the Connecticut
General Life Insurance Company. The Board assumes that
each of the Federal Reserve Banks, including your own,
has received a similar letter.
"The effect of the proposed rider would be to permit certain payments to be made on behalf of minor
beneficiaries to the person caring for and supporting
the minor without the necessity of appointing a guardian.
"This letter is to inform you that the Board has
aPProved the rider, in the form of the photostat which
is enclosed, and your Bank is hereby authorized to execute it on behalf of the Board of Governors after you
lave received a like authorization from each of the
Federal Reserve Banks. The Board understands that the
insurance company will submit the rider for approval
of the State of Illinois."




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-2Approved unanimously,
with a copy to Mrs. Frank,
Secretary, Retirement System
of the Federal Reserve Banks,
Nei York, New York.
Letter to the Board of Directors, Princeton Bank and

Trust Company, Princeton, New Jersey, reading as follows:
"Pursuant to your request submitted through
the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Board
Of Governors approves the establishment and operation of a branch at the Princeton Shopping Center,
to be located in Princeton Township, New Jersey,
by Princeton Bank and Trust Company, upon condition
tnat formal approval is obtained from the appropriate
State authorities and the branch is established within
eighteen months from the date of this letter."
Approved unanimously,
for transmittal through the
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Telegram to Mr. Cowan, Assistant Counsel, Federal Reserve
of Neu York, reading as follows:
"Reurlet August 28, 1952, with enclosures, to
Benner concerning the determination under section 2(i)
of Regulation X of the maximum loan which may be made
to a lessee of land on which he proposes to construct
a multi-unit residence. In case presented, lessee (1)
has option to purchase land and (2) would be obligated
as compensation a sum substantially equivalent
to
)or in excess of the value of the land on which the
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multi-unit residence is to be constructed. Lessor,
the owner of the fee, proposes to join in the mortgage
and to pledge the fee as part of the security for loan.
"The Board concurs in your view and that of the
A cksonville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of
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Atlanta that the appraised value of the land should




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"be considered, by reason of the lease, as credit
outstanding. Accordingly, in determining the mexLmum loan permitted to be made to the lessee, the
maximum loan on land and improvements permitted
under Regulation X must be reduced by an amount
equal to the appraised value of the land.
* * obligates
"With respect to the clause
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himself to pay as compensation a sum substantially
equal to or in excess of the value thereof * * 1
ill footnote 2 on page 2 of Regulation X, the Board
concurs in your view that in order for the clause
to be applicable, it is not required that the
lessee have the right to become the owner of the
property."




Approved unanimously,
with a copy to Mr. Clark,
Assistant Manager, Jacksonville Branch, Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta.

Assis ant'IBecretary.