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A meeting of the Federal Reserve Board was held in the office
Of

the

Board on Friday, September 9, 1921, at 11:25 a.m.
PRESENT: Governor Harding
Mr. Platt
Mr. Miller
Mr. Crissinger
Mr. Hoxton, Secretary.
Minutes of the meeting of the Board held September 8th were

l'ead and. on
motion approved.
The Governor reported the reserve positions of the several
1?eclel'al reserve banks as at close of business September 7th, and the
status of rediscounts between the Federal reserve banks as of the
Bell* date.
The Governor reported redisco unt transactions, member bank
111()raissory notes secured by Government obligations, rate 6%, as follows:
Date
SePt. 8th

Bank rediscounting
Atlanta

With

Ann tint

Maturities

Boston

500,000

1-90 days

Letter dated September 8th, from the Deputy Governor of the
?ec/eral Reserve Bank of New York, Mr. Case, advising that the Board
or. Dil'oetors of that Bank had considered the salaries of those officers
11°1e anniversary dates of employment fell dtring the month of August,
8114 that no changes in such salaries were recommended.
Not ed.
Letter dated September 8th, from Deputy Governor Case of the
Reserve Balk of New York, enclosing copy of a circular addressed
to
. tile employes of that Bank, advising of the abandonment of the armiIrel'eal'Y plan for salary adjustments, aid the return to the plan of




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811411a1 adjus trren ts on Jan va ry 1, 1922.
Mot ed.
Memorandum dated September 8th, from the Acting Assistant to
the Governor, giving the details of the operation and cost
of the tele134ne lines leased by the Federal Reserve Board, and on the basis thereof '
l ecommending a new adjustment in the method of pro rating the expense.
Approved. Referred to Governor Harding, with
a view to taking up with the Treasury Department the
matter of that Department's use of the said telephone
lines.
Telegram dated September 8th, from the Chairman of the Federal
ileaellie Bank of San Francisco, setting forth the various expense accounts
liellriered to that Bank by the member of the Federal Advisory Council of

that District in connection with his trips to Washington to attend the
atatlatory meetings of the Council.
e4c1

lowancs

Mr. Platt moved that the compensation

for Mr. Mills, genber of the Federal Advisory Council. of

the Twelfth. Federal Reserve District, fixed by the Federal Reserve Bank
"Sell Francisco at

6OO. for each attendance upon the meetings of the

Fed
'
elsal Advisory Council, be approved by the Federal Reserve Board.
Carried, Mr. Miller not voting.
Draft of letter dated September 7th, prepared for the signature
Or
a'°vernor Harding, addressed to the Chairman of all the Federal reserVe

banr
Wj copies to all Governors, request lug that information be

light to the next conference of Governors and Federal Reserve Agents
-4:14g In detail the expense accounts of the several Federal reserve

batik
8 9 aid enclosing forms upon which such reports are to be made.




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Appro ved and o rdered transmitted.
Letter dated September 9t115 from the Comptroller al' the Currency,
approval of a salary of :3,000 per annum to be paid to Llr.
Alfred P. Leyburn, National Bank Examiner in the Ilinth Federal
Reserve
Strict
Approved.
.13...R.TS. OF C07,2.TITa-L NO. 1:
ilated Sept ember 8th,

ock at Federal Reserve
Reco=taryling c1Bnes in
auxiliary minute book
forth
in
the
orth
set
e
a f
this
:Tokf
s' as
Approved.

At 1:00 p.m. the meeting adjourned.

Secretary.
4Proved: