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c

end

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e a forcible

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ho

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said

the

decade

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in 1,

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in

thn

countie , 

th±ch ow

form

the

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three

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ten

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in coin. o

orl s

id h

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that

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7ir:inia

notes,

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6

3:"

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returned

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incount to

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3 expense

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that

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orrin

of

i5nitod States notes were to

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jflj

could'

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business,

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such

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of

banking.

 

as

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I

above clesorilled

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td.

t

1

 

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or

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l

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a brief

 

accou

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of

your institution?

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Lon

don

and

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to

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urbs.

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, is

 

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par value 

or your

sha

ms  ai

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what

divide

nds do

 

you

. pay

?

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Th

e par 

valu

e

o

f

o

ur

share

s

is

 

iv

100

of

which

 iv  2

0 is 

paid.

o

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th

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last

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ur years

 

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m hav

e

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oon 

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rudket

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of t

he sh

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betw

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50 

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51.

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s

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olders ha

ve 

yo

u?

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frpward

s of 

10,80

0.

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at

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dditi

on: .1

paym

ents 

can

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c

ollect

ed

f

rom

y

our atoc

kolde

rs

for

 

t

he

a

ryvnior

raent of

busn

esc 

n

nJ

vilat in

case

 of 

liqu

idatio

n?

A.

0.

As

20 

per

 

share

 have

 

bo

on

paid

i

n  th

s

hareho

lders

are

loft

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l

iabil-

ity of

iv

80

pe

r sharo

 

7

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bus

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, or

fo

r licui

dation

.

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law req

uire

you to

acc

umula

te

a

 aerta

in anount

 of

surpl

us?

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No.

• Is 

thero

 

an

y

limit

t

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the 

numbe

r

of

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vsres

 

whic

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your

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val ma-

aired b

efore

 

a

 

trans

fer of

yo

ur

stoc7.

cfn b

e

ma

de?

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is no

limit

 

to

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r.urf

or

of sh

ares whic

h ay

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divid

ual ma

y

ho

ld

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rocto

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s

can

 

be

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ado

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0.

l

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oft

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do your

 sha

rehol

ders me

et?

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a year.

bees

ov

ry 

share

have

vote

at 

the

shareholders 

meotins?

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o.

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are

d1s

trib

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1.tod

as

follo

ws: 

.. r

om 1C to

49

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red, 

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vote;

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to

 

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votes

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to

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cribe thc)

 

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m  Il

t

of

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ba,a, sta

tinr7 th

e

of

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ctors

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fu

nctio

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r

wh

at

pur

ioan

or

time a

nd b

y

who

m are

 

tte7

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cted?

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rector

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o

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by 

share

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rs.

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e

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tors 

ret re

 

an

nuv

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1

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storra

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roctor

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f the

ir 

tor

us?

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ly b

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r

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ches,

 

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nd,

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toy

 

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y seloc

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om

si

ibora

inato

 

of

ficer

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the sa

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lirth

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uld m

ore

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ont

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er

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m

blin

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co

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no

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t 10 7a1

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Ct

Waehinzton,

D.

C

Saturday, December

2,1

The

Commission met at

11

o clock, a.

m.,

purruan

to

the

call

of the

Chairman.

Pre9ent:

Messrs. ATYTICH (CEAIREAN),

BURROWS,

BU

TON,

WIFFKS

BONYNGE,

PADGETT, and

BURGESS.

In

the absence of the Vice

-Chairman,

and as

a

quorum did not

appear, no formal

busines was trans-

acted.

The Chairman

was

authorized, however,

to

appoint

a sub-committee

to

consider

the

details

of

the

Codifi

cation

of the National

Banking

Laws, with

Suggested

Changes,

prepared by

the

(lomptroller of

the

Currency,

and to

report the result of their

examination to

the

Commission.

The Chairman

appointed

on this

sub

-committee Mr.

BURTON (CHAIRMAN), Mr. WEEKS, and Mr. BURGESS.

At

12 o clock

meridian, the

Commission

adjourned

until

1

o clock a. m., Monday, December 4,

1911.•

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Contin:ent

Fund

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stockholders,

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United

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stock,

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any

contingency.

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Majority

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of Banks

which

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fully

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Professor

Wildman of

the

Northwestern

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reached

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tr

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prov

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y could n

ot

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sfer

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er 

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culix

 

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ondit

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.

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. Pa

dgett

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alled

 

atten

tion

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the f

act

that t

he

p

rovis

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Revi

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n

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rely

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scrib

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ode of

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ansfe

r. M

r.

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nynge

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ed wit

h Mr.

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urton

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nstit

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nalit

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mptin

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r.

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tt mad

e the

f

ollo

wing

sug

gest

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for the

ame

nmen

t of

 

se

ction

 4,

 

which

 

was ag

reed to:

 

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th

e

wo

rds

pa

id up

s

hould

 

be

ins

erted

 bef

ore

the 

wo

rd cap

ital

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ever 

it

appe

ars wi

th re

feren

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th

e

pa

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of

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i-

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or 

ins

tance

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he-e

 

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ated th

at 

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cent 

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ent di

vide

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lders

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ck.

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e

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atter

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thei

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lc?

SUGG7T,TIONS.

By Mr. Burton: That,

in

his opinion, it is not best

to

place

the surplus

of

the National Reserve Association

beyond 20 per cent.

By

Mr.

Aldrich:

That

some

provision

should be made

for

the

restoration of the

surplus when

impaired.

Mr.

Ir. Burgess:

That it

would

be well

in the

final

draft

of

the bill to provide

a

definite limitation to

the

earnings of the National

Reserve Association.

By

Mr.

Bonynge:

That some

provision

ought

possibly to

be

made

compelling

state

banks

to furnish a

list

of the

owners

of

their stock, in

order

that

members of

the

Reserve

Association may

be

protected.

By

Mr.

Al:lrich: That

a

provision

should be

made

pro-

hibiting that loaning

on

NLtional

R2se-ve

ssction

stock.

By

Mr.

Al

rich: A provision should

be

incorporated

in

the final draft

of the bill that

no bark shall

be

,d-

mitted to membership

in the

National Reserve Association

that

owns

stock

in

any other

bank, nor

shall

it

hold

stock

in any

othr r

bank

after

it

becometa

member of

the

Reserve

Association.

By

Mr.

Aldrich:

Provision

should be

made whereby

state

banks

shall

have

not less than

S25,000

capital

artually

paid

-in.

By

Mr.

Aldrich: Provision for

temporary

organization

of

the

National

ese

  ve

Association should

be

made

by

a

Commission,

consisting, possibly, of

the

Secrc

--

Lry of the

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be

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thi

su

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ion

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nyn

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ns w

er

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to

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r.

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nyn

ge 

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ug

ges

ted

 

tha

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ma

nag

er 

of

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e

b

ran

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ld b

e

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 11 the

 

b

ra

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is

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ph 

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w

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ct to

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is

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er

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ato

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e

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e

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preliminary organization

of the

National

Reserve

AsE;ocir tion

and

to

divide the

country into

fifteen

districts.

Mr.

Padgett

surxested

that it

should be provided

that

the

country

shall

be

divided

acco-ding to

geographical

and

commercial

conditions and

also with regard

to

existing

banking

facilities.

These

suggestions

were

agreed

to.

29,

30, 31,

32,

33,

and

34.

Agreed

to

without

change.

The

Commission

thereupon_wt 

adjourned

until 10:3C

o clock, a.

m.,

Wednes4,

December

6,

1911.

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ar

t, 

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as 

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ni

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f Mr

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on

yn

ge a

nd Mr

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Bur

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ss

 

t

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t t

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er 

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er

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mi

ght

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e

pu

rch

as

ed,

 

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hei

vie

w b

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g

th

at

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e

me

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ude

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ve

r b

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n.

 

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ha

ir

man

 

sa

id

tha

t

hi

s

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st

an

din

g w

as

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vision as

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bu

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me

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ly

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rch

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ed

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whe

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n-

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  4

les

th

e

wo

rds

 

of

go

ld

an

d s

ilve

r

co

in

wer

in

ser

ted.

Mr.

 

Mon

ey

wa

s

of 

the

op

ini

on

tha

t

th

e

p

ara

gra

ph

sho

uld

 be

lef

t as

 it

 

app

ear

in 

the

 

R

evi

sed

 

P

lan

un

les

s

t

he r

igh

to 

bu

y si

lve

r w

ere

 

men

tio

ned

 

spe

cif

ica

lly

.

Mr.

 

B

ony

nge

f

avo

red

 

th

e

su

gge

sted

 

amen

dme

nt

of

Mr.

Bur

ton

.

It

 

wa

fil

lefl

y ag

ree

to al

low

 s

ecti

on

3

5

re

mai

un-

a

men

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.

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e of

 

E

xch

ang

e b

etw

een

t

he E

ast

 and

 

t

he

Wes

t:

A

 gen

era

l

dis

cus

sio

n Ika

had o

n

th

is

sub

jec

t a

nd

th

e

Ch:

Lir

man

wa

s of

 th

e

opin

ion

 

tha

t af

ter

 the

 

fin

al 

re 

po

rt

of

 th

e Co

mmi

ssi

on

ha

d bee

n m

ade

 i

t

mig

ht be

 d

esi

rab

le

to

co

nsid

er

the

 

s

ubj

ect

 mor

e

fvl

ly

and

 

spe

cif

ica

lly.

:

D

urin

g

the 

ses

sio

n

of 

the

 

Com

miss

ion

 Ho

n.

Lawr

enc

e

O.

M

urra

y,

Com

ptro

lle

of

the

 

C

urr

enc

y, app

ear

ed

t

o c

omp

lete

a

rra

nge

men

ts

f

or i

nvit

ing

 St

ate

 

Ban

k

Sup

erv

iso

rs

a

nd

Nat

ion

al

BLn

k

Exa

min

ers

 

b

efo

re t

he

Cor

mis

sio

fo

t

he

pu

rpo

se

of

c

ons

ult

ati

on

on

th

e qu

esti

on

of

 ban

k

ex

ami

na-

ti

ons

.

T

he 

Cha

irm

an,

 

w

ith

 

t

he

ap

pro

val of

 t

he

Com

mis

sio

n,

req

ues

ted

 

M

t.

M

urr

ay 

to 

c

omm

uni

cat

w

ith 

Mr

. J.

L

.

Mo

-

hundro, Chairman of the Association 

of

Supervisors

of

S

tat

e B

ank

s, 

inv

iti

ng th

em

to

 

a

ppea

r

o

n Thu

rsd

ay,

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cem

-

ber

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191

1, an

d

t

o make

 

the

 

nec

ess

ary

 

arr

ang

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nts

 

f

or 

th

e

att

end

anc

e o

f th

e N

ati

ona

Ban

k E

xam

ine

rs.

It

 

w

as

al

so 

dec

ide

d t

o

inv

ite

 tw

o

or

 

thr

ee

of

 

t

he

l

ead

ing

 

ban

ker

s o

f the

 c

ount

ry to

 be p

res

ent

 

a

t

t

he

sam

e

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t

 

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k

 

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xa

m

i

ne

r

s

a

pp

e

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re

d

1

 

th

e

 

s

e

le

c

t

ic

n

 

t

be

 

m

ad

e

 

by

 

t

he

 

C

ha

i

r

ma

n

.

The Commission 

thereupon 

took 

r

e

ce

s

u

n

ti

l

 

2

 

o

 

cl

o

ck

 

•••

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.

41.

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was

considerable discuss

ion

 

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to

 whe

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t

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.

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the

pa

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end

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As

 

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socirition shall have

authority to

fix

the

rates

of

dis-

count

from

time

to

time, which, when

so

fixed, shall

be

published,

and

shall

be

uniform

throughout the

United

states.

The paragraph as thus

amended,

was

agreed

to.

42.

This paragraph was amended by

striking

out

in

line

three

the

words

to

a

limited amount;

by inserting a ,

after the

word

'bank

in line

four; and by

substituting

the word

acceptors for

the words

houses

in

the same

line, and as

amended was

agreedtc.

43.

L

e

0

This

paragraph was

amended by

inserting

aA

 

after

the word

bonds

in

line

two, and by

substituting

the word

 also

for

the

word

a.

in the

same line. As

thus

amended, the

para,7raph was

agreed to.

44.

45.

Was agreed to.

This pararraph

was amended

by

substituting

for the

word

subscribers

in

line two the

words subscribing

banks , and by

W7riking out

in

line

four

the words in

thgland,

France, or Germany,

and by

striking

out the

word

other

in

the

same line. As

thus amended, the pi:tra

graph

was

agreed

to.

46, 47,

48,

and

49.

Agreed

to

wit out change.

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until

the

session of

the

Commission

on

1Jonday.

During

the

session of the

Coumission

Hon.

Lawrence

0.

Murray,

Comptroller

of the

Currency, Judge

Oldham

and

Mr.

Quinn

of

;ne Yreas )ry

nepartmeatn, appeared to pe-lt

 t L

arrant;claents

for

the

drafting of the bill

to

submit to

Congress.

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gentlemen

agreed to

cooprate

wth

the

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in

drafting

the

bill.

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sag,;estion

or Mr.

Murray it

wus agliod

to invite

Hon.

Hurbert Knox

Smith,

Commissioner

of Corporations

to act

with

them.

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Bonynge

Pitdgett

were

appointed

as

a com-

mittee to

render s.ich assistance as mu / be

necessary.

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Secretary

was

authorized

to procure

rooms

and

all

needed

clercal

and other

assistar,ce

to

work under the

direction

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the

gntlemen

in

the

c}iarge

of the preparation

of

the

bill.

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twelve

o clock

mend

an, the

CONniSSiGh dj»rned

until

Monday,

December

li, 191t, at 10:30

a.

_a.

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 t

thi

s p

oint

  D

r.

Andr

ew 

WI°

h

ad c

ome 

fro

m the

 

con-

fe

renc

e

o

the

co

mmit

tee

 ln cha

rge

 

o

f t

he 

d

raft

ing

of

the

 bill

 

stat

ed

tha

t

he Com

mitt

ee de

sire

d to

 

k

now

wi

th

whom

 th

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tifi

cate

 

of

o

rgan

izat

ion

shou

ld be 

f

iled

.

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 agr

eed

b

y

the

Comm

iss

ion 

that

 suc

h

cer

tifi

cute

sh

ould

 be

 

fi

led

with

 

the Se

dre

tary

 

of

 

Sta

te.

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33.

Mr.

Aldrich raised

tlie

question as

to whether 

it is

n

eces

sary

 

to

s

tate

 in

 th

is act

 tha

t

the Gove

rnm

ent f

unds

the 

Res

erve

 

Asso

ciat

ion

 

de

posi

tec;

 

31a

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he

ld 

to b

e

m

oney

 i

n

th

e Tre

asu

ry

of tho

Uni

ted

St

ates

Th

is s

ug-

ges

tio

n wa

s re

ferr

ed to

the

 

Coxp

trol

ier

of

 the

 

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urre

ncy

and 

h

is

Comm

itte

e,

w

ho are

 draf

ting

 

th

elan

gua

ge o

f t

he

sta

tut

e.

It

was agr

eed

 t

o

stri

ke ou

t

the

wo

rds ca

sh

b

alan

ce

in

 

li

ne

and 

to ins

ert

i

n

lieu

 

th

ereo

t

he w

ord

g

ene

ral

fu

nds

, a

nd als

o

str

ikeo

ut 

the

 

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lowi

ng 

w

ords

 

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ept

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hen

nec

essa

ry the

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te N

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 fo

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re i

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bra

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 the

 

N

atio

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serv

e

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ciat

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question was 

raised whether

banks in the

col

oni

al

pos

sess

ions

 

of

 

the

 

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ted

Stat

es c

ould

 

bec

ome

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ks

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the

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erve

 

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AFT

ER 

RE

CESS.

Th

e Comm

issio

n met

 at

2:30

p. m.

Pres

ent:

 

Messr

s.

ALDRI

CH

(C

HAIR

MAN),

 

V

REELA

ND

(VIC

E-

CHAIR

MAN),

 

BUR

ROWS

MO

NEY?

B

URTON

, WE

I

,

MS BONY

NGE,

PAD

GETT,

un

BUR

GESS.

4

9.

After

a

lengthy

discussion 

as

to 

just what pro-

vis

ions

shoul

d be

inc

luded

 in

the 

statu

te 

as 

to

the

in-

c

orpor

ation

 of for

eign

 

bank

s, as

f

or 

insta

nce,

 wheth

er

t

he

maxi

mum 

capit

al, say

  1

,000

,000,

 

sh

ould

 be

 

fix

ed,

whet

her t

hese

 

ba

nks 

s

 nould

 

mLke

 repor

ts

to the

 Compt

rolle

r

cf

t

he Curre

ncy and

 be

go

verne

d gen

erall

y by

 suc

h

p

rovi

-

sions

 

of

the 

Na

tion

al

Bank

ing

A

ct

as ar

e

f

ound

 app

licab

le,

etc

., 

etc

.,

it 

wab

ag

reed t

o refer

 

t

his m

atte

r to a 

sub

-

comm

ittee

coas

isti

ng 

of

Mr.

Wee

ks

and

Mr. Bony

nge, to pr

e

pare a

dra

ft of

 

i

ncor

porat

ion and 

rep

ort

th

e sa

me

to

the

C

'amm

issio

n.

53.

This

 

se

ction

 

wa

s

take

n up

 

and 

after

full

discussion

was 

agr

eed

to

witho

ut

am

endme

nt.

At

the

su

gges

tion of

Mr.

Vre

eland

th

e oli

nissi

on

pr

o-

ce

eded

 to take

 up

 

thos

e pro

visis

ions

 of th

plan tha

ha

d

p

revio

usly

been

 

consi

dered

 

and p

assed

 

o

ver.

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 1

)

 

It

 

w

as

 a

g

re

ed

 

to

 

p

ro

v

ide in 

the first section

that

th

e

le

n

7t

h o

f

 

t

he

 

c

ha

rt

e

r

s

h

ou

ld

 b

e

fi

f

ty

 y

ea

r

s,

 b

u

t

th

at

Co

n

gr

es

s

sh

o

ul

d

re

se

r

ve

 th

e

ri

gh

t

 to

 

a

lt

e

r,

 re

vi

s

e,

 

an

d

am

en

d

 t

he

 

c

ha

rt

e

r a

t

 th

e

nd

 

of

 e

ac

h

 

t

en

 

ye

ar

 

p

er

io

d.

M

r

. V

re

e

la

nd

 

c

al

k

 d

 

a

tt

e

nt

io

to

 

t

he

 

l

as

t

se

n

te

nc

e

o

f

th

is

 

s

ec

ti

on

,

 

wh

ic

r

ua

ds

 

as

 f

o

ll

ow

s

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i

ft

y

pe

r

 

ce

n

o

f

t

he

 s

ub

s

cr

ip

ti

o

ns

 t

o

ti

l ca

p

it

al

 st

o

ck

 o

f th

e

Na

ci

on

a

l

R

es

e

rv

e

A

ss

oc

i

at

io

n

s

ha

ll

 

be

 

c

a

ll

ed

 

in

 

c

a

sh

;

th

e

b

al

an

c

e

of

 

th

e

su

b

sc

ri

p

ti

on

 w

il

l

 r

em

ai

a l

ia

bi

li

t

y

of

 t

he

 

su

b

-

s

cr

ib

e

rs

,

s

u

bj

ec

t t

o

 c

al

l

He

 s

ai

d

 

t

h

at

 

h

t

h

ou

gh

t

 

i

t

d

es

i

ra

bl

t

h

at

 

th

e

s

t

at

ut

e sh

ou

l

st

at

e

 th

e

 

c

i

rc

um

s

ta

nc

es

un

de

r

 w

hi

c

h ti

l

a

dd

it

i

on

al

 

f

i

ft

y

pe

r ce

nt

 

s

ub

sc

r

ip

ti

o

n c

ou

l

d

be

 

ca

l

le

d.

 

No

 

fo

rm

a

l

a

ng

ua

ge

 

wa

s

 ag

r

ee

u

po

n

, bu

t

i

t

w

as

agreed to instruct 

Mr. Murray 

and 

his 

colleagues to 

so

d

ra

ft

 

t

he

 

s

t

at

ut

t

ha

th

is

  ad

d

it

io

na

l

 su

bs

c

ri

pt

i

on

 

co

u

ld

on

l

b

e c

a

ll

ed

 mh

en

 n

ec

es

s

ar

y

t

o

 

m

ee

t

th

e o

b

li

ga

t

io

ns

 

o

f

th

e

N

at

io

na

l

 

Re

s

er

ve

 

As

s

oc

ia

ti

o

n.

2

8.

M

r

V

re

el

a

nd

 

su

g

ge

st

ed

 

t

ha

t

 

th

e

re

 ou

gh

t

 

to

 

be

 s

o

me

general language 

of 

inscruction to 

guide the Commission

wh

i

ch

 i

to

 

p

ro

v

id

e

t

he

 pr

e

li

mi

na

r

y

or

ga

n

iz

at

io

n

 

fo

t

h

e

N

a

ti

on

a

R

es

e

rv

e

A

ss

oc

i

at

io

n.

  Af

te

r

f

ul

l

  di

sc

u

ss

io

n

 

o

f

th

is

 

s

ug

g

es

ti

on

,

 

i

t

wa

s

 

ag

re

e

d th

at

 

it

 

s

h

ou

ld

  b

p

ro

vi

de

d

i

n

 

cn

s

ta

tu

t

t

ha

t

t

h

f

t

e

en

 

b

ra

n

ch

es

 of

 t

he

 

Na

t

io

na

l

R

es

e

rv

e

A

ss

oc

i

at

io

n

s

ho

ul

d be

 lo

c

at

ed

 as

 

f

ol

lo

ws

:

 

1

 

i

n

th

e

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N

ew 

Enl

and

 

Sat

es

 

th

ree

i

n

th

E

ast

ern

 St

ate

s;

thr

ee 

in

t

S

outh

ern

 St

ate

s; 

fou

r in

th

e M

idd

le 

We

ser

n

Sta

tes

;

anu

fo

ur 

i

th

We

ste

rn

a

nd Pa

cif

ic

Coas

t

S

tat

es.

Th

ere

upo

n

the

 

C

orm

iss

ion

 

a

djo

urn

ed u

ntil

 

1

0:3

0

a. 

m.

 

T

ues

day

 

Dec

emb

er 12

 

1

311

.

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Washi

n6;ton,

 

D.

C.,

Tuesuay

,

D

ecembe

r

12,

 

191

1.

The

Commi

sson me

t

a

t 11

a.

in 

Pres

ent: Me 

s. AL

 flRICH

CH

AIAN)

,

VREA

 JAND

(VICE

-

CHAI

RMAN), B

URROWS,

 

/LONEY

B

URTON,

 

WEE

KS,

PADG

ETT,

BONY

NGE, 

nd

BUR

GESS.

Severa

l

Olas

es of the

p

lan were

discus

sed

at

both tile

morninF 

and

afternoon sessions, but no action was

tztken

The 

C

ommiss

ion

djourn

ed

L

o

clock p.

m.,

unt

il

Wed-

n

esday,

 

Dtce

mber 13,

1911

,

at 

10::30 

a.

m.

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Wash:ton,

D. C. 

Wednesday,

DeoemLer

16,

1911.

The

Coumission

met

at

10:30

a. m.

Present:

Messrs, ALDRICH CHAIRMAN),

1TRELAND

VICE-

CHAIRMAN), BURROWS, MONEY,

BURTON,

WEEKS,

BONYITGE,

PADGETT 

and

BURGESS.

70.

Decided

to incorporate

a

paragraph

to

place an ob-

ligation

or

duty

on

the

Reserve

Association

to

maintain its

notes

on

parity

or a standard as

prescribed under

section

------

of

the

Act of

January

14

  19

50.

Senator

Nelson was

called

by the

Commission

to

be

heard on

the

T

.airing

questions:

Whether

the National

Reserve

general

Association

should

allow

banks

to

loan a part

of theirlideposits

on

real

estate

or

confine

their

loans

to

savings

deposits, and

if

on

general

deposits,

what

proportion

o.P

the

same;

also,

what

restrictions

should

be

pls ced

upon

such

loans and

upon

what

percentage

of

the

real

value.

Senator

Nelson

stated

to

the

Com-

illission

that he

had investigated

this

matter

thoroughly

and his

opinion was

that

they should be

permitted

to

negotiate

mortgages

on

one-third

of the cash

value

of

farm

lands;

also

that

it

was

much

easier to

lean

on

farm vaper

than

commercial paper;Aaimmm

orier

,

 

44 4• 4iimaa

7 4

mOmmaiwaimederimelhew He

stated

that

they

should oe

permitted

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  to

loan

one

-1.

-

1 -)f

'ime and

interest

bearing

deposits

on

real

estates whi6h

should

be

improl7ed

and

occupied property.

Whereupon

the

Commission

too : a

recess

until

2:30 p. m.

IFTER

RECESS.

The

Commission

reassembled at

2:30

p.

in.

Present:

Messrs.

ALDRICH

(CHAIRMAN),

VREELAND

( CE.

CHAIRMAN),

BURROWS,

MONEY

 

WEEKS 

BOITYNGE,

PADGETT, BURGESS,

and

PRINCE.

At

the

sugue-tion

of

the

Chairmuo, it

Was agreed

that

each

member

of

the Commission

be

arnizned a

special

er.3tion

of

the

plan as

set

forth

in

Senator Aldrichts

speech at

New Or-

leans

on

November

21,

1911,

and prepare

his own

ideas,

which

will

be

c,1

)died in the final

report.

40.

Power

of

rediscount

granted

by Sections 3,

and

40

shall,

be

exercised

through

the

branch in

the

district in

which

the

bank

making

application

for

rediscount

is

located.

Whereupon, at 4:30

o'clock

p. m.,

the

Commission ad-

journed ant

il 10:30

1.

in.,

Thirsda:7,

December 14,

1911..

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Washington,

D.

C.,

Thursday,

December

14,1911.

The

Commission

met

at 10:30

a. m.

Present: Messrs.

ALDhICH

CHAIPAN),

VRE:rLAND VICE-

CHAIRMAN),

BURROWS,

MONEY,

BURTON, WEEKS, BONYNGE,

PADGETT,

BURGESS,

and

PRINCE.

At

the

request

of

the

Chairman, Hon.

Lawrence

O. Murray,

Comptroller of

the

Currency,

caused

to

be present

a

few

of

the national

bank

examiners and state

supervisors

for the

pur-

pose of

explaining

certain features

of

the plan

and

asking

their

cooperation in

assisting

in drafting

that part

.of

the

bill

which

relates

to

examinations to

be conducted

by

the

Reserve Association.

The

following gentlemen spoke

on the

subject

and

their

remarks are attached

hereto:

Mr.

L.

J.

Mbhundro,

Seattle,

Washington;

Mr.

E. F.

Rorebeck,

of

New

York;

Mr.

Giles

L.

Wilson,

of

Spartanburg,

South

Carolina; Mt. George Van Tuyl, Jr.,

of

Albany,

N. Y.;

Mr.

Arthur

B.

Chapin, of Boston,

Massachusetts;

Mt. F.

E.

Baxter,

of Lima, Ohio; and

Mr. B. L.

Gill, of Austin,

Texas.

At

1:15 p.

m. the

Commission took

a

recess until

2:30

p.

n

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s6

AFTER

RECESS.

The

Commission

reassembled

at

2:30

p.

m.

Present:

Messrs.

ALDRICH (CHAIRMAN),

EELAND

(VICE-

CHAIMAN),

BUPROWS, MONEY,

WEEKS, BONY/4GB and

PADGETT.

Mr.

Perrin

addressed the Commission

on

the

subject of permitting

the

Reserve

Association

to make such

examinations as

it

deems

necessary,

and his

remarks are attached

hereto.

At

the conclusion of

Mr.

Perrin s

remarks,

the

Commission

adjourned

until

10:30 a.

m. Friday,

December

15,

7.11.

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BANK EXAMINATIONS STATE N

NATIONAL.

WASHINGTON D. .

December

15

1911.

To

the NATIONAL MONETARY

COMMISSION

Washington

D.

.

GENTLEMEN:

We have been asked to

consider

the ques-

tion of

bank examinations both

national

and State

n

so

far

as

they

may

elate to

the National

Reserve

Association

and

after a

careful consideration

of

the question

we

beg

to

submit our

views.

In considering

the

question in a

broad

way

we have

had

in

mind

two

points

which

seem

to

us very

essential.

First. To avoid the added expense

to

the banks

of

building up the

machinery for

an

entirely

separate

and

additional system

of

examination.

Second. To utilize

in so far

as possible

and

practicable

the

existing

machinery for

bank

examinations as

estab-

lished to-day

for

both

national and

State

banks.

It was

necessary

to carefully

consider three

important

points as

follows.

First.

It

is

possible

that the

examinations

as

they

exist

to

-day both State

and

national

might

not meet

the

re-

quirements

of the directors of the National Reserve

Association.

Second.

There are

a

few

States

where

there is no

State

supervision of

any kind

of

State

banks.

Third.

There are

a

few

States

where there

is

State

supervision

of State

banks

but

the executive

officer

is not

privileged by law to

disclose

information regarding

banks

under

his

supervision.

20351 

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2

/

We h

ave

c

sidered

 

e

ach  of th

e abov

e

ptSint

s

and

in

our

opinion

he 

plan

we present

obviatei 

each

diffi

 

cul

ty

and

ut

iliz s 

withou

t additi

onal 

e

xpense

to the

ban

ks

the

p

reset 

machi

nery

of  ba

nk exa

minatio

ns 

bo

th

Sta

te

and n i

onal.

e

here

fore mak

 the foll

owing

recor

itimend

ations:

That

 the 

Nati

onal

 

Reser

ve

As

socititi

on

shall

  for 

all

m

ember

 

banks

 

accept op

ies o

f

the

 rep

orts of

 

t

he natio

nal

-

ban

k

exam

iners

for

rkit

ional

 

bank

 

an

d

co

pies

of

the

report

s of Sta

te

ba

nk e

xamine

rs:

or

Sta

te

bank

s a

nd

trust 

companies

where 

the

furnishing of

such 

informa-

tion

is

n

ot contr

ary t

o 1

w;

provide

d

howeve

r that

the

stan

dard of 

suc

h examin

 

ions bot

h nationa

l a

nd

State

 

meet

 

t

he requi

rement

s

of 

thei

irec

tors of t

he

Nationa

l

Rese

rve As

sociati

on.

That

in all

ca

ses

whe

re e st

andard

 

of 

examina

tion

either

nati

onal or

 

State

is

ot up

to the

said req

uire-

ments

  the di

rectors of

 the.

  tiona

l Rese

rve

Associ

ation

shall

make

 or caus

e to

be nlitd

ndepe

ndent e

xaminat

ions.

That

the

Directors of 

the Na

ional

Reserve

Association

have t

he r

ight to

examip

ie

or 

us

e to

 

b

e

e

xamine

d at

a

ny

time a

ny

membe

r

sa

nk b

its

own

 

repre

sentati

ves.

T

hat t

he

n

ational

 anci

Sta

te

e miner

be

all

owed

such

addit

ional

compen

satiqi

to be

p

d b

y the

Nationa

l Re-

serve Associa

tion 

for in

aking 

exti rep

orts

to it

as

the

directo

rs thereo

f

ma

y

o

nsider 

just

iand

equita

ble.

 he

plan

w

hich

w  

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mmend

in a

la

rge

me

asure

avoid

the

 

addit

ional/e

xpense 

t

o

th

b

anks of

buildi

ng up

another

organizati

for

their 

exam 

ation

it

wil

l

give

t

o

th

e directo

rs

ofl

 

the N

ational

 Res

 

ve

 Associ

ation to

the

 

b

ranches

 

t

he of

and to

the l

oc 1 ass

ociatio

ns the

infor

mation

whic

is needed

 

an

d it

 

r

serves

to the

Na-

tional

Re

serve 

A

sociat

ion the

right

 

to

nake

indepen

dent

exa

minati

ons wfti

enever t

he dire

ctors t

hrreof desi

re

to do

s

o.

The p

lan As s

imple 

p

ractica

ble 

arid

wo

rkable

 

f

rom

 

the

 start.

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eg

to 

su

bm

it 

ou

r vie

ws

.

In

 

c

ons

id

eri

ng 

the

 

q

ue

sti

on

 i

l a

b

ro

ad w

ay

 w

h

av

h

ad

in

 

m

in

d tw

o po

int

whi

ch

 

se

gm\

to

 

u

s

v

ery

 

e

sse

nti

al.

First. 

To 

avoid the

addid 

pense to the

banks

of

b

uil

din

up

 th

mac

hi

ne

ry

 fo

r l

e

nt

ire

ly 

s

ep

ara

te

 an

d

add

it

ion

al

 s

yst

em

 of

ex

at

sin

at

ion

Se

con

d.

 To

 

ut

ili

ze

in

o

 ar

 

a

s p

  i

ble

 

and

 pr

act

ica

bl

th

e

e

xi

sti

ng m

ac

hi

ne

ry

fo

b

an

e

 

m

in

at

ion

s

as

 est

ab

-

li

she

d

to

-d

ay

 f

or b

ot

h/n

ati

on

al

a

nd

 

S

te

 

ban

ks

.

I

t

wa

s nec

es

sar

car

ef

ull

y

c

on

sic

fr

 th

re

e

i

mpo

rt

an

t

p

oin

ts

 

a

s

fo

ll

ows

:

F

irs

t. It

 

is

 

p

oss

iil

e th

at

 

th

e

e

xa

mi

nat

ro

ns

a

s t

he

y

ex

is

t

to

-day, both

State

and

national 

might 

ni

pt

meet

t

he

 r

e-

q

ui

re

men

ts

  o

the

 

dir

ec

tor

s  of

 

the

  N

Ai

on

al

 

Res

er

ve

As

so

cia

tio

n.

Se

co

nd.

 Th

ere

  ar

e

a

 

f

ew

St

ate

s

wh

er

e

th

ere

 

is

 no

St

at

e

sup

er

vis

ion

 

of

 

a

ny

 ki

nd

 

of

 

S

tat

ba

ns

 

T

hi

rd.

 

er

e

ar

e a

 fe

w

Sta

te

s

wh

er

e

th

erc

 i

Sta

te

su

pe

rvi

sio

  of

  S

ta

te

ba

nk

s, b

ut

 

the

 e

xe

cu

te

 

of

fic

er

is

 

n

ot

pri

fri

leg

ed 

b

y la

w

to

 

di

scl

ose

 

i

nf

orm

at

ion

 r

eg

ard

in

g

ban

ks

 

ti

de

r

his

 

su

pe

rvi

sio

n.

20.3

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In

additi

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to 

t

his it w

ill ha

ve a

tend

ency to s

tanda

rd-

ize

on a

 

hi

gher plane

all

bank 

examinations.

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ery

re

spect

fully 

submi

tted.

J

L.

 

MOHU

NDRO

 

Stat

e

Bank

 

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xamin

er

or

th

e

Sta

te of

W

ashi

ngton

.

A

RTHU

R

B.

CHAPI

N

Ban

k

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missi

oner

 

fo

r

the

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nwea

lth

of

M

assac

huset

ts.

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E.

 

BAX

TER

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uperi

ntend

ent of

Ban

ks

or

the

 

Stat

o

f O

hio.

0

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GI

LL

State

 Com

miss

ioner

 

of

Ins

uranc

e and

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anki

ng or

the

Sta

te of

Texas

.

GEO.

 

C

V

AN

TuvL

 

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perin

tende

nt

of

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ks

or 

the Stat

e o

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k.

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R

OREB

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Nat

ional

 

Ban

k Exami

ner or the City

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ew

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ork.

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ES 

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National

Bank

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for 

South

Carolina 

and 

Georgia

a

nd

for

merly

 

S

tate Ba

nk

Exa

miner

 

for

 

Sou

th

Ca

rolin

a.

LAWR

ENCE

 

MURR

AY 

Co

mptro

ller of

 

t

he Cur

renc

y.

 

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ash

ing

ton

,

D.

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.,

londay,

December 

18

, 1

911

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omm

iss

ion met

 

at

 

10

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res

ent

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llo

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eed

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rag

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ide

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p

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rap

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reed

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ted

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of

 

p

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ph

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ty of

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by 

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ch

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e

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airm

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t

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t

he

bil

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rep

ared

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asu

ry De

par

tmen

t,

w

hich

 

w

as 

i

mme

dia

tel

y

ma

de the

 s

ubj

ect

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dis

cus

sio

n.

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itl

e. 

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gre

ed t

o

in

sert

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t

he

ti

tle

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the

 

p

ill

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2te

r

the 

wo

rds

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nit

ed 

sta

tes

  i

n li

ne 

a

nd fo

ot

her 

p

urpo

ses

Sec.

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, li

ne 

1, 

aft

er th

e

wo

rd

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ank

s ,

 

Agr 

led

to st

rik

e

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th

e

w

ord

 

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ins

ert

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ord

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r t

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ric

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re,

 

a

nd

in

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4

 

lin

e

6,

a

fte

r

the

 

word

s  s

hal

l b

e  i

nse

rt

th

e

wo

rds

 

p

aya

ble

 o

ut

of 

the 

Treasury, and to

strike out the

words paid 

out 

of any

m

one

in

th

e Tre

asu

ry

n

ot 

ot

her

wis

e a

ppr

opri

ate

d, 

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the

 

sec

ond

 

par

agr

aph

, lin

4,

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r

th

e w

ord

 

Ass

oci

a-

tio

n, 

s

tri

ke

out

 

t

he 

word

s in

 

s

uch

 pla

ces

 us

 t

he

si

c

omm

itt

ee

may

 des

ign

ate

.

Se

c.

4.

 

Thi

rd 

pal

agr

aph

,

li

ne 

1, ag

l

 

L

a

to 

at

rik

e out

t

he

wor

ds fr

om

tin

e t

o t

ime

,

and

 

in

ser

i

shifi

 

p

hra

se in

 

lin

e

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ter th

e w

ord

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pon

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t

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clo

ck

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ss 

unt

il 

2.

30

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.

M.

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AFTERNOON

SESSION.

Monday,

Dece

,lber

18,

19]l.

The Commission reassambled

at

2:30 o'clock p.m.

Present:

Messrs.

Aldrich

(Chairman),

Vreeland

(Vice

-

Chairman),

Burrows, Burton,

Weeks,

Bonynge,

Padgett, and

Prince.

 1r

Bonynge

u ested

that

when new

banks come

into

the

Association, the,

should

pay

for

their

stock

at

its

book value

at

the time

of

their

admission

to

membership.

The

suggestion

was

agreed to.

Section

2. The

following

sugges

ion

of Mr.

Padgett

was

agreed

to: That

in

paragraph

3,

under

subdivision b ,

after the

words

population of ,

where

they

first

occur,

:rovision

be

made

whereby

cities

having

a

population of

less

than

10,000

and not

more than

50,000 should be

roqu:red

to have

a

paid-in and unimpaired capital of not

less

than

$50,000.

Upon the

suggestion

of the

Chairman, it was

agreed

that

no

subject

headings for

differ-nt

provisions of

the

bill

be

made, that

not

being the

general form

followed

in

the make-up of

bills.

Section

3

The

aendments

made

at

the

morning sef

  sion

of

this

date

are

to

rmnain unchanged.

Secticn

4. Mr.

Vreeland thoue7ht that

at the

end of

the first

paragraph

some

provision should

be

made

for

in-

dicating clearly

that, where States are

mentionec.,

it is

not

intended to limit

the

size

of

the

districts

by

State

lines.

The

Chairman

suggested

the

insertion of

the

words

having

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r

efe

ren

ce

to

 

bus

ine

ss

c

ent

ers

,  o

r

h

avi

ng

 r

efe

ren

ce

 

t

o th

e

a

cco

m °d

ati

on

of

 th

e ba

nks

 i

n

t

he

te

rri

tor

::

If

M

r.

Pad

ge

tt

sug

ges

ted

 

th

at  n

atu

ral

 

d

ivi

si

ons

 a

nd

com

er

cia

l

rel

ati

ons

,

a

nd 

tr

ade

 

cen

ter

s

be

 

u

sed

.

Th

e

Ch

air

ma

n

fu

rth

er

su

gge

st-

e

th

e

wor

ds 

ha

vin

g

r

ela

tio

n

t

t

he

mt

ura

l

com

me

rci

al d

i-

vi

ejo

ne

 i

n

tr

ade

 

c

en

ter

s; 

a

nd T

.r.

 Pad

ge

tt

f

urt

he

r su

gge

ste

d

t

he

w

ord

s,

 

In

 

fo

rm

ing

 sa

ia

 dis

tr

ict

s, 

S

tat

lin

es

 

ne

ed

not

 

b

f

oll

owe

d.

 

Af

te

con

si

der

abl

e

d

is

cus

sio

n, 

it w

as

d

ec

ide

to 

al

low

 t

he

mL

 

L

ter

 

to 

g

o

ove

r

an

d

t

o

ha

ve the

 p

ara

-

gra

ph que

rie

d,

 

to

 

b

e

tak

en

 

up 

l

ate

r.

Sec

tio

n

5 p

ass

ed ov

er.

 

ect

in

 C.

1:

1)bj

ect

m

at

ter

 of

l

ast

. par

agr

ap

h

to

 be

 ta

ke

n

u

la

ter

. P

ema

in

der

 o

f

th

is 

se

cti

on

 a

ere

ed

to

.

S

ect

ion

 7

w

as 

agr

eed

 

t

o, 

w

it

h th

e ex

ce

pti

on 

th

at i

t

was

 

t

hou

gh

t

th

at 

ma

nag

ers

 

for

 

th

b

ran

che

s

s

hol

;ld

 als

be

provided 

for 

in the

last paragraph.

Sec

tio

P.

 

Agr

eed

 

to.

 

Yr.

 Pad

ge

tt 

su

gg

est

ed 

t

hat

 

so

me

r

 ro

vis

ion

 

s

ho

 i

d

be

 

mad

e

th

at

, in

 L.

he 

ev

ent

 the

 n

umb

er o

f

dis

tr

ict

s i

s

in

cre

ase

d ab

ove

 

15

the

re

sho

uld

 be 

f

or

eac

h

dis

tri

ct 

tw

o add

iti

o  

eal

 

di

rec

tor

s,

 

to

  b

el

ect

ed

as

 

se

t

f

ort

h

in

pa

rag

ra  

e

hs

 

1

 

anH

 

2

of

 

t i

sec

ti

on.

S

ect

ion

 

9.

 

I

t

w

as

the

:

un

ani

mou

s

op

ini

on 

th

at

pa

rag

rap

h

24 o

f

th

e

,

evi

sed 

Pl

an

fo

r

Su

n' e

ste

d

lo

net

ary

 

Leg

iaL

tio

n

s

hou

ld

b

e

in

ser

ted

  at

t

he

 

beg

inn

ing

 of

 th

s

ec

tio

n.

Sec

tio

n 1

0. 

To

  he

 

ch

ang

ed

a

nd 

m

odi

fi

ed.

 

P

ass

ed

ove

r.

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-3

-

O

n

suY

esti

on

of 

H.r.

P

adget

t,

it

 

w

as

agree

t

a

mend this

sect

ion 

as

fol

lows:

  Af

ter

t

he cy

 ..

ds 

exe

cute an

file

 , in-

sert the words

nw

 

h th

e E'

ecreta

ry of

Stat

cert

ifica

te

sett

ing fort

h the

 

f

act of

 th

e paym

ent

of o

ne

h

undre

d m

il-

lio

ns

of

 

do

llars

; and

th

ey s

hall

fu

rther

 

f

ile

with

 the

Compt

rolle

r

of t

he 

Cur

rency

 a cert

ifica

te

s

howin

g t

he b

anks

whic

h

ha

ve su

bscr

ibed.

  Y

r. Padge

tt al

so

sugg

ested

 t

hat

the

re sh

ould b

e a

fur

ther

pro

visio

n

that,

 

a

s the

ba

nks su

b-

scri

be

aft

er

the or

ganiz

ation

 

is com

plete

t

he

Co

mptro

ller

of

the

 

Cu

rrenc

y is

t

o b

e

n

otif

ied

of

the

fac

t.

Se

ction

s

11

 

and

 1

2.

Stri

ke ou

t.

Sect

ion

13.

The

follo

wing

 

su

gges

tion 

of

27

 

7

onyn

ge

w

as

agr

eed to

: Th

at after

 the

word

s and

 

u

nder

 

no cir

cum-

sta

nces

 

shal

l

th

ey

be

 ,

ther

e

be

ins

erted

 the 

wor

ds

hy-

p

othec

ated

or

. Th

e foll

owin

g

sugg

esti

on of

1:r.

Padg

ett

wa

 

agreed to:  In line 

of this

section, 

after

the 

word

 c

a-ita

l , 

in

sert the

 word

 

sto

ck . At

the

sugg

estio

n

of

the

C

hair

man, it w

as agre

ed

to 

st

rike out

 th

e

w

ords 

ac

-

kn

owled

ged

befo

re a

 

jud

ge

of

a

ou

rt

of 

r

ecord

 or

 

a

n

otary

publi

and

sh

all be .

Th

e

fol

lowi

ng

su

ggest

ion

of

77r.

 

Pad-

gett

w

as

agre

ed

to:

 

In

 

the seco

nd

par

agrap

h of

t

he

sect

ion,

in

next to the 

l

ast

line,

 bef

ore

th

wor

d

stoc

k , 

inse

rt

the

word

s

p

aid

-in

. I

n

th

e

th

ird

pa

ragra

ph

of

 

t

his

se

ction

,

it

  as a

gree

d to

s

trike

  th

e w

ords

ac

knowl

edc,e

d

bef

ore

a

 

ju

dge

of a

cour

t

of

re

cord

or

 

a

 n

otary

 

pub

lic

a

nd 

sh

all

b

e .

 ;e

ction

 

14.

Agre

ed

to.

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 4

Section

15.

Agreed

to.

Section 16.

The

following

suggestion of

the

Chairman

was

agreed to:

In

line

1,

strike out the

words an

auditing

co'Inittee ,

and

insert the

words

a board

of examination ;

in

line 5,

strike

out

the

word

committee , and

insert

the

word board ;

in line

strike out the

words audit

the

books , and insert

the

words

carefully

examine the

condi-

tion and the

business ; and

in line 7,

str:Ke out the

word

 report ,

and

insert the

word

statement .

Section

17.

Mr.

Padgett

suggested

that it

be

amended

by

providing that the

powers

and duties

shall

be

prescribed

by

th

by-laws

of

the

various

branches,

subject to the ap-

proval of

the

rational

Reserve

Association

 .

Upon

the

suggestion

of the

Chairman  it was agreed to

strike out

the

words and length of

service .

Section 18. It was agreed to

strike

out

the

words

 and

terms

of office .

Also, to

transfer

this section

to

place

it near

othe4provisions

as

to local association

of-

ficials.

Section 19.

Agreed

to.

It

was

also agreed

that

some provision

must be made

for

incororating,in a

limited

way,

the

rational

Reserve

Association,

in

which event

the words

articles of

associa-

tion ,

wherever the,

appear,

shall

be

stricken

out.

It

was

also agreed

that

after

the

preliminary work

on

the

draft

of

the

bill

was

complete, the

provisions

should

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b

e so

 

rear

ran

ged

 tha

t

he

v

ari

ous

 pr

ovi

sio

ns

mig

ht

a

ppea

r

in

the

ir

pro

per 

a

nd l

ogi

cal

or

der

.

T

he

C

onm

iss

ion 

a

djo

urn

ed 

to me

et t

 

10

:30

 a.

m. Tue

s-

d

ay 

D

ece

mbe

r 19

 

19

11.

M

i

11

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Wa

3:

.

..inc

;ton

L

r

T

uesd

ay,

 

.Je

cetY

eer

19

, 191

 i

T

he Coe

lic i

ssion

 

me

 

c

at

10.3

0

A

Pres

ent:

 

Ald

ric

h

((

hair

man)

,

7r

eela

nd

Vic

e-

Chn

 ,

Barr

ows

Ion

ey, W

eeks

,

13

onyn

ge  a

ct Pad

gett

.

r

.

Bony

nge

sugg

este

th

at 

th

ere L

i

nser

ted 

in

 

t

he

fir

st

pa

ragr

aph e.nd

  word

s body

 

co

rpor

ate.

 

7.

P

he

Cha

inma

n

su

gge

sted

 that

  in

 

S

ecti

on

s

econ

d

para

grap

h, and li

ne

15,

the

wo

rds

ca

uler

cial

 

and

 

agr

icu

ltur

al

b

e tra

nspo

sed

.

8.

 

Tr

  Pad

get

t s

ugge

sted

 

tha

t i

n pa

ragr

aph

sec

ond

of

Sec.

8, 

line

 

5,

 

t

o

stri

ke ou

t

t

he 

wor

ds

o

b

anks

 

n

or

an

d in

ser

th

e word

 or

.

9

.

Agre

ed

to st

rike

 out in

the

last iine

of 

Section 

9,

th

e word

s

arti

cles

 of 

a

ssoc

iati

on o

the

 .

2

Agre

ed

u ins

ert 

i

n

Sec

tion

  l

ine

12

af

ter 

ch

e

Aor

d

s

ubs

crip

tion

s

t

he w

ords

 

o

r any

part

 

t

net

 eo

f. 

The

 

que

stio

n of

 

th

e imp

airm

ont  of

the

 

cap

ita

l of

 the

Res

erve

  As

soci

atio

n

was

 

br

ough

t

up 

ty

 the

of

fic

ials

 

o

f

the

Tre

asu

ry

Dep

artm

ent

 and

 i

t was d

ecid

ed that

  th

e

con

ting

ent

fund

 a

nd 

the

 

priv

ileg

e of th

e

call

 of

50

per

ce

nt ampl

y

cov

ered

this

 

po

int.

The

 

qt

esti

on was 

als

o

rais

ed as

 

to

the

 rig

ht 

of th

e  Ass

oc-

ia

tion

 

to

own

 

rea

l esta

te 

an

d to 

er

ect bank

ing ho

uses

,

and

 

it

was

 deci

ded

 

n

at

i

t did

 hav

e

thi

p

riv

ileg

e,

w

ith

 no

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Another

question

was

submitted

by

the

Treasury

officials

-

whether

tie.c

Association

will. pay

for

exteninations

of

banks,

and

it

was

suggested

that

the plan

submitted

by the

State

and

National

examiners

a

copy

of

whiun was

sent to

the

Department),

covered this

point.

T  ,

as

decided

to

incorporate

the

foilowing

section of

the report

of

the

.,tate

and

'Iationai

examiners

in

the 31.11:

 That

the

rational 'eserve Association

shv..1

for ail subscrib-

ing

bLnis:a

J.ocept

copies

of

tlie reports

of

the national

oank

examiners

for

national banks

and

copies of

the

reports of

 4,ate bank

examiners

for

tte banks and

trust

companies, where

the

filrnishing of such

information

is

not

contrary

to

law;

provided,

however,

that the

standard of

such

examinations,

both

nationai

and

State, must

meet

the

Iequirments of the

directors

of the National

eserve

Association.

Sec. O.

Agreed. ,u

cnange so

as to

read as

follows:

 The

earnings of

the 7.7iational

7:eserve

Association

shall

oe

disposed

of in

the following

Lianner:

 Aftel  6ne payraeni, of

a..

expunses

and tuxes

the

share-

holders

shall

be

enitled

to receive

annually

four per

centum

on

the paid

-in capital,

which

minimum dividend shall be

Further net

earnings

shall

oe paid

into a con-

tingent f  „ind Nrich

shall be maintained at

an

amoun equai to

one per cerit—calun

c,ne paid-in capital,

bot not to exceed

ir

event two

million

dol

ars,

und

ahiCh shall

oe

used

to

meet

any

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possible 

losseL, 

and such 

fund 

shall upon the 

final 

dissolu-

ti

on o

th

e N

at

ion

al

?es

erv

e

As

so

cia

tio

n go

t

o

t

he

  ;n

ite

d

S

tat

es,

an

d

s

ha

ll n

ot

un

der

 

an

y ci

rcu

mst

an

ces

 

be

 

in

clu

de

d i

n th

e

bo

ok

va

lue

 

of

the

 

sto

ck,

 

o

r go t

o

th

e sh

are

hol

de

rs.

con

tin

gen

t f

und

 

has

 b

een

 es

ta

bli

she

d

one

-ha

lf

 

o

f

ne

t

ear

ni

ngs

 

s

hal

l b

e p

aid

 

i

nt

o

th

s

urp

lu

s f

und

Res

erv

e A

sso

cia

ti

on

un

til

 

sat

 d

fu

nd

 

sh

all

 

am

oun

t

A

fte

r

th

e

al

ad

dit

ion

al

of

 

the

 Nat

ion

al

to

 twe

nt

y

p

er

ce

ntu

m

of

 

t

he 

pai

d

-in

 

cap

ita

l,

 

o

ne-

fo

urt

h s

hal

l

• e

 

p

aid

to

th

e Un

ite

d

Sta

tes

 

as a 

fr

anc

hi

se 

t

ax,

 and

 

o

ne-

fo

urt

sha

ll

be

pa

id 

t

o t

he sh

are

ho

lde

rs,

 but

 w

he

n

th

e

sh

are

hol

der

s'

di

vi

den

ds sh

al

l amo

unt

 t

fi

ve

per

 

c

en

tum

 p

er

a

nnu

m

o

n th

e

p

aid

-in

 ca

pit

al

the

y sha

ll r

ec

eiv

e n

add

iti

ona

div

id

end

s.

Af

ter

 

the

 

s

har

eho

lde

rs

 re

ce

ive

 f

ive

 pe

r c

ent

um

on

 t

he

p

aid

-i

n

capital, one-half 

of 

the

net

earnings

a

nd

su

rp

lus

 

fun

d,/

one

-h

alf

 

sh

all

 b

e

pai

d

a

 

fr

an

chi

se 

tux

. Af

ter

 t

he

p

er

an

num

 

o

n p

aid

-

in

ca

pi

tal

Na

tio

nal

 Re

se

rve

 

A

sso

cia

tio

n

shall 

be added 

to 

the

to

 

the

 Un

ite

d S

tat

es

 

as

sh

are

hol

der

s

rec

eiv

e

f

ive

 

pe

rce

nt

qm

and

 

f

ie

su

rpl

us

 

f

un

d

of

 th

e

am

oun

ts

 to t

wen

ty 

p

er

c

en

tum

 of

t

ha

t

ca

pit

 il

,  i 

e

xce

ss

 

ear

ni

ngs

 

sh

all

 

be

 

pa

id

to

th

e Un

ite

d

St

ate

a

s a 

fr

anc

hi

se 

t

ax

.

Ag

ree

to

 cha

ng

th

e

lo

ca

tio

n

of

 Se

cti

on

21.

an

hav

e

sa

me

fo

ll

ow

sec

tio

n

1,

wi

th

the

 

fol

lo

win

g

ch

ang

e in

 

the

 

f

ir

st

par

a-

g

rap

h

o

f

sa

me

Up

on 

17

11y

mak

ing

 

an

d

fi

li

ng a

 

cer

ti

fic

ate

by

 

t

he 

b

oa

rd

o

f

dir

ect

or

s o

f

th

e Na

tio

nal

 Re

ser

ve 

As

soc

iat

ion

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to

th

effec

t

that

 one

hundr

ed mi

llion

 doll

ars

of

t

he

ca

pital

stock of the Association have been 

fully 

paid

in,

the said

Asso

ciat

ion

sha

ll

be

come

as

and

from

dat

e of

the

fili

ngof

the

said

 

cert

ifica

te

a

 

bo

dy

co

rpora

te and

as

 

suc

h

and

 b

y

t

ho

n

ame

sha

lL have

 

pow

er -

--

Sec.

 

24.

 

Agree

d to 

str

ike o

ut in

line

 

the

w

ords a

lo

cal 

ass

ociat

ion may

by 

a

vot

e of tw

o-thi

rds 

of

its

me

mbers

 

a

nd

i

nsert

 the

 

wor

ds T

he

Nat

ional

 Res

erve

Asso

ciati

on

m

ay.

Se

c.

27

.

Ins

ert

The

Natio

nal

Rese

rve

Associ

atic

shall

be

the

 prin

cipa

l

fisca

l

agen

t of

the

Un

ited

Sta

tes.

 

T

o foll

ow

Sect

ion

31.

Fog

er of

 r

edisc

wint

 

a

nd

dis-

coun

t, gran

ted

by

Secti

ons 

29,

 

30

and

31,

 to

 

the

 Nati

onal

Re

serve

 

A

ssoci

ation

 

s

hall

 

be

  e

xerci

sed thr

ough

 

th

e

bra

nch

in

 

the

 dist

rict

in

oan

k

maki

ng 

a

pplic

ation

 

f

or

rediscount

is located.

Secti

ons 29, 3

0 a

nd

31.

Ag

reed to

 i

nsert

 

in

eac

h

of

the

se 

sen

tions

 

a

fter

 

the

wo

rds 

N—tio

nal 

Reser

ve 

As3

ociat

ion

in line 1,

t

he w

ords th

rough

 it

s

bran

ches.

 

Sec

. 43.

Stri

ke out

 

t

he 

l

ast

oan

tenc

and

 

in

sert

 

the

foll

owing

:

Th

e

Nat

ional

 

Res

erve

 Ass

ociat

ion

sh

all pa

cji

 le

n

ation

al

and

s

tate 

exa

miner

o

r

ser

vices

 rend

ered

 

t

o

it

 

such

c

ompen

satio

n a

s

t

he d

irec

tors

t

hereo

f

ma

y

cons

ider just

and

equ

itab

le.

Wh

ereup

on, at

1.30

 

P.

M.,

 the

C

ommi

ssion

 

to

ok

re

cess

until

 

2.30

 

P.

 

M

.

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A

FT

ER

 

R

EC

ES

S

.

T

he

 

C

o

mm

is

si

o

m

et

 

at

 

2.

3

0

P

.

M

.

Pr

e

se

nt

:

 

Al

d

ri

ch

 

(

Ch

a

ir

ma

n

),

 Vr

e

el

an

d (

Vi

c

e

-

C

ha

ir

m

an

),

B

ur

ro

w

s,

 

Mo

n

ey

W

ee

k

s,

 

B

on

y

ng

e,

 

P

a

dg

et

t

 

an

d

 

Pr

in

ce

.

S

ec

53

.

I

ns

e

rt

 i

n l

in

2,

 af

t

er

 th

w

or

d  pe

r

io

t

wo

r

of

 

,

a

nd

 

in

 

l

in

e

6,

 u

ft

e

t

he

 w

or

d

 m

il

li

o

ns

 

th

w

or

d

s

 

of

 do

ll

a

rs

.

Section

5. 

In 

line 

3, 

after 

the 

word 

co:amittee 

strike

o

ut

 t

he

 wo

r

ds

  o

r t

he

 N

a

ti

on

a

l R

es

er

v

e

A

ss

oc

ia

t

io

n,

 

an

d

 i

n

l

i

ne

6,

 

a

ft

er

 t

h

wo

rd

 

p

ro

v

id

ed

,

 

st

ri

ke

 

o

ut

 

th

w

or

ds

 

th

a

t

n

ot

 

m

or

e t

ha

o

no

 

su

ch

 

as

so

ci

a

ti

on

 

sh

a

ll

 be

 f

o

rm

ed

 

i

n

a

ny

c

it

y

,

a

n

d

.  S

tr

ik

e

 

o

l

t

a

ll

 

of

 s

ec

ti

on

  a

f

te

r

t

he

 

s

ec

o

nd

p

ar

ag

r

ap

h

a

nd

 in

s

er

t

t

he

 

f

ol

l

ow

in

g

T

he

 

ba

nk

s

 

un

it

i

ng

 

tc

f

o

rm

 

su

ch

 l

oc

a

l as

so

c

ia

ti

on

s

 

s

h

al

l,

 

by

 t

he

 

pr

e

si

de

nt

 o

r

vi

c

e-

pr

e

si

de

n

t,

 

ac

ti

n

g

u

nd

er

 

a

ut

ho

r

it

f

ro

th

b

o

ar

o

f

di

r

ec

to

r

s,

m

ak

in

 

du

pl

ic

a

te

 

an

d

f

il

e

w

it

h

 

tl

 te 

C

om

pt

ro

l

le

r

o

f t

he

 

Cu

rr

e

nc

y

an

wi

th

 t

he

 

r

at

io

n

al

 R

es

er

ve

 

As

so

c

ia

ti

on

 a

 

ce

rt

if

i

ca

te

 s

et

ti

ng

fo

r

th

 

th

e n

am

es

 of

 

t

he

 

b

an

ks

 

c

om

p

os

in

t

he

 

as

s

oc

ia

ti

o

n,

 t

he

p

ri

nc

ip

a

l p

l

ac

e

o

b

us

i

ne

ss

 o

f

 

th

a

ss

oc

i

at

io

n,

 a

nd

 t

he

 

na

m

e

of

 

t

h

as

s

oc

ia

ti

o

n,

 w

hi

c

na

m

s

ha

ll

 

b

s

ub

je

ct

 

to

 t

h

ap

n

ro

va

l

of the 

National 

Reserve Association

.

T pon

 

t

he

 

f

il

in

of

 

s

uc

h

s

er

ti

f

ic

at

e

 

e

 

l

oc

al

 

a

ss

o

ci

at

i

on

 

t

h

er

ei

n

 

na

m

ed

 

s

ha

l

be

co

me

bo

dy

 

c

or

p

or

at

e,

 a

n

d b

y

th

e

na

me

 

s

o d

es

ig

na

t

ed

 

a

nd

 ap

pr

o

ve

d

m

ay

 

su

a

nd

 b

su

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lhashington,

D. C.,

Wednesday,

December

20,

1911.

The

commission

met

at 10.30

A. M.

Present:

Aldrich

(Chairman),

Vreeland (Vice-Chairman),

71urrows

Money, Burton,

Weeks,

Bongyge, Padgett.

Yr.

Arthur ?eynolds,

of the

Des

Moines lational Bank,

of

Des

Moines,

Iowa,

and

Mr. Pierre

Jay, of

the

Bank of

Man-

hattan

Company,

Yew York City,

addressed

the Commission on

the subject

of

permitting

National banks

to

establish

savings

departments

under the Plan,

and

their remarks

are

attached

hereto.

The

Commission

took a

recess at 1.00 until

2.30

P.

M.

AFTER

RECESS

The Commission

met at

2.30 P. M.

Present:

Aldrich (Chairman), Vreeland (Vice-Chairman),

Burrows,

Money, Burton, Weeks,

Bonynge

and

Padgett.

The Commission

immediately

took up

a draft of

the

bill

prepared by

the

Treasury

Department

officials,

and

made

it

the

subject

of

discussion during

the

entire afternoon session,

agreeing to the

following

changes:

Sec. 2,

par.

Fourth, line 2, strike out the

word

"and"

after the

word "law"

and insert

"or."

Par.

Fifth, line

2,

after the

word

"manner" strike

out

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the word

hereinbefore and

insert

the word

hereinafter.

Sec.

3.

Line

11,

after the word capital insert the

word

stock.

Line 12, after the word

subscriptions insert the words

 or any

part

thereof.

Last

line,

last

paragraph,

strike

out

the

word

before.

Sec. 5.

Last

paragraph, last line,

after the word

 Association insert the

words

whenever, in their

opinion,

the business

of the country so

requires.

Sec.

6.

Second

paragraph, line

13, after

the

word the

strike

out the

words associated

banks

and insert the words

 local

association, and

in the last

line of

same

paragraph,

after the word

act

insert the

words and not

otherwise.

Third paragraph, line

2,

after the word

be

strike

out

the word

created

and insert the word authorized.

Sec.

7.

Second paragraph,

line 1,

after the word

when

strike out

the

words

appointed or .

Sec.

8.

Second

paragraph,

line

1,

after

the word

board

Insert

the words of

directors, and in

line

make the word

 Bank

banks.

Same

paragraph,

lines

15 and 16,

chance the arrangement

of the

words industrial,

commercial,

agricultural,

so

they

wil]

read

Agricultural,

commercial, industrial, and in

line

17

 

after

the

word

officers

strike

out the

word

or and

insert

the word

nor.

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