FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK

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1 CIRCULAR NO. 83 FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK NEW YORK, October 8, To THE CASHIER: SIR: On December 31st the terms of Messrs. R. H. Treman, Class A director, and W. B. Thompson, Class B director, of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will expire. The Federal Reserve Board has designated November 20th as the day for the election of their successors, who will serve for terms of three years each. Both of the retiring directors were chosen by Group 2, and therefore this will be the only group which will vote at the coming election. The law provides that the directors of each member bank may nominate one candidate for director of Class A and one candidate for director of Class B, and shall elect a "district reserve elector" who shall cast votes in behalf of his bank for the directors to be elected. Blanks are enclosed herewith to all banks in Group 2, upon which the Board of Directors of each such bank should, by resolution in the form printed on the blanks, certify its nominations for directors and its choice of elector, and forward them to me as soon as possible after it has taken action. On November 10, the period within which these certifications of electors and nominations of directors may be made will terminate. Electors whose names are received after 12 o'clock noon of that day will not be entitled to vote nor will nominations received thereafter be listed. On November 12th a list of the electors representing each bank in Group 2 will be mailed to each such elector, and on the same day there will be mailed to all member banks in the district, for their information, a list of all those nominated for Class A and Class B directors, with the names of the banks nominating them. On November 19th the formal list of candidates nominated will be mailed to each elector together with a preferential ballot providing for the recording of first, second and other choices for each of the directors to be elected. Within fifteen days from the receipt of said list and ballot every elector must record his votes. On or about December 5th, the announcement of the results of the election will be made. While only banks in Group 2 will nominate and elect directors, this circular is sent to all banks in the district for their information. There are appended hereto, (1) those portions of the Federal Reserve Act prescribing the manner in which directors of Federal reserve banks shall be elected, and (2) a list of the banks composing Group 2 of this district. Respectfully, PIERRE JAY, Chairman.

2 S3 2 EXTRACTS FROM SECTION 4 OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT Every Federal reserve bank shall be conducted under the supervision and control of a board of directors. Such board of directors shall be selected as hereinafter specified and shall consist of nine members, holding office for three years, and divided into three classes, designated as classes A, B, and C. Class A shall consist of three members, who shall be chosen by and be representative of the stock-holding banks. Class B shall consist of three members, who at the time of their election shall be actively engaged in their district in commerce, agriculture or some other industrial pursuit. Class C shall consist of three members, who shall be designated by the Federal Reserve Board. When the necessary subscriptions to the capital stock have been obtained for the organization of any Federal reserve bank, the Federal Reserve Board shall appoint the Class C directors, and shall designate one of such directors as chairman of the board to be selected. Pending the designation of such chairman, the organization committee shall exercise the powers and duties appertaining to the office of chairman in the organization of such Federal reserve bank. No Senator or Representative in Congress shall be a member of the Federal Reserve Board or an officer or a director of a Federal reserve bank. No director of class B shall be an officer, director, or employe of any bank. No director of class C shall be an officer, director, employe, or stockholder of any bank. Directors of class A and class B shall be chosen in the following manner: The chairman of the board of directors of the Federal reserve bank of the district in which the bank is situated or, pending the appointment of such chairman, the organization committee shall classify the member banks of the district into three general groups or divisions. Each group shall contain as nearly as may be one-third of the aggregate number of the member banks of the district and shall consist, as nearly as may be, of banks of similar capitalization. The groups shall be designated by number by the chairman. At a reguarly called meeting of the board of directors of each member bank in the district it shall elect by ballot a district reserve elector and shall certify his name to the chairman of the board of directors of the Federal reserve bank of the district. The chairman shall make lists of the district reserve electors thus named by banks in each of the aforesaid three groups and shall transmit one list to each elector in each group. Each member bank shall be permitted to nominate to the chairman one candidate for director of class A and one candidate for director of class B. The candidates so nominated shall be listed by the chairman, indicating by whom nominated, and a copy of said list shall, within fifteen days after its completion, be furnished by the chairman to each elector. Every elector shall, within fifteen days after the receipt of the said list, certify to the chairman his first, second, and other choices of a director of class A and class B, respectively, upon a preferential ballot, on a form furnished by the chairman of the board of directors of the Federal reserve bank of the district. Each elector shall make a cross opposite the name of the first, second, and other choices for a director of class A and for a director of class B, but shall not vote more than one choice for any one candidate. Any candidate having a majority of all votes cast in the column of first choice shall be declared elected. If no candidate have a majority of all the votes in the first column, then there shall be added together the votes cast by the electors for such candidates in the second column and the votes cast for the several candidates in the first column. If any candidate then have a majority of the electors voting, by adding together the first and second choices, he shall be declared elected. If no candidate have a majority of electors voting when the first and second choices shall have been added, then the votes cast in the third column for other choices shall be added together in like manner, and the candidate then having the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. An immediate report of election shall be declared.

3 3 LIST OF BANKS COMPOSING GROUP 2, FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT No. 2 NEW YORK Plattsburg Potsdam Wellsville Corning Kingston Kingston Plattsburg Skaneateles.. Waterville Newark Jamestown Port Richmond Warsaw Kingston Poughkeepsie Port Jervis Hoosick Falls Mechanicsville Brewster... Oneida Albion Albion Amsterdam Canton Champlain Cobleskill Cortland Cuba Franklinville Hempstead Hobart Hornell Hudson Falls Ilion Keesville Lowville Middletown Mt. Kisco New Paltz Nyack Oxford Peekskill Rhinebeck Bank State of New York National Bank Kingston National Bank Plattsburg National Bank National Bank of Skaneateles.. National Bank of Waterville Swedish-American National Bank Port Richmond National Bank Wyoming County National Bank Rondout National Bank National Bank of Port Jervis Manufacturers National Bank Oneida Valley National Bank Orleans County National Bank St. Lawrence County National Bank..- Second National Bank Cuba National Bank Union National Bank National Bank of Hobart Ilion National Bank Keesville National Bank Black River National Bank Merchants National Bank Mt. Kisco National Bank Huguenot National Bank... Nyack National Bank Peekskill National Bank... Capital and.. $ 185, , , , , , ,000

4 33 NEW YORK Continued Bank Salamanca.... Sidney Sidney National Bank Stapleton Stapleton National Bank... Walton s Watertown City National Bank Waverly White Plains... Groton.- Mamaroneck Mohawk National Mohawk Valley Bank Oneonta Hamilton National Hamilton Bank. Amenia Canandaigua County National Bank. Carthage National Exchange Bank Schenectady... Mohawk National Bank LeRoy. Le Roy National Bank Chester Chester National Bank Coxsackie National Bank of Coxsackie Fonda National Mohawk River Bank Friendship Union National Bank Hoosick Falls Liberty Sullivan County National Bank Lowville... Ogdensburg St. Lawrence Trust Company Ossining... Ossining National Bank Owego. Ridgewood Ridgewood National Bank. Stapleton Richmond Borough National Bank. Baldwinsville BallstonSpa... Beacon, Matteawan Matteawan National Bank. Canajoharie National Spraker Bank Dover Plains Dover Plains National Bank Fort Edward Fort Edward National Bank... Jamaica Lyons Gavitt National Bank Middletown... Ossining Palmyra ^ Rye Rye National Bank Suffern Suffern National Bank Vernon National Bank of Vernon.. Warwick. Watervliet National Bank of Watervliet Addison Capital and.. $ 132, , ,000

5 5 NEW YORK Continued Bank Capital and Lackawanna.. Lackawanna National Bank.. $ 115,000 Chateaugay ,000 Clayton National Exchange Bank 110,000 Walden Third National Bank. 110,000 Red Hook. 105,000 Adams. Adams Farmers National Bank. Alexandria Bay of the Thousand Islands Aurora Bainbridge... Brockport... Cuba... Dolgeville... Edmeston Ellenville Home National Bank Flushing Flushing National Bank Greenport... Greenwich.. Homer. Homer National Bank.. Hudson Falls Sandy Hill National Bank Millerton Millerton National Bank Port Henry... Port Jefferson Richfield Springs... Riverhead Suffolk County National Bank St. Johnsville, SaranacLake Adirondack National Bank Sayville.. Oystermans National Bank Southampton Warrensburg Emerson National Bank... Westfield..- National Bank of Westfield Whitehall Merchants National Bank Franklin 97,000 Boonville. 90,000 Horseheads. 90,000 Media nicville 90,000 Owego Owego.National Bank 90,000 Schuylerville National Bank of Schuylerville. 90,000 Silver Creek 90,000 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga National Bank 90,000 Bronxville Gramatan National Bank 85,000 Sidney ,000 Bath... Bath National Bank

6 6 NEW YORK Continued Cambridge. Bank Cambridge Valley National Bank Clayton Dansville Merchants & Farmers National Bank. Frankfort Granville Farmers National Bank Morrisville Roscoe Salem Salem National Bank Wayland... Deposit Farmers National Bank. Camden Earlville Ellenville Far Rockaway National Bank of Far Rockaway Greenport Hancock Haverstraw National Bank of Haverstraw. Highland Liberty National Bank of Liberty Massena Watkins Glen National Bank. Whitestone.. Wolcott Lyons Lyons National Bank Canajoharie Canajoharie National Bank... Saranac Lake Saranac Lake National Bank Babylon Babylon National Bank Canastota Carmel Putman County National Bank. Hudson Falls Hudson Falls National Bank. Ilion Manufacturers National Bank Larchmont Larchmont National Bank Middleburg.. Monticello National Union Bank Newport National Bank of Newport Northport. Owego Tioga National Bank Schenevus Schenevus National Bank Morris Philmont *. Candor Mineola Mt. Morris Genesee River National Bank Capital and... $ 79, OO 72,000 71,000 71,000 68,000 67,500 67,000 67,000 67,000

7 7 r3 NEW JERSEY Bank Capital and Su rplus Newton Merchants National Bank Montclair Essex National Bank 187,500 Montclair Bank of Montclair 1 Phillipsburg Second National Bank 1 Belvidere Belvidere National Bank 1 Irvington Irvington National Bank.. 160,000 Lambertville Amwell National Bank 157,000 Bloomfield Bloomfield National Bank Clinton Clinton National Bank. Cranbury Englewood Freehold French town Union National Bank Matawan Farmers & Merchants National Bank. Montclair Rahway. Rahway National Bank... Rutherford Rutherford National Bank West Hoboken Nat. Bk. of North Hudson 149,000 South River. 135,000 Asbury Park Merchants National Bank Bound Brook. Butler South Amboy.... Town of Union Westfield National Bank of Westfield West Orange... Allentown Farmers National Bank Atlantic Highlands Atlantic Highlands Nat. Bk Belvidere Warren County National Bank Freehold Central National Bank... Freehold National Freehold Banking Co Hackettstown Ridgewood... Somerville Second National Bank Summit Milburn... 97,000 Hamburg Hardyston National Bank 85,000 Madison... 85,000 Arlington.. 81,000 Belmar. Blairstown Bloomsbury Guttenburg.... Jamesburg... Manasquan Manasquan National Bank Spring Lake... Clinton New Canaan Norwalk CONNECTICUT... Central National Bank.