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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-34948; File Nos. 600-19 and 600-22]

 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; MBS Clearing Corporation; Notice 
of Filing of Application for Extension of Temporary Registration as a 
Clearing Agency

November 8, 1994.
    Notice is hereby given that on November 7, 1994, MBS Clearing 
Corporation (``MBS'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ a request for extension of its registration 
as a clearing agency under Section 17A of the Act for a period of 
eighteen months through June 30, 1996.\2\ The Commission is publishing 
this notice to solicit comments on the request for extension of 
registration from interested persons.
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    \1\15 U.S.C. 78s(a).
    \2\Letter from David T. Rusoff, Foley & Lardner, to Ari 
Burstein, Attorney, Division of Market Regulation, Commission 
(November 7, 1994).
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    On February 2, 1987, the Commission granted MBS's application for 
registration as a clearing agency, pursuant to Section 17A(b) and 
19(a)(1) of the Act\3\ and Rule 17Ab2-1(c)\4\ thereunder, on a 
temporary basis for a period of eighteen months.\5\ Subsequently, the 
Commission issued orders that extended MBS's temporary registration as 
a clearing agency with the last of which extending MBS's registration 
through December 31, 1994.\6\ MBS provides clearance and settlement 
services for members in processing transactions in mortgage-backed 
securities. Interested persons are invited to submit written data, 
views, and arguments concerning the foregoing. Persons making written 
submissions should file six copies thereof with the Secretary, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20549. Copies of all written comments will be available for 
inspection and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Section, 
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. All submissions should 
refer to the File Nos. 600-19 and 600-22 and should be submitted by 
December 7, 1994.
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    \3\15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b) and 15 U.S.C. 78s(a)(1).
    \4\17CFR 240.17Ab2-1(c).
    \5\Securities Exchange Act Release No. 24046 (February 2, 1987), 
52 FR 4218 (order granting MBS registration as a clearing agency for 
a period not to exceed 18 months).
    \6\Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 25957 (August 2, 1988). 
53 FR 29537; 27079 (July 31, 1989), 54 FR 32412; 28492 (September 
28, 1990), 55 FR 41148; 29751 (September 27, 1991), 56 FR 505602; 
31750 (January 21, 1993), 58 FR 6424; and 33348 (December 15, 1993), 
58 FR 68183.
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    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation 
pursuant to delegation authority.\7\
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    \7\17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(50).
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Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-28263 Filed 11-15-94: 8:45 am]
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