[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7567-7568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3097]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc., et al.; Formations of; 
Acquisitions by; and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied for the Board's 
approval under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 
1842) and Sec.  225.14 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.14) to 
become a bank holding company or to acquire a bank or bank holding 
company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications 
are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).
    Each application is available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. Once the application has been accepted 
for processing, it will also be available for inspection at the offices 
of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views 
in writing to the Reserve Bank or to the offices of the Board of 
Governors. Any comment on an application that requests a hearing must 
include a statement of why a written presentation would not suffice in 
lieu of a hearing, identifying specifically any questions of fact that 
are in dispute and summarizing the evidence that would be presented at 
a hearing.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received not later than March 3, 1995.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105:
    1. Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc., Narberth, Pennsylvania; 
to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Royal Bank of Pennsylvania, Narberth, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261:
    1. First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina; to 
merge with Old White Bankshares, Incorporated, White Sulphur Springs, 
West Virginia, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of White Sulphur 
Springs, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. First Commercial Financial Corp., Seguin, Texas; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
First Commercial Bank, N.A., Seguin, Texas. [[Page 7568]] 
    2. T&A Bancshares, Inc., Texarkana, Texas; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 50.92 percent of the voting shares of New Boston 
Bancshares, Inc., New Boston, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire The 
First National Bank of New Boston, New Boston, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 2, 
1995.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-3097 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F