[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21820-21821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10845]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


City Holding Company, 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 May 26, 1995.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261:
    1. City Holding Company, Charleston, West Virginia; to merge with 
First Merchants Bancorp, Inc., Montgomery, West Virginia, and thereby 
indirectly acquire The Merchants National Bank of Montgomery, 
Montgomery, West Virginia.
    2. First Bancorporation, Inc., Beaufort, South Carolina; to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
FirstBank, N.A., Beaufort, South Carolina, formerly known as The 
Savings Bank of Beaufort County, FSB.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303: [[Page 21821]] 
    1. Farmers & Merchants Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Forest, 
Mississippi; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 27.30 
percent of the voting shares of Community Bancshares of Mississippi, 
Inc., Forest, Mississippi, and thereby indirectly acquire Farmers & 
Merchants Bank, Forest, Mississippi.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 27, 
1995.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-10845 Filed 5-2-95; 8:45 am]
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