[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 66551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31148]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Durden Bankshares, 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 January 19, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Durden Bankshares, Inc., Twin City, Georgia; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Durden 
Banking Company, Inc., Twin City, Georgia.
    2. First Commerce Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana; to acquire 
13.51 percent of the voting shares of Louisiana Independent Bankshares, 
Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and thereby indirectly acquire First 
National Bankers Bank, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 18, 
1995.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-31148 Filed 12-21-95; 8:45 am]
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