[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2563]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

National Bancshares Corporation of Texas; Formation of, 
Acquisition by, or Merger of Bank Holding Companies

    The company listed in this notice has 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)).
    The 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 indicated for that application 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.
    Comments regarding this application must be received not later than 
March 1, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. National Bancshares Corporation of Texas, Laredo, Texas; to 
acquire 20 percent of the voting shares of Corpus Christi Bancshares, 
Corpus Christi, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Citizen State 
Bank, Corpus Christi, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 1, 
1996.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-2563 Filed 2-6-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F