[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17451]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks 
or Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. 
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth 
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. Once the notices have been accepted for 
processing, they 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 notice or to the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later 
than July 29, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Mercedes Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Mercedes, 
Texas; and Trust Company of Texas, trustee, Dallas, Texas, to acquire 
an additional 7.49 percent, for a total of 20.37 percent, of the voting 
shares of Mercedes Bancorp, Inc., Mercedes, Texas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Mercedes National Bank, Mercedes, Texas.
    2. Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Davis, California; to acquire an additional 
4.59 percent, for a total of 19.44 percent, of the voting shares of 
Texas Gulf Bancshares, Freeport, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Texas Gulf Bank, N.A., Freeport, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 3, 1996.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-17451 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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