[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 228 (Monday, November 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59887-59888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29968]


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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 December 9, 1996.
    A.Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:

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    1. James R. Bruton, De Leon, Texas; to acquire an additional .95 
percent, for a total of 10.59 percent, of the voting shares of F & M 
Bancshares, Inc., De Leon, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Farmers & Merchants Bank, De Leon, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 19, 
1996.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-29968 Filed 11-22-96; 8:45 am]
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