[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9431-9432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5118]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding 
Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for 
approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 
1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other 
applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company 
and/or to acquire the

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assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of 
a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking 
companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies 
listed below.
    The applications listed below, as well as other related filings 
required by the Board, are 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 on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 
1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking 
company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the 
nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC 
Act. Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted 
throughout the United States.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the 
offices of the Board of Governors not later than March 27, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Robert M. Brady, Vice President) 
600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. Alliance Bancorp of New England, Inc., Vernon, Connecticut; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Tolland Bank, Tolland, Connecticut.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521:
    1. Harris Financial MHC, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Harris Financial Inc., Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire Harris Savings Bank, 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
    In connection with this application, Harris Financial, Inc. also 
has applied to become a bank holding company.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Texas Financial Bancorporation, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 
and Delaware Financial Bancorporation, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Austin County Bancshares, 
Inc., Bellville, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Austin County 
Bancshares-Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, and Austin County State 
Bank, Bellville, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 25, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-5118 Filed 2-28-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F