[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10094]


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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 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 May 12, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Compass Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, Compass Banks of 
Texas, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, and Compass Bancorporation of Texas, 
Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to merge with Central Texas Bancorp, Inc., 
Waco, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire The Texas National Bank of 
Waco, Waco, Texas.
    2. Premier Bancshares, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia (formerly First 
Alliance/Premier Bancshares, Inc.); to merge with Central and Southern 
Holding Company, Milledgeville, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Central and Southern Bank of Georgia, Milledgeville, Georgia.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire Central and Southern Bank of North Georgia, Greensboro, 
Georgia, and thereby engage in operating a savings association, 
pursuant to Sec.  225.25(b)(9) of the Board's Regulation Y.The proposed 
activity will be conducted throughout the State of Georgia.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. F&M Bancorporation, Inc., Kaukana, Wisconsin, and F&M Merger 
Corporation, Kaukana, Wisconsin; to merge with Citizen's National 
Bancorporation, Darlington, Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Citizen's National Bank of Darlington, Darlington, Wisconsin.
    2. F&M Bancorporation, Inc., Kaukana, Wisconsin, and F&M Merger 
Corporation, Kaukana, Wisconsin; to merge with Wisconsin Ban Corp., 
Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly acquire Prairie 
City Bank, Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 14, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-10094 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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