[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27604-27605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13155]


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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

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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 June 3, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III Assistant 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. John William Crites, Petersburg, West Virginia; to acquire an 
additional 5.56 percent, for a total of 12.40 percent, of the voting 
shares of South Branch Valley Bancorp, Inc., Moorefield, West Virginia, 
and thereby indirectly acquire South Branch Valley National Bank of 
Moorefield, Moorefield, West Virginia.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 14, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-13155 Filed 5-19-97; 8:45 am]
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