[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21455]



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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. The notices also will 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 August 28, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Sam J. Jacobsen, Middleton, Wisconsin; to acquire an additional 
15 percent, for a total of 17.65 percent, of the voting shares of First 
Business Bancshares, Madison, Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly acquire 
First Business Bank, Madison, Wisconsin.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. W. Allen Gage, Houston, Texas; to acquire an additional 21.90 
percent, for a total of 33.93 percent, of the voting shares of First 
Bancshares of Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby indirectly 
acquire First Bank of Texas, Tomball, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 8, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-21455 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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