[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 54850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27899]


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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. The application also will 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 November 14, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. North Shore Bancorp, Peabody, Massachusetts; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of North 
Shore Bank, Peabody, Massachusetts, (a Co-operative Bank).
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Citizens Effingham Bancshares, Inc., Springfield, Georgia; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Citizens Bank of Effingham, Springfield, Georgia (in 
organization).
    2. Covenant Bancgroup, Inc., Leeds, Alabama; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Covenant Bank, Leeds, Alabama (in organization).
    3. First State Financial Corporation, Sarasota, Florida; to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 57.3 percent of the voting shares 
of First State Bank, Sarasota, Florida (formerly First State Bank of 
Sarasota).
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. States Financial Services Corporation, Hales Corners, Wisconsin; 
to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Richmond Bancorp, Inc., 
Gurnee, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire Richmond Bank, 
Richmond, Illinois.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire Richmond Financial Services, Inc., Richmond, Illinois, and 
thereby engage in discount brokerage, insurance agency activities in a 
town of less than 5,000, and management advisory services, pursuant to Secs.  
225.28(b)(7), (b)(11) and (b)(6)(iii) of the Board's Regulation Y, 
respectively.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 16, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-27899 Filed 10-21-97; 8:45 am]
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