[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 35347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14292]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank 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. [thinsp]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 office 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 July 8, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Billie Sims McRae, Ralph Dillion McRae, Sr., and William Vernon 
McRae, all of Leesburg, Louisiana, to collectively acquire additional 
outstanding shares of Vernon Bancshares, and thereby indirectly acquire 
voting shares Vernon Bank, both of Leesville, Louisiana.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. New Mexico First Financial, Inc. Voting Trust, and trustees 
Lucinda Loveless, Hondo, New Mexico; T. Michael Henderson, Hondo, New 
Mexico; and William L. Giron, Belen, New Mexico, to acquire 44.36 
percent of the outstanding voting stock of New Mexico First Financial, 
Inc., Dover, Delaware, and therefore indirectly, Mesilla Valley Bank, 
Las Cruces, New Mexico.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 18, 2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-14292 Filed 6-23-04; 8:45 am]
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