[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 23718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11721]


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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 June 2, 2009
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Edward Bailey Howlin, Jr., Davidsonville, Maryland, to 
individually acquire up to 20.71 percent of the voting shares of 
CommerceFirst, Bancorp, Inc., Annapolis, Maryland. Additionally, Edward 
Bailey Howlin, Jr., Howlin Family Partnership II, LLLP, Dawn Howlin 
Vanvie, and Holly Howlin, as a group acting in concert,; to acquire up 
to 21.5 percent of the voting shares of CommerceFirst, Bancorp, Inc., 
Annapolis, Maryland.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 15, 2009.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E9-11721 Filed 5-19-09; 8:45 am]
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