Currency Biel Now a Law Vital to Whole
Federal Reserve Board of seven members to supervise banking system to be established in various parts of the land enacts money reforms particularly with regard to.
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
11
Federal Reserve Board of seven members to supervise banking system to be established in various parts of the land enacts money reforms particularly with regard to.
The act creates fed eral reserve banks to supply elastic currency and supervise banking. It designates eight to twelve federal reserve cities and requires member banks to subscribe to capital stock, with stock limits and governance by reserve board and district directors.
Regional institutions empowered to establish sub banks. No federal reserve bank shall commence business with a subscribed capital less than 3,000,000 dollars. Rec. 3. Each federal reserve bank ...
The text outlines a nine member board of directors for each federal reserve bank, divided into three classes A B and C with three members each. Class A represents stockholding banks, Class B includes members active in district commerce agriculture or industry, and Class C is designated by the federal reserve board. The board members serve three year terms and one C director is designated as chairman once capital stock subscriptions are complete.
The proposal sets terms for board membership and chair roles, requires directors of Class Bo and other banks to hold no conflicting posts, and outlines appointment rules. It specifies stock share values, a 6 percent annual dividend, surplus fund targets, and how net earnings may support the US gold reserve or reduce debt. It also allows conversion of state banks to national banks, and details vacancy appointments by the president with Senate consent.
The act establishes a seven member Federal Reserve Board including the treasury secretary and comptroller of the currency ex officio and five presidential appointees. Appointees must reflect geographic diversity, receive salaries totaling 12 000 dollars for each, and two must have banking or finance experience. Terms vary from two to ten years with a governor and vice governor named. The board budgets via semiannual assessments and must not hold bank positions. The treasury secretary serves as chairman and oath compliance is required.
The text outlines federal reserve board authority to examine accounts of reserve banks, publish weekly condition statements, set rediscount rates, adjust reserve requirements with graduated taxes, supervise note issuance, classify reserve cities, suspend or remove officers, require asset write-offs, safeguard collateral, oversee banks, grant special trustee permits, hire staff, and fix salaries. It also mentions a federal advisory council with one member from each district to confer on board business.
The text outlinesFederal Reserve powers including accepting deposits from member banks and the U S and conducting discounts on notes and drafts with limits based on bank capital. It also details open market operations gold dealings and purchases of U S government bonds and bills with rules set by the Fed board.
The article outlines penalties for dishonesty among bank officers and examiners, liability of national bank stockholders, loan rules for farms within districts, authority to establish foreign branches, treasury gold reserve powers, and currency act extensions. It notes fines up to 5000 dollars, imprisonment up to one year, and income recapture for gratuities or misdeeds.
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