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#   Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending May 3, 2008

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Bank Branches, DomesticDallasPlainsCapital Bank, Lubbock, Texas  -- to establish a branch at 4002 16th Street, Lubbock.					-Approved, April 28, 2008 					ClevelandThe Farmers Citizens Bank, Bucyrus, Ohio  -- to establish a branch in the Planktown Country Market, 1921 Free Road, Shiloh.					-Approved, May 2, 2008 					

Bank Holding CompaniesSt. LouisBuena Vista Bancorp, Inc., Chester, Illinois  -- waiver of application to merge with BW Bancshares, Inc., Warrensburg, in connection with the merger of their subsidiaries, Bank of Warrensburg, Warrensburg, and Buena Vista National Bank, Chester.					-Granted, May 2, 2008 					Kansas CityDuroc Investment Company, Table Rock, Nebraska  -- to acquire Community Insurance Group, Inc., Table Rock, and thereby engage in insurance activities.					-Approved, April 30, 2008 					St. LouisFirst Cecilian Bancorp, Inc., Cecilia, Kentucky  -- to retain and increase its ownership of Hambac, Inc., Hodgenville, and thereby acquire Lincoln National Bank of Hodgenville.					-Approved, May 1, 2008 					Kansas CityFirst Financial Bancshares, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas  -- to acquire Great American Bank, De Soto.					-Withdrawn, April 30, 2008 					AtlantaGreensburg Bancshares, Inc., Greensburg, Louisiana  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Bank of Greensburg, Greensburg.					-Approved, April 30, 2008 					St. LouisLonoke Bancshares, Inc., Lonoke, Arkansas  -- to acquire additional shares of First Southern Bank, Batesville.					-Approved, May 1, 2008 					ChicagoMinier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan w/401(k) Provisions, Minier, Illinois  -- to increase its ownership of Minier Financial, Inc., Minier, and thereby increase its indirect ownership of First Farmers State Bank.					-Approved, April 28, 2008 					ChicagoNRBC Holding Corporation, Chicago, Illinois  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire The National Republic Bank of Chicago, Chicago.					-Approved, May 1, 2008 					DallasPlains Acquisition Corporation, Kingwood, Texas  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Plains State Financial Corporation, Plains; Plains Bancshares, Inc., Dover, Delaware; and Plains State Bank, Plains, Texas.					-Approved, May 1, 2008 					St. LouisTriad Bancorp, Inc., Frontenac, Missouri  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Triad Bank, Frontenac.					-Approved, April 28, 2008 					MinneapolisU.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and U.S. Bank National Association, Cincinnati, Ohio  -- waiver of application to acquire Mellon 1st Business Bank, National Association, Los Angeles, California, in connection with its merger with U.S. Bank National Association, Cincinnati, Ohio.					-Granted, April 28, 2008 					

Bank MergersRichmondSecond Bank & Trust, Fredericksburg, Virginia  -- to merge with First National Bank, Christiansburg, and Planters Bank & Trust Company of Virginia, Staunton.					-Approved, May 1, 2008 					

Banks, State MemberSt. LouisAllied Bank, Mulberry, Arkansas  -- to establish a financial subsidiary, The Mortgage Bank of Arkansas, Inc., Little Rock, and thereby provide mortgage services and engage in title insurance activities.					-Approved, April 29, 2008 					

Change In Bank ControlKansas CityDuroc Investment Company, Table Rock, Nebraska  -- change in bank control of Company and its subsidiary bank, State Bank of Table Rock, Table Rock.					-Permitted, April 30, 2008 					Kansas CityFirst Missouri Bancshares, Inc., Brookfield, Missouri  -- change in bank control of Bancshares, and its subsidiary bank, First Missouri National Bank, Brookfield.					-Permitted, May 1, 2008 					ChicagoHarvard Bancshares, Inc., Harvard, Illinois  -- to retain control of Bancshares and its subsidiary bank, Harvard State Bank, Harvard.					-Permitted, May 1, 2008 					Kansas CityRepublic Financial Corporation, Wichita, Kansas  -- change in bank control of Corporation and its subsidiary bank, Southwest National Bank, Wichita.					-Permitted, April 30, 2008 					

Extensions Of TimeDallasFirst National Bank Group, Inc., Edinburg, Texas  -- extension to August  4, 2008, to acquire shares of Southside Bancshares, Inc., Tyler, and thereby acquire Southside Delaware Financial Corporation, Dover, Delaware, and Southside Bank, Tyler, Texas.					-Granted, May 1, 2008 					

MembershipBostonBank of Fall River, A Co-operative Bank, Fall River, Massachusetts  -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.					-Approved, May 2, 2008 					BostonChelsea-Provident Co-operative Bank, Chelsea, Massachusetts  -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.					-Approved, May 2, 2008 					

Regulations And PoliciesFOMCShort-term Interest Rates  -- decrease in the target for the federal funds rate from 2-1/4 percent to 2 percent.					-Approved, April 30, 2008 					

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