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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26090]

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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 October 27, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of California Bank, N.A. (in organization), Beverly 
Hills, California.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Mercantile Bancorp, Inc., Quincy, Illinois, Quincy, Illinois; to 
merge with Golden Bancshares, Inc., Golden, Illinois, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Golden State Bank, Golden, Illinois, and Brown 
County State Bank, Mount Sterling, Illinois.
    2. Mid America Banking Corporation, Columbia, Missouri; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring a minimum of 98.58 percent of the 
voting shares of Pulaski Bancshares, Inc., Dixon, Missouri, and thereby 
indirectly acquire State Bank of Dixon, Dixon, Missouri.
    In connection with this application, Mid America Mortgage Services, 
Inc., Columbia, Missouri; Mid America Mortgage Services of St. Louis, 
Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; and Mid America Mortgage Services of 
Springfield, Inc., Springfield, Missouri; also have applied to become 
bank holding companies by acquiring an aggregate ownership of 19 
percent of the voting shares of Mid America Banking Corporation, 
Columbia, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire Pulaski Bancshares, 
Inc., Dixon, Missouri, and State Bank of Dixon, Dixon, Missouri.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of 
Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. Security Bank Holding Company ESOP and Security Bank Holding 
Company, both of Coos Bay, Oregon; to acquire 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Pacific State Bank, Reedsport, Oregon. Comments regarding 
this application must be received by October 20, 1997.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 26, 
1997.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-26090 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F
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