54850 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 204 / Wednesday, October 22, 1997 / Notices

and ports in Brazil, Argentina,

Uruguay, and Paraguay. The parties

have requested a shortened review

period.

By order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27968 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License;

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573.

Non-Stop Cargo, Inc., 8235 NW 56th

Street, Miami, FL 33166, Officers:

Michael A. Foreman, Jr., President,

Marlene Castro, Vice President

Transports P. Fatton Inc., 149–23 182nd

Street, Jamaica, NY 11413, Officer:

Bruno Torre, Vice President

Scott Container Service, Inc., 9607

South Dearborn, Detroit, MI 48209,

Officers: Charles H. Scott, President,

Sheila Pullen, Vice President

Express International Incorporated,

2248 Cornell Drive, Flower Mound,

TX 75028, Officers: Gary L. Elkins,

President, Detra P. Elkins, Secretary

Arrisco International Inc., 1809 G Cross

Beam Drive, Charlotte, NC 28217,

Officers: Sam Arris, President, Sherry

Jolley, Vice President

INBA International, Inc., 3600 S. State

Road 7, Suite 347, Miramar, FL 33023,

Officer: Erett B.P. Wallace, President

Dated: October 16, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27886 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Federal

Maritime Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 A.M., October 20,

1997.

PLACE: 800 North Capitol Street, N.W.,

Room 1000, Washington, D.C.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTER(S) TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Docket

No. 96–20—Port Restrictions and

Requirements in the United States/Japan

Trade.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Joseph C. Polking, Secretary, (202) 523–

5725.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28167 Filed 10–20–97; 2:38 pm]

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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 November 14,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. North Shore Bancorp, Peabody,

Massachusetts; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of North

Shore Bank, Peabody, Massachusetts, (a

Co-operative Bank).

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Citizens Effingham Bancshares,

Inc., Springfield, Georgia; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Citizens

Bank of Effingham, Springfield, Georgia

(in organization).

2. Covenant Bancgroup, Inc., Leeds,

Alabama; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Covenant Bank,

Leeds, Alabama (in organization).

3. First State Financial Corporation,

Sarasota, Florida; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 57.3

percent of the voting shares of First

State Bank, Sarasota, Florida (formerly

First State Bank of Sarasota).

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. States Financial Services

Corporation, Hales Corners, Wisconsin;

to acquire 100 percent of the voting

shares of Richmond Bancorp, Inc.,

Gurnee, Illinois, and thereby indirectly

acquire Richmond Bank, Richmond,

Illinois.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

Richmond Financial Services, Inc.,

Richmond, Illinois, and thereby engage

in discount brokerage, insurance agency

activities in a town of less than 5,000,

and management advisory services,

pursuant to §§ 225.28(b)(7), (b)(11) and

(b)(6)(iii) of the Board’s Regulation Y,

respectively.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 16, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–27899 Filed 10-21-97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Notice of Proposals to Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

to Acquire Companies that are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to

acquire or control voting securities or

assets of a company that engages either

directly or through a subsidiary or other

company, in a nonbanking activity that