36692 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 129 /Tuesday, July 7, 1998 / Notices

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. The Colonial BancGroup, Inc.,

Montgomery, Alabama; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

FirstBank, Dallas, Texas.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. First Illinois Bancorp, Inc., East St.

Louis, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of

the voting shares of Duchesne Bank, St.

Peters, Missouri.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue,

P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480-0291:

1. Merchants Holding Company,

Winona, Minnesota; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Primo

Financial Services, Inc., Hastings,

Minnesota, and thereby indirectly

acquire Hampton Bank, Hampton,

Minnesota.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas

City, Missouri, and its wholly owned

subsidiary, CBI-Kansas, Inc., Missouri;

to acquire and thereby merge with

Columbus Bancshares, Inc., Columbus,

Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire

Columbus State Bank, Columbus,

Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 30, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–17866 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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 July 31, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Marfa Bancshares, Inc., Marfa,

Texas, and Marfa Delaware Bancshares,

Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to become

bank holding companies by acquiring

100 percent of the voting shares of The

Marfa National Bank, Marfa, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, July 1, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–17945 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

The notice also will be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than July 20, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. BOK Financial Corporation, Tulsa

Oklahoma; to acquire Alliance

Securities Corp., Tulsa, Oklahoma, and

thereby indirectly acquire Leo

Oppenheim & Co., Inc., Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma, and thereby continue to

engage in previously authorized

underwriting and dealing in, to a

limited extent, certain municipal

revenue bonds,1-4 family mortgage

related securities, consumer recievable

related securities, and commercial

paper; acting as agent in the private

placement of all types of securities

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(7)(iii) of

Regulation Y, providing investment

advisory services, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(6) of Regulation Y,

underwriting and dealing in bankeligible securities, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(8)(i), and providing securities

brokerage services, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(7)(i) of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 30, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–17862 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.