41854 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 150 /Wednesday, August 5, 1998 / Notices

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 August 28,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc., Olney,

Maryland; to acquire 8 percent of the

voting shares of Community Bankshares

of Maryland, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, and

thereby indirectly acquire Community

Bank of Maryland, Bowie, Maryland.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, July 30, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–20811 Filed 8–4–98; 8:45 am]

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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 September 1,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Premier Bancshares, Inc., Atlanta,

Georgia; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Frederica Bank & Trust,

St. Simon, Georgia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, July 31, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–20929 Filed 8–4–98; 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, 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 August 19, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. United Bankshares, Inc.,

Charleston, West Virginia; to acquire

Fed One Bank, Wheeling, West Virginia,

and thereby engage in operating a

savings and loan association, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.

Comments regarding this application

must be received not later than August

28, 1998.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager

of Analytical Support, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. Banque Nationale de Paris, Paris,

France; to acquire FHL Lease Holding

Company, Honolulu, Hawaii, and

thereby engage in personal property

leasing, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(3) of

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, July 30, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–20812 Filed 8–4–98; 8:45 am]

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