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    Exhibit
4.0


       

      (FORM
OF STOCK CERTIFICATE - FRONT SIDE)

      


      
        	
                NUMBER

              	
                SHARES

              


      

      


      


      
        	
                COMMON
      STOCK

              	
                CUSIP  _____________

              
	
                (Par
      Value $.01 Per Share)

              	
                See
      reverse for

              
	 
      	
                certain
      definitions

              


      

      


      


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FEDERAL BANCORP, INC. OF LOUISIANA

      A
Louisiana Corporation

      


      


      This
certifies that ___________________________________ is the registered holder of
_________________ fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc., Shreveport, Louisiana (the
"Corporation").

      


      The
shares evidenced by this Certificate are transferable in person or by a duly
authorized attorney or legal representative, upon surrender of this Certificate
properly endorsed.  This Certificate and the shares represented hereby
are subject to all the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of
the Corporation and any and all amendments thereto.  This Certificate
is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the
Registrar. This security is not
a deposit or savings account and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other Federal or state governmental
agency.

      


      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Corporation has caused this Certificate to be executed by the facsimile
signatures of its duly authorized officers and has caused its facsimile seal to
be affixed hereto.

      


      Dated:

       

      


      
        	
                _____________________
      (SEAL)

              	
                _______________________________

              
	
                DeNell
      W. Mitchell

              	
                Daniel
      R. Herndon

              
	
                Corporate
      Secretary

              	
                Chairman
      of the Board, President

              
	 
      	
                   and
      Chief Executive Officer

              


      


      
        
           


        

        
           


          
            

          

        

        
           


        

      


      (FORM
OF STOCK CERTIFICATE - BACK SIDE)

      


      The
Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock, including a
class of preferred stock which may be issued in one or more
series.  The Corporation will furnish to any shareholder, upon written
request and without charge, a full statement of the designations, preferences,
limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be
issued and, with respect to the issuance of any preferred stock to be issued in
series, the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series so
far as the rights and preferences have been fixed and determined and the
authority of the Board of Directors to fix and determine the relative rights and
preferences of subsequent series.

      


      The
Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation includes a provision which
generally prohibits any person (including an individual, company or group acting
in concert) from directly or indirectly offering to acquire or acquiring the
beneficial ownership of more than 10% of any class of equity securities of the
Corporation.  In the event that stock is acquired in violation of this
10% limitation, the excess shares will no longer be counted in determining the
total number of outstanding shares for purposes of any matter involving
shareholder action and the Board of Directors of the Corporation may cause such
excess shares to be transferred to an independent trustee for sale in the open
market or otherwise, with the expenses of such sale to be paid out of the
proceeds of the sale.

      


      The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

      


      
        TEN
COM    -         as
tenants in common

        


        TEN
ENT     -         as
tenants by the entireties

        


        JT
TEN        
-         as joint tenants with
right of survivorship and not as tenants in common



      
        	
                UNIF
      GIFT MIN ACT - ______________ Custodian ______________
    under

              
	                                                   
      (Cust)                             
      (Minor)
	Uniform
      Gifts to Minors Act ________________________
	
                 
      (State)

              


      

      


      
        	
                UNIF
      TRF MIN ACT - ___________________________ Custodian (until age
      __)

              
	                                                                
      (Cust)
	_____________________Under
      Uniform Transfers to Minors Act _______________
	            
      (Minor)                                                                                                   
       (State)


      

      


      Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.


      
        
           


        

        
           


          
            

          

        

        
           


        

      


      For value
received, _________________________________ hereby sell, assign and
transfer

      


      PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

      TAXPAYER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

       

      
        	 
      	 	 
      
	 
      	 	 
      
	 	 	 
	 
      	 	 
      


      

      


      unto
______________________________________________________________

      PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF
ASSIGNEE

       

       


        
          

        

        
          

        


        
          

        

      

      __________________________
shares of Common Stock represented by this Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint __________________________ as Attorney, to
transfer the said shares on the books of the within named Corporation, with full
power of substitution.

      


      


      
        	
                Dated
      _____________ __, ____

              	 
      	 
	 
      	 
      	 
	 
      	
                 

              	 
	 
      	
                Signature

              	 
	 
      	 
      	 
	 
      	
                 

              	 
	 
      	
                Signature

              	 


      

      


      


      Notice:  The
signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name(s) written upon
the face of this Certificate in every particular, without alteration or any
change whatsoever.