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                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

          Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
             18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to
              Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Thomas E. Hales, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify
that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of U.S.B. Holding Co.,
Inc.

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

         a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

         b) [Paragraph omitted in accordance with SEC transition instructions
contained in SEC Release 34-47986];

         c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

         d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
and

5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):

         a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal control over financial reporting, which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize, and report financial information; and


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         b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting.


Date: August 6, 2004              /s/ Thomas E. Hales
                                  Thomas E. Hales
                                  Chairman of the Board, President &
                                  Chief Executive Officer