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7/21/2019 19200413_Minutes.pdf http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/19200413minutespdf 1/4 At meeting of the  Federal  Re serve Board held in the office of th e Board on Tuesday, April 13, 1920, at 11 A.1., PRF3ENT: The Chairman The Governor Mr. i r Yr. 7amlin Yr. roehlenpah Yr. :; illi ans 7 :r . Chapman, S ecr eta r.  inu tes  of meeting of the Board h el d ri l 12th ,T ere rea d, a nd on motion  a pproved. (At thi s point the  Chairman and Er. il1iars oinel the meeting Business was  presented and disposed of  a follows: Letter dated April 9th fro m t he Chairman, Federal r e- serve Bank of Dallas, recommending approval of increases in salaries of Governor Va n :andt from •A5,000 to 18,000 per an num, and of Deputy Governor  T alle y f rom 10,000 to  i12,000 per annum, effective April 1, 1920. Approved. Telegrams dated April 9th and 12th fro m th Federal reserve  B ank s of Cleveland an d Atlanta, respectively, recom- mending changes in discount rates. Ordered tabled. The Governor referred to th e  action taken by the Board at its meeting o n A pril 7th, in voting to make special order business at t he next meeting attended by the Chairman,

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 a 

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ank

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dat

ed Ap

ril

9th

 

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12

th

fro

m

th

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reserve Bank

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ant

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spe

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rec

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men

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ate

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the

 

act

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 t

ake

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y

the

Bo

ard

at

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o

n Ap

ril

 7th,

 

in

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tin

to

ma

ke

sp

ecia

l

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bu

sin

ess

 

at

t

he ne

xt

m

eet

ing

at

ten

ded

by

 

th

e Ch

airm

an,

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the

que

stio

n

o

f

pr

ocuri

ng

suita

ble

q

uarte

rs 

fo

r th

e

Boar

d

out

side

o

f the

 

Tre

asury

 

Bu

ildi

On

mo

tion

duly

 

sec

onded

, it wa

s

vot

ed t

hat

it

i

s

th

e

sense

 

o

f the 

Boa

rd tha

t pe

rmane

nt

qua

rters

 

o

f

its 

own

 

.sho

uld 

be

 

obtai

ned

for

 t

he

Boar

6,

and

 

t

hat

auth

ority

 

to

 t

his e

nd

s

hould

be

re

quest

ed of

Co

ngres

s.

Vot

ed

furt

her, 

that

 

t

he

matte

r

o

f

secu

r-

ing

 

ap

propr

iate

acti

on

b

y

Congr

ess

be

refer

red

to the 

lecretary

o

f th

e Tr

easur

y,

a

s

Chai

rman

of

th

e

Bo

ard,

 

and

t t

he

G

over

nor,

wit

h

pow

er.

T

he 

Gove

rnor

re

porte

d

r

edisc

ount

tr

ansac

tion

s, 

pur-

suant

 

to

aut

horit

y

he

retof

ore

v

ested

 in

 

h

im;

m

ember

 

ba

nk

prom

issor

y

notes

 

secur

ed by Gov

ernme

nt

obli

gatio

ns:

r

ate

on

 

pa

per

s

ecure

d

by

c

ertif

icate

s of

i

ndebt

ednes

s,

5

-1/2 

on

paper secured

by

libe

rty b

onds a

nd

Vic

tory

 not

es, an

d 6 ` ;

on

comm

ercia

pap

er, as

foll

ows:

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e

Bank

redi

s-

coun

tinr  

Ap

rl2th

  Fichm

ond

Ph

ilade

lphia

7t.L

ouis

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.

it

h

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level

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ston

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on

 

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land

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nt

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ritie

s

.

1.0,0

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ys

31-60

 

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ays

6

1-90 da

ys

The 

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rnor

r

eport

ed

th

e

r

eserv

e p

ositi

ons of

th

e

seve

ral

Fe

deral

 re

serve

 Banks

 as

at

 

e of

b

usine

ss

A

pril

10

th,

and the

 

sta

tus of

 

redi

scou

nts betTe

en

Fe

deral

 

7eser

ve

Bank

s

as

 

of t

he s

ame

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te.

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A

t this

 

poin

M

r. 

Wi

thdre

w

from

 the

 

m

eeti

ng

Letter

dated April 7th from 

the

Federal Reserve Agent

a

t M

innea

polis

,

r

eco=

endin

g ch

anges

 

in

c

ondit

ions t

o

e

i

m-

pos

ed vit

r

egard

 

to

the

accu

mulat

ion o

f sur

plu:i

 up

on

Stat

e

ban

ks of

 

Mon

tana

 

ap

plyin

g

for

mem

bersh

ip i

n the

F

edera

l P

eserv

e

Sy

stem.

App

rove

d.

Lett

er 

dated

 April

 9th

 

from

 

the Chair

man,

Fe

deral

 

serve

 

Bank

 

of

 K

ansas

 

City

,

rec

ommen

ding

appro

val o

f sal

ary

of ,4

,500

 

per

annu

m

for

 Mr

.

L.

H.

Earha

rt as 

Act

ing Mana

ger

of

 the

Oma

ha

B

ranch

 

of

 

tha

Bank

.

A

pprov

ed.

TTIDOETS

 

OF

0 1.7ITT77:

 

MO.

1:

Da

ted

A

pril

 

1

3th,

rec

ommen

ding

admi

ssion

 

of

at

ate

ins

titut

ions

a

s se

t

forth

 

in

t

he a

uxili

ary 

min

ute

bo

ok

as

 of 

th

is

da

te,

subje

ct 

to

the

 

c

ondit

ions

st

ated in

 

the

indi

vidua

l

re

ports

 

a

ttach

ed

to

e

ach

app

licat

ion.

App

roved

.

Da

ted

Apri

l 12t

h,

rec

ommen

ding

 

ch

anges

 

i

sto

ck at

 Fede

ral

rese

rve Ban

ks,

as set

fo

rth i

th

e auxi

liary

minute 

book as of

this

date.

Appro

ved.

Da

ted A

pril 

12th,

 

rec

ommen

ding

appr

oval

of

appli

catio

ns

f

or

fidu

ciary

 pow

ers, 

as

se

f

orth

in

the

a

uxil

iary

minut

e

bo

ok

as 

of

 this

 

d

ate.

AT)pro

ved.

 At

 t

his

poi

nt 7r.

 

T:il

liams

 

re

join

ed 

the

m

eetin

g

Dat

ed Apri

l

1

2th,

reco

mmend

ing appr

oval

of

appl

icat

ion

of

P.

F.

Clark

to serve

at

the

same 

time 

as

a

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director

of

the

Globe National

Bank

and

of

the

Colorado

tate

Bank

both

of

Denver

Colorado:

Approved.

Dated

April

12th

recommending

approval

of

application

of

W.

Irving

Bullard

to

serve

at

the

same

time

as

a

director

of the

Waltham

National

Bank

of

Waltham

rass. and

as

Vice-

President

L.erchants

National

Bank Boston

Mass.

Approved.

Other

business

was

7re3ented

a l y 1

disposed

of as

follows:

Letter

dated

April

10th.from

the

Bank of North

Dakota

Bismarck North

Dakota

submitting request

that it

be

plaoed

upon the

mailing list for

all

publications

issued

the ickleral

Reserve Board.

Approved.

At

1

the

meeting

adjourned.

Approved:

Chairran-

r : e c r e

ary.