The Federal reserve act (approved December 23, 1913) as amended to March 4, 1931

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Identifikator:: 1856431436

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-262738

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The Federal reserve act (approved December 23, 1913) as amended to March 4, 1931

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: United States Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1931

Scope:: ii, 170 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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8 re 171 18 kk i n 1 Je 18 <. i= 3 it ‘h yf ~f, 0 ‘h n or re ae Ly 1l, <@ al mn q - y ch al he nt de he X= er ch 10 al y ne 3zc. 18 FEDERAL RESERVE ACT The Federal Reserve Board shall require each Federal reserve bank to maintain on deposit in the Treasury of the United States a sum in gold sufficient in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury for the redemption of the Federal reserve notes issued to such bank, but in No event less than five per centum of the total amount of notes issued less the amount of gold or gold certificates held by the Federal reserve agent as collateral security; but such deposit of gold shall be counted and included as part of the forty per centum reserve hereinbefore required. The board shall have the right, acting through the Federal reserve agent, to grant in whole or in part, or to reject entirely the application of any Federal reserve bank for Federal reserve notes; but to the extent that such application may be granted the Federal Reserve Board shall, through its local Federal reserve agent, supply Federal reserve notes to the banks so applying, and such bank shall be charged with the amount of notes issued to it and shall pay such rate of Interest as may be established by the Federal Reserve Board on only that amount of such notes which equals the total amount of its outstanding Federal reserve notes less the amount of gold or gold certificates held by the Federal reserve agent as collateral security. Federal reserve notes issued to any such bank shall, upon delivery, together with such notes of such Federal reserve bank as may be issued under section eighteen of this act upon security of United States two per centum Government bonds, become a first and paramount lien on a!l the assets of such bank. Any Federal reserve bank may at any time reduce its liability for outstanding Federal reserve notes by depositing with the Federal reserve agent its Federal reserve notes, gold, gold certificates, or lawful money of the United States. Federal reserve notes so deposited shall not be reissued, except upon compliance with the conditions of an original issue. The Federal reserve agent shall hold such gold, gold certificates, or lawful money available exclusively for exchange for the outstanding Federal reserve notes when offered by the reserve bank of which he is a director. Upon the request of the Secretary of the Treasury the Federal Reserve Board shall require the Federal reserve agent to transmit to the Treasurer of the United States 9

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