AccerTANCE BY MEMBER BANKS OF DRAFTS AND BILLS OF EXCHANGE
SOCEPIAN BALLS AL Vas OF XCHANGE
exchange drawn for the purposes described above, up to an amount
not exceeding at any time one hundred per cent. of its paid-up and
unimpaired capital stock and surplus, may file an application for that
purpose with the Federal Reserve Board. Such application must be
forwarded through the Federal Reserve Bank of the district in which
the applying bank is located.
The approval of any such application may be rescinded upon 90
days’ notice to the bank affected.
The Reserve Bank requires certain evidences of eligibility, and
although the member banks may accept paper having six months to
rum, it is not eligible for rediscount at the Federal Reserve Bank until
such time as it has a maturity of not more than 90 days, or in case of
an agricultural acceptance six months, exclusive of days of grace.
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