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

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APPENDIX 
Sec. 2. That no bank, banking association, trust com- 
pany, corporation, association, firm, partnership, or 
Person engaged in the banking, loan, building and loan, 
brokerage, factorage, insurance, indemnity, or trust 
business shall use the word ‘ Federal,” the words “United 
States,” or the word ‘“‘reserve,” or any combination of 
Such words, as a portion of its corporate, firm, or trade 
Rame or title or of the name under which it does business: 
P rovided, however, That the provisions of this section 
shall not apply to the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal 
farm Loan Board, the Federal Trade Commission, or 
ny other department, bureau, or independent establish- 
Ment of the Government of the United States, nor to any 
Federal reserve bank, Federal land bank, or Federal 
feserve agent, nor to the Federal Advisory Council, nor 
to any corporation organized under the laws of the United 
States, nor to any bank, banking association, trust com- 
Pany, corporation, association, firm, partnership, or 
Person actually engaged in business under such name or 
title prior to the passage of this Act. 
Sec. 3. That no bank, banking association, or trust 
tompany which is not a member of the Federal Reserve 
System shall advertise or represent in any way that it 
'S a member of such system or publish or display any 
Sign, symbol, or advertisement reasonably calculated to 
*onvey the impression that it is a member of such system. 
Sec. 4. That any bank, banking association, trust coms 
pany, corporation, association, firm, or partnership vio- 
lating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of 
8 misdeameanor and shall be subject to a fine of not 
8xceeding $1,000. Any person violating any of the pro- 
visions of this Act, or any officer of any bank, banking 
association, trust company, corporation, or association, 
or member of any firm or partnership violating any of 
the provisions of this Act who participates in, or know- 
ingly acquiesces in, such violations shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not exceed- 
ng $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or 
both, Any such illegal use of such word or words, or 
any combination of such words, or any other violation 
of any of the provisions of this Act, may be enjoined by 
the United States district court having jurisdiction, at 
the instance of any United States district attorney, any 
Federal land bank, joint-stock land bank, Federal reserve 
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