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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 

First Commerce Corporation, et al.; Formations of; Acquisitions 
by; and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied for the Board's 
approval under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 
1842) and Sec.  225.14 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.14) to 
become a bank holding company or to acquire a bank or bank holding 
company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications 
are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).
    Each application is available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. Once the application has been accepted 
for processing, it will also be available for inspection at the offices 
of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views 
in writing to the Reserve Bank or to the offices of the Board of 
Governors. Any comment on an application that requests a hearing must 
include a statement of why a written presentation would not suffice in 
lieu of a hearing, identifying specifically any questions of fact that 
are in dispute and summarizing the evidence that would be presented at 
a hearing.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received not later than October 28, 1994.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. First Commerce Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana; to merge 
with City Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire City Bank and 
Trust Company, New Iberia, Louisiana.
    2. First Commerce Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana; to merge 
with First Bancshares, Inc., Slidell, Louisiana, and thereby indirectly 
acquire First Bank, Slidell, Louisiana.
    3. Merit Holding Corporation, Tucker, Georgia; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Charter Bank and Trust Company, 
Marietta, Georgia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. GreatBanc, Inc., Aurora, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the 
voting shares of GreatBank, Algonquin, Illinois.
    2. Raddatz Family Limited Partnership, Chicago, Illinois; to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 48.44 percent of the voting shares 
of East Side Financial, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, and thereby indirectly 
acquire East Side Savings, Bank, Chicago, Illinois. Comments for this 
application must be received not later than October 19, 1994.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:
    1. Flint Creek Holding Company, Philipsburg, Montana; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring at least 80 percent of the voting 
shares of Flint Creek Valley Bank, Philipsburg, Montana.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 29, 
1994.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 94-24732 Filed 10-5-94; 8:45 am]
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