[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 218 (Wednesday, November 12, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 60712-60713] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-29758] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act. Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than December 5, 1997. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713: 1. Community First Banking Corporation, Carrollton, Georgia; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Carrollton Federal Bank, FSB, [[Page 60713]] Bowden, Georgia, following its conversion to a commercial bank. 2. Compass Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama; Compass Banks of Texas, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama; and Compass Bancorporation of Texas, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to merge with First University Corporation, Houston, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire West University Bank, Houston, Texas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 6, 1997. Jennifer J. Johnson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 97-29758 Filed 11-10-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F