[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 17182] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-8655] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 May 3, 1999. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105- 1521: 1. Sterling Financial Corporation, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Northeast Bancorp, Inc., North East, Maryland, and thereby indirectly acquire The First National Bank of North East, North East, Maryland. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413: 1. Decatur Corporation, Leon, Iowa; to merge with Spectrum Bancorporation, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and thereby acquire Rushmore Financial Services, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, Rushmore Bank & Trust Company, Rapid City, South Dakota, and F&M Bank, Watertown, South Dakota. C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: 1. Central Financial Corporation, Hutchinson, Kansas; to acquire 10 percent of the voting shares of Mid-America Bancorp, Inc., Jewell, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Heartland Bank, N.A., Jewell, Kansas. D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272: 1. Sterling Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, and Sterling Bancorporation, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to merge with B.O.A. Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Houston Commerce Bank, Houston, Texas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 2, 1999. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 99-8655 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F