[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20494]


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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 (12 U.S.C. 1843). 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 September 3, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Assistant 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Southern Financial Bancorp, Inc., Warrenton, Virginia; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of The Horizon Bank of 
Virginia, Merrifield, Virginia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Premier Bancshares, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Farmers & Merchants Bank, Summerville, 
Georgia.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. Community First Bankshares, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of River Bancorp, Inc., 
Ramsey, Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire Northland Security 
Bank, Ramsey, Minnesota.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Central of Kansas, Inc., Junction City, Kansas; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of FSB, Inc., Superior, Nebraska; and 
thereby indirectly acquire Farmers State Bank and Trust Company of 
Superior, Superior, Nebraska, and Farmers State Bank, Mankato, Kansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 4, 
1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-20494 Filed 8-9-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F