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12 U.S.C. § 283

U.S. CodeFederal
Public subscription to capital stock
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/us/usc/t12/s283
Title
12 — Banks and Banking
Chapter
CH3
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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No individual, copartnership, or corporation other than a member bank of its district shall be permitted to subscribe for or to hold at any time more than $25,000 par value of stock in any Federal reserve bank. Such stock shall be known as public stock and may be transferred on the books of the Federal reserve bank by the chairman of the board of directors of such bank. (Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 2 (par.), 38 Stat. 253.) Editorial Notes Codification Section is comprised of the ninth par. of section 2 of act Dec. 23, 1913. For classification of other pars. of section 2 of this Act, see Codification note set out under section 222 of this title.

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