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[Federal Register: October 19, 1994]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 

Premier Bankshares 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 November 13, 1994.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261:
    1. Premier Bankshares Corporation, Tazewell, Virginia; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Dickenson-Buchanan Bank, Haysi, 
Virginia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. Coal City Corporation, Coal City, Illinois, and Manufacturers 
National Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; to acquire 82.35 percent of 
the voting shares of Peterson Bank, Chicago, Illinois.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:
    1. Community First Bankshares, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota, to 
acquire 24.75 percent of the voting shares of Bank of Colorado Holding 
Company, Vail, Colorado, and thereby indirectly acquire Vail Bank, 
Vail, Colorado.
    2. Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Independent Bancorp of Arizona, Inc., 
Phoenix, Arizona, and thereby indirectly acquire Caliber Bank, Phoenix, 
Arizona.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice 
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198:
    1. Fourth Financial Corporation, Wichita, Kansas; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Blackwell Security Bancshares, Inc., 
Blackwell, Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquire Security Bank and 
Trust Company, Blackwell, Oklahoma.
    2. Peoples Trust of 1987, Ottawa, Kansas and its subsidiary 
Peoples, Inc., Ottawa, Kansas; to acquire 47.5 percent of the voting 
shares of Johnson County Bank, Overland Park, Kansas (in organization).
    E. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Century Capital Financial, Inc., Kilgore, Texas; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Century Capital Financial-Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby 
indirectly acquire City National Bank of Kilgore, Kilgore, Texas.
    In addition, Century Capital Financial-Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, 
Delaware has applied to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 
percent of the voting shares of City National Bank of Kilgore, Kilgore, 
Texas.
    2. Falcon Bancshares, Inc., Laredo, Texas; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Falcon National Bank, Laredo, Texas.
    3. Riverway Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 98.5 percent of the voting shares of 
Riverway Holding of Delaware Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Riverway Bank, Houston, Texas. In addition, Riverway 
Holdings of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, has applied to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Riverway Holdings of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Riverway Bank, Houston, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 13, 1994.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 94-25861 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]
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