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# 12 U.S.C. § 223 - Number of Federal reserve cities in district

## Text

A Federal reserve district shall contain only one Federal reserve city.

(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 2 (part), 38 Stat. 251.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is based on part of the first par. of section 2 of act Dec. 23, 1913. Some of the other provisions of the first par. are classified to section 222 of this title, and some were not included in the Code. For classification of other pars. of section 2 of this Act, see Codification note under section 222 of this title.