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title: "12 U.S.C. § 144"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 144 - Certain balances counted toward reserves in dependencies and insular possessions
## Text
Four-fifths of the reserve of 15 per centum which a national bank located in a dependency or insular possession or any part of the United States outside of the continental United States, and not a member of the Federal Reserve System, is required to keep, may consist of balances due such bank from associations approved by the Comptroller of the Currency and located in any one of the reserve cities as now or hereafter defined by law or designated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(R.S. § 5192; July 1, 1952, ch. 536, 66 Stat. 314; Pub. L. 8670, § 7, June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 142; Pub. L. 86114, § 3(b)(3), July 28, 1959, 73 Stat. 263.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 5192 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 31, 13 Stat. 108, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.
Amendments1959—Pub. L. 86114 struck out “central reserve or” before “reserve cities”. Pub. L. 8670 struck out “in Alaska or” before “in a dependency”. 1952—Act July 1, 1952, reduced the required amount of cash on hand from two-fifths to one-fifth of the required reserve of 15 per centum.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1959 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 86114 effective three years after July 28, 1959, see section 3(b) of Pub. L. 86114, set out as a Central Reserve and Reserve Cities note under former section 141 of this title.
Executive Documents
Exception as to Transfer of Functions Functions vested by any provision of law in Comptroller of the Currency, referred to in this section, not included in transfer of functions to Secretary of the Treasury, see note set out under section 1 of this title.