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title: "12 U.S.C. § 281"
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title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
chapter_number: "3"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
section: "281"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 281"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 281 - Capital
## Text
No Federal reserve bank shall commence business with a subscribed capital less than $4,000,000.
(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 2 (part), 38 Stat. 253.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of part of the thirteenth par. of section 2 of act Dec. 23, 1913. Some of the other provisions of the thirteenth par. are classified to section 224 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 set out under section 222 of this title.