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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 2 — National Banks

§ 22. Organization certificate

Statutory text

The persons uniting to form such an association shall, under their hands, make an organization certificate, which shall specifically state:

First. The name assumed by such association; which name shall include the word “national”.

Second. The place where its operations of discount and deposit are to be carried on, designating the State, Territory, or District, and the particular county and city, town, or village.

Third. The amount of capital stock and the number of shares into which the same is to be divided.

Fourth. The names and places of residence of the shareholders and the number of shares held by each of them.

Fifth. The fact that the certificate is made to enable such persons to avail themselves of the advantages of title 62 of the Revised Statutes.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. R.S. § 5134

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 22

    R.S. § 5134

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    R.S. § 5134

  2. Pub. L. 86–230 § 25 · 73 Stat. 457

    Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 22

    Pub. L. 86–230 substituted “which named shall include the word ‘national’ and be” for “which name shall be”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. First. Pub. L. 86–230 substituted “which named shall include the word ‘national’ and be” for “which name shall be”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 25. Section 5134 of the Revised Statutes (12 U.S.C. 22) is amended by striking out “which name shall be” and inserting in lieu thereof “which name shall include the word ‘national’ and be”.

  3. Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982

    Pub. L. 97–320 title IV § 405(b) · 96 Stat. 1469

    Struck · 12 U.S.C. § 22

    Pub. L. 97–320 struck out “and be subject to the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency” after “national”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. First. Pub. L. 97–320 struck out “and be subject to the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency” after “national”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) The first proviso of section 5134 of the Revised Statutes (12 U.S.C. 22) is amended by placing a period after the word “national” and striking the remainder of that sentence.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Title 62 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in par. Fifth, was in the original “this Title” meaning title LXII of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 5133 to 5244, which are classified to this section and sections 16, 21, 23 to 24a, 25a, 25b, 26, 27, 29, 35 to 37, 39, 43, 52, 53, 55 to 57, 59 to 62, 66, 71, 72 to 76, 81, 83 to 86, 90, 91, 93, 93a, 94, 141 to 144, 161, 164, 181, 182, 192 to 194, 196, 215c, 481 to 485, 501, 541, 548, and 582 of this title. See, also, sections 8, 333, 334, 475, 656, 709, 1004, and 1005 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. For complete classification of R.S. §§ 5133 to 5244 to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

R.S. § 5134 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 6, 13 Stat. 101, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.

Amendments1959–1982 · 2 rounds

1982

Par. First. Pub. L. 97–320 struck out “and be subject to the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency” after “national”.

1959

Par. First. Pub. L. 86–230 substituted “which named shall include the word ‘national’ and be” for “which name shall be”.

Credits

1959–1982 · 3 acts
  1. R.S. § 5134
  2. 1959Pub. L. 86–230, § 25, , 73 Stat. 466
  3. 1982Pub. L. 97–320, title IV, § 405(b), , 96 Stat. 1512.
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(R.S. § 5134; Pub. L. 86–230, § 25, , 73 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 97–320, title IV, § 405(b), , 96 Stat. 1512.)

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