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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 3 — Federal Reserve System

§ 485. Examination of Federal reserve banks

Statutory text

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall, at least once each year, order an examination of each Federal reserve bank, and upon joint application of ten member banks the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall order a special examination and report of the condition of any Federal reserve bank.

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. § 5240 (par.)

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 485

    R.S. § 5240 (par.)

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

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    R.S. § 5240 (par.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

R.S. § 5240 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 54, 13 Stat. 116, which was part of the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.

Section is comprised of seventh par. of R.S. § 5240, as amended. See Codification note set out under section 481 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Section 203(a) of act , changed name of Federal Reserve Board to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Credits

1875–1935 · 4 acts
  1. R.S. § 5240 (par.)
  2. 1875Feb. 19, 1875, ch. 89, 18 Stat. 329
  3. 1913Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 21, 38 Stat. 272
  4. 1935Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title II, § 203(a), 49 Stat. 704.
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(R.S. § 5240 (par.); Feb. 19, 1875, ch. 89, 18 Stat. 329; Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 21, 38 Stat. 272; Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title II, § 203(a), 49 Stat. 704.)

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