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BANK REOPENING SUBMITTED
Tentative Proposal Would Credit 75 Per Cent. to Depositors Immediately.
A 50 per cent. assessment against the stockholders the Amherst bank 5531 Main street Williamsville, to its last Friday and of the deposiwith cent. the amount they had deposit, with payment period years, has been suggested means reopening and reorganizing the institution. The was offered meeting directors of Wednesday evening. and will before Brod state superintendent for If the plan approved by Supt the to tee the ably before of the reported participating this effort the Institution liquidation. severe shrinking assets. which depreciated the general economic situation.
Hope for Success. Backers this suggestion, known plan. because seems working the affairs an instituthat trying place their proposal fore Mr Broderick with to them every hope of success The idea was broached by officers the and to submitted once committee. the plan Each stockholder put cash 50 per present stock holdings the This stock, except the directors escrew another financial instituAll earnings this stock be the of them 100 on dollar their deposits as record Oct.
Permitted. For the present depositors would 25 per cent. their recorded deposits The bank would with each depositor credited of his deposits. which he might withdraw he wished. officers and of the hope obtain not withall their start the begins struggling the firm soil economic Under this arrangement the final the depositors ten longer the bank. for 25 per cent. between and $700,000. while earnings might not exceed $40,000 annually possible there large value some the securities held by the bank. and that might in full and again given earnings, depositor out.