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BILLING CODE 6725-01-P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 *et seq.* ) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843).

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center Web site at *http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/* . Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than January 5, 2004. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City** (James Hunter, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: *1.

UBT Bancshares, Inc.* , Marysville, Kansas; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of United Bank & Trust, Marysville, Kansas (currently State Bank of Axtell, Axtell, Kansas). **B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco** (Tracy Basinger, Director, Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579: *1. First Commerce Bancorp* , Encino, California; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of First Commerce Bank, Encino, California.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 8, 2003. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E3-00532 Filed 12-11-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 CFR part 225) to engage *de novo* , or to acquire or control voting securities or assets of a company, including the companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has determined by Order to be closely related to banking and permissible for bank holding companies.

Unless otherwise noted, these activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 of the BHC Act. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center Web site at *http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/* .

Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than December 26, 2003. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston** (Richard Walker, Community Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204: *1. Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.* , Boston, Massachusetts; to acquire 80 percent of the voting shares of Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co., LLC and thereby indirectly acquire DGHM Management LLC, both of New York, New York, and thereby engage in investment advisory services pursuant to section 225.28(b)(6)(i) of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 8, 2003. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E3-00531 Filed 12-11-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Opportunity to “Ride” Printing Order for Volume I of GAO's Principles of Federal Appropriations Law AGENCY: General Accounting Office. ACTION: Advance notice of publication. SUMMARY: The third edition of Volume I of GAO's *Principles of Federal Appropriations Law* is being prepared for publication by the Government Printing Office (GPO).

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(GAO)will shortly publish Volume I of *Principles of Federal Appropriations Law,* third edition—also know as “The Red Book.” This publication is part of a multi-volume set intended to present a basic reference work covering those areas of law in which the Comptroller General renders decisions. Our approach is to lay a foundation with text discussion, using specific legal authorities to illustrate the principles discussed, their application, and exceptions. These authorities include GAO decisions and opinions, judicial decisions, statutory provisions, and other relevant sources. GAO will provide copies of this volume to the heads of federal agencies. Agencies may place advance (rider) orders for additional copies of this volume with their account representatives at the Government Printing Office (GPO). This notice is not intended to solicit orders from the general public for single copies or small orders of this volume. This publication will be available for purchase from the Superintendent of Documents, United States Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, at a later time. Rider orders for Volume I should be placed on Standard Form #1 and should specify GAO Requisition No. 4-00051. Agency orders for Volume I must be received by GPO no later than January 7, 2004. GPO will not accept rider requisitions for Volume I after this date, and agencies will have to purchase additional copies from the Superintendent of Documents. All rider requisitions must be submitted to GPO through each agency's Washington, D.C. headquarters printing procurement office. In compiling an agency's total order, GAO suggests that the needs of legal offices, finance and accounting offices, contracting offices, law libraries, federal depositories, Inspector General and Chief Financial Officer offices, field and regional offices, and any other elements of an agency that might use this publication be considered. As with the second edition of Principles, we are publishing the third edition in loose-leaf format. We plan four volumes with annual updates. The updates will only be published electronically. Users should retain copies of their five volumes of the second edition until each volume is revised. We will not revise Volume III of the second edition, which we issued in November 1994. Volume III addresses functions that the GAO Act of 1996 transferred to the Executive Branch. (Authority: 31 U.S.C. 712, 717, 719, 3511, 3526-29.) Susan Poling, Associate General Counsel, General Accounting Office. [FR Doc. 03-30794 Filed 12-11-03; 8:45 am]

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