12 USC § 224 - Status of reserve cities under former statutes

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title: "12 USC § 224 - Status of reserve cities under former statutes"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "224"
section_name: "Status of reserve cities under former statutes"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DEFINITIONS, ORGANIZATION, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING SYSTEM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 2 (part), 38 Stat. 253; Pub. L. 86–114, § 3(b)(5), July 28, 1959, 73 Stat. 264.)"
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# § 224. Status of reserve cities under former statutes

The organization of reserve districts and Federal reserve cities shall not be construed as changing the present status of reserve cities except in so far as this chapter changes the amount of reserves that may be carried with approved reserve agents located therein.

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**Source Credit**: (Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 2 (part), 38 Stat. 253; Pub. L. 86–114, § 3(b)(5), July 28, 1959, 73 Stat. 264.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , known as the Federal Reserve Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section is comprised of part of the thirteenth par. of section 2 of act . Some of the other provisions of the thirteenth par. are classified to , 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 .

### Prior Provisions

Provisions relating to reserve cities and central reserve cities were contained in R.S. §§ 5191, 5192, and , §§ 1, 2, , 560.

### Amendments

1959— struck out “and central reserve cities” after “reserve cities”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1959 Amendment

Amendment by  effective three years after , see , set out as a Central Reserve and Reserve Cities note under former .