OF THE BANK COMMISSIONERS, 1848. Published agreeably to Resolve of March 22, 1836. AUGUSTA: WILLIAM T. JOHNSON, PRINTER TO THE STATE. REPORT. To the Governor and Council of the State of Maine: THE undersigned bank commissioners, have made their annual examination of the banks in operation in this state, and of those whose charters expired on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and respectfully REPORT the following statement of their condition at the time of our examination in the months of September and October last. In the thirty-one banks now in lawful operation, there are twenty four hundred and three stockholders. Almost every description of persons, in the most enlarged sense of the term, are interested in their capitals, and their profits. And the state derives a revenue from granting to these banks their charters. In the subsequent pages, we have endeavored to present such a condensed account of each, as will enable people, who will take the trouble to bestow attention upon the subject, an opportunity to gain some information on affairs of those moneyed corporations, which when rightly conducted, are found so exceedingly useful to the community. Charles Thompson, John Barron, David Scribner, Nahum Perkins, Woodbury B. Purinton, Directors. Charles Thompson, President. John Coburn, Cashier. Immediate liabilities, $44,769 62. " resources, $33,654 90. Liabilities of President and Directors as principals, $4,812 95. Thomas W. Smith, Greenlief White, James W. Bradbury, George W. Morton, George W. Stanley, Joseph H. Williams, Directors. Thomas W. Smith, President. George W. Allen, Cashier. Immediate liabilities, $153,587 41. resources, $31,241 04. Liabilities of President and Directors as principals, $2,963 03. " $500 00. " Stockholders as principals exclusive of Directors, There are 73 stockholders. We regret to observe that the loan of this bank is ten thousand one hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty-one cents too large. William Moulton, John Anderson, Ashur Ware, Jonathan Tewksbury, James Todd, David Drinkwater, Augustine Haines, Directors. William Moulton, President. Samuel Small, jr., Cashier. Immediate liabilities, $143,020 32. 66 resources, $71,000 00. Liabilities of President and Directors as principals, 81,626 54. Stockholders as principals, $14,518 89 There are 125 stockholders. |