Franklin D. Roosevelt

Proclamation 2053—Extending the Powers Granted to the Comptroller of the Currency by the Joint Resolution of February 25, 1933, for a Period of Six Months

August 18, 1933

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Whereas, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States passed a joint resolution which was duly approved February 25, 1933, authorizing the Comptroller of the Currency to exercise, with respect to National Banking Associations, any powers which state officials may have with respect to state banks, savings banks, and/or trust companies under state laws; and

Whereas, said resolution provides that the powers therein conferred shall terminate six months from the date of approval of the resolution by the President, but that the President may extend its force by Proclamation for an additional six months:

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the force of said resolution be, and the same hereby is, extended for an additional period of six months from August 25, 1933.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed

Done in the District of Columbia, this 18th day of August in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

By the President:
WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Acting Secretary of State.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Proclamation 2053—Extending the Powers Granted to the Comptroller of the Currency by the Joint Resolution of February 25, 1933, for a Period of Six Months Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/349408

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