SECTION 40. That thereafter every national bank shall have upon deposit

upon the tenth days of January and July of each year with the American

Reserve Bank an amount of gold coin equal to 7 per centum of its

average deposits during the preceding calendar six months and 7 per

centum of its national bank notes taken out for issue and circulation:

_Provided, however_, That this reserve shall be increased at the rate

of 1 per centum each year for a period of three years thereafter; and

that thereupon and thereafter every national bank shall have upon

deposit upon the tenth days of January and July of each year with the

American Reserve Bank an amount of gold coin equal to 10 per centum

of its average deposits during the preceding calendar six months and

10 per centum of its national bank notes taken out for issue and

circulation.

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