NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND SECURITIES

Actions on Applications

[44 Pa.B. 1454]
[Saturday, March 15, 2014]

 The Department of Banking and Securities (Department), under the authority contained in the act of November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356), known as the Banking Code of 1965; the act of December 14, 1967 (P. L. 746, No. 345), known as the Savings Association Code of 1967; the act of May 15, 1933 (P. L. 565, No. 111), known as the Department of Banking and Securities Code; and the act of December 19, 1990 (P. L. 834, No. 198), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending March 4, 2014.

 Under section 503.E of the Department of Banking and Securities Code (71 P. S. § 733-503.E), any person wishing to comment on the following applications, with the exception of branch applications, may file their comments in writing with the Department of Banking and Securities, Corporate Applications Division, 17 North Second Street, Suite 1300, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2290. Comments must be received no later than 30 days from the date notice regarding receipt of the application is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The nonconfidential portions of the applications are on file at the Department and are available for public inspection, by appointment only, during regular business hours. To schedule an appointment, contact the Corporate Applications Division at (717) 783-2253. Photocopies of the nonconfidential portions of the applications may be requested consistent with the Department's Right-to-Know Law Records Request policy.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
2-27-2014	ESSA Bank and Trust Stroudsburg Monroe County			Approved
	Application for approval to acquire 100% of Franklin Security Bancorp, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, and thereby indirectly acquire 100% of Franklin Security Bank, Wilkes-Barre.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
2-27-2014	ESSA Bank and Trust Stroudsburg Monroe County			Approved
	Application for approval to merge Franklin Security Bank, Wilkes-Barre, with and into ESSA Bank and Trust, Stroudsburg.

Branch Applications

De Novo Branches

Date	Name and Location of Applicant		Location of Branch	Action
2-26-2014	Somerset Trust Company Somerset Somerset County		2100 Summit Ridge Plaza Mt. Pleasant Westmoreland County	Approved

Branch Relocations

Date	Name and Location of Applicant		Location of Branch	Action
2-24-2014	Somerset Trust Company Somerset Somerset County	To:	210 Ohio Street Boswell Somerset County	Effective
		From:	802 Atkinson Way Boswell Somerset County

Branch Consolidations

Date	Name and Location of Applicant		Location of Branch	Action
2-26-2014	CNB Bank Clearfield Clearfield County	Into:	One South Second Street Clearfield Clearfield County	Approved
		From:	221 East Cherry Street Clearfield Clearfield County

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name and Location of Applicant		Location of Branch	Action
12-31-2013	Miners Bank Minersville Schuylkill County		300 Hobart Street Gordon Schuylkill County	Closed

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

No activity.

 The Department's web site at www.dobs.state.pa.us includes public notices for more recently filed applications.

GLENN E. MOYER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-526. Filed for public inspection March 14, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]

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