May 10, 1861

 

Sound Banks

 

            The following named banks of this State are believed to be sound and well secured either by state stocks or individual responsibility, or both.  They have through their officers or representatives agreed to stand by and sustain each other until the first of December next, when the amended Banking Law will go into effect.  This agreement was entered into by the Bankers Convention at Milwaukee last Friday.

            Bank of Beloit                                                       Farmers & Millers’ Bank

                Bank of Columbus                                              Forest City Bank

                Bank of Fox Lake                                  Frontier Bank

                Bank of Grant County                                   German Bank

                Bank of Green Bay                                         Green Bay Bank

                Bank of the Interior                                   Hudson City Bank

                Bank of Jefferson                                                 Iowa County Bank

                Bank of Madison                                                 Jefferson County Bank

                Bank of Milwaukee                                             Juneau Bank

                Bank of Monroe                                                   Kenosha County Bank

                Bank of Moneka                                                   La Crosse County Bank

                Bank of the North-West                                           Lumberman’s Bank

                Bank of Oshkosh                                                 Northern Bank

                Bank of Portage                                                    Oakwood Bank

                Bank of Prairie du Chien                                      Oshkosh Commercial Bank

                Bank of Racine                                                     Prairie City Bank

                Bank of Racine                                                     Racine County Bank

                Bank of Ripon                                                       Rock County Bank

                Bank of Sheboygan                                            Rock River Bank

                Bank of Sparta                                                      Rockwell & Co.’s Bank

                Bank of Watertown                                            Sauk City Bank

                Bank of Whitewater                                           Sauk County Bank

                Bank of Weyauwega                                          Second Ward Bank

                Bank of Wisconsin                                             Shawanaw Bank

                Central Bank of Wisconsin                             State Bank

                City Bank of Kenosha                                                State Bank of Wisconsin

                City Bank of Prescott                                 St. Croix Valley Bank

                Columbia County Bank                                       Summit Bank

                Commercial Bank                                  Sun Prairie Bank

                Corn Exchange Bank                                       Walworth County Bank

                Corn Planters’ Bank                                       Waukesha County Bank

                Dane County Bank                                       Wisconsin Bank

                Dodge County Bank                                       Wisconsin Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Bank

Exchange Bank of Darling & Co.                      Wisconsin Pinery Bank

E.R. Hinckley & Co.’s Bank                       Waupun Bank

Farmers & Mechanic’s Bank

            The notes of the following Illinois Banks only, are now current in this State:

                        Alton Bank                                                       Illinois Central Bank

                                American Bank                                                    Illinois State Security Bank

                                Bank of America                                                 Illinois River Bank

                                Bank of Bloomington                                         Kane County Bank

                                Bank of Commerce                                              Lake Michigan Bank

                                Bank of Galena                                                    Mahaiwe Bank

                                Bank of Geneseo                                                 McLean County Bank

                                Bank of Indemnity                                              Merchants’ Bank

                                Bank of Northern Illinois                                   Ohio River Bank

                                Bank of Ottawa                                                   Olympic Bank

                                Bank of Peru                                                        Patriotic Bank

                                Bank of Sparta                                                     Pittsfield Bank

                                Bond County Bank                                         Reapers’ Bank

                                City Bank of Ottawa                                     Reed’s Bank

                                Columbian Bank                                                  Rock Island Bank

                                Cumberland County Bank                                 State Stock Bank

                                E.I. Tinkham & Co.’s Bank                       Union Bank

                                Franklin Bank                                                       United States Stock Bank

                                Fulton Bank                                                       Eagle Bank of Illinois

                                Highland Bank                                                    Mechanics’ Bank

                                International Bank                                              Wheat Growers’ Bank

                                Jackson County Bank