E6-14505. Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than September 15, 2006.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:

1. Ms. Mary Lucy McCorkle, Sulphur Springs, Texas; to acquire additional voting shares of Alliance Bancshares, Inc., Sulphur Springs, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire additional shares of SSSB Delaware Bancorporation, Inc., Dover, Delaware, and Alliance Bank, Sulphur Springs, Texas.

2. Mr. John R. Rountree, Linden, Texas; to acquire voting shares of Linden Bancshares, Inc., Linden, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire shares of The First National Bank of Linden, Linden, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 28, 2006.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.