This section is from the book "Banking Principles And Practice", by Ray B. Westerfield. Also available from Amazon: Banking principles and practice.
1. The Custody Division has the custody of the collateral for all departments, including the investments of the federal reserve bank itself, the collateral on discounts and advances, collateral for government deposits, items for safe-keeping, fiscal agency collateral, and the clipping of coupons as they appear.
2. The Vault Division has the general care and management of the vaults; it watches their opening and closing and the combinations.
 
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