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CHANGE IN RECEIVER. L. L. Small, Auburn, Missing-Accounts as Receiver Confused. Auburn. Me., Sept. 21.-Hon. Seth M. Carter of this city has been appointed receiver of the American Banking and Trust Co. of Auburn, in place of L. L. Small, who has had charge of the affairs of the company for six years. Mr. Small was formerly of Auburn, but his present whereabouts are unknown. and it was stated, last night, that the change in receivership was due to his continued absence. An examination of the books is now in progress and many of the accounts are said to be somewhat confused. Mr. Small, when he assumed the office of receiver of the American Banking and Trust Co., gave bonds in the sum of $20,000. The sureties are wellknown Auburn citizens. Mr. Small was a member of the Pray Small Co., she manufacturers of Auburn, and until the last bank election held the {position of president of the Auburn Trust Co. He has up to a month been living in Lynn, Mass., but letters addressed to him there have been returned. The American Banking and Trust Co. was one of the institutions that went into the receiver's hands as a result of having too much Western real estate.
