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BURST BANKS MUST PAY. State Will Collect Fees the Same as From Sound Institutions. Banks in the hands of receivers cannot evade the payment of fees for an examination by the bank commissioner. James Snoddy who was removed as attorney for the Citizens' bank of Mound City advised the receiver who has also been removed to not pay for the examination of the bank. The Bank of Ness City and the Mound City bank in the hands of receivers also attempted to avoid payment. Commissioner Breidenthal asked for an opinion from the attorney general. That official notified the commissioner as follows: "It is evident that a bank in the hands of a receiver is a corporation doing business under its charter which has not been revoked. In fact if the charter of the bank had been revoked a receiver could not be appointed to wind up its business, and a charter will only be revoked when the business is wound up by the receiver. Then, for all intents and purposes under the law it is a bank in every sense of the word and is liable to pay the same fee for an examination as any other state bank in Kansas. "It is not to be presumed that the state of Kansas will make an examination of these banks in the hands of receivers gratuitously, but the examination is made under law for the benefit of the depositors and for the further purpose of keeping the court who appointed the receiver thoroughly posted in reference to the financial condition of the institution and the manner in which the receiver is performing his duty."