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District Court Judge Orders Bank Assessment Stockholders of Defunct Brooten Institution Ordered to Pay 100 Per Cent Assessment On petition of state Bank Examiner Vogel Judge Roeser of the Stearns County District Court Monday ordered an assessment of 100 per cent on the stock of the Security State Bank of Brooten which was closed some time ago by the banking department of the state. The question of leavying a stockholder's assessment against the Richmond State Bank was taken under advisement. The Richmond bank has a capital stock of $10,000 to be assessed and the Brooten bank a capital of $25,000. In the case of the Brooten bank, which was closed in May, liabilities are listed at $17,9,311.48 with a shrinkage in assets from a book value of over $228,000 at the time of the receivership, a fictious value of $103,000 at present true value. In the case of the Richmond bank total liabilities are listed at $219,559. 22 with assets previously listed at $240,000 now valued at $87,361.34 an enormous shrinkage.