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BANK TO PAY 8 PER CENT DIVIDEND Announcement was made today by G. H. Williams, receiver in charge of the defunct Fair Oaks bank of an eight per cent dividend this week from the savings department of the bank. This dividend, which will make a total of 20 cents paid by the savings side, comes as the result of a recent supreme court decision which permits commercial departments to transfer surplus funds to the savings, after liquidation has been completed. There are one hundred and fifty checks represented in the dividend payment, the amounts varying from a few cents to five hundred dollars. The savings department, according to Williams, is slow in closing, because the assets are represented in real estate. The funds were loaned on local properties, and he intimates at excessive appraisements. The receiver states that he has many inquiries for real estate in this section, but refuses to sell at what he terms "rediculous" prices offered. When the next dividend would be made, Williams could not state. Bank receivers are required to pay off when a five per cent surplus has accrued.