One of the most important squid-spawning areas in Monterey Bay is a wide, flat, sandy area directly offshore of Monterey's Fisherman's Wharf. This area is a convenient fishing spot for the Monterey fishing fleet and a convenient feeding spot for the large packs of sea lions that hang out on Monterey Breakwater in May.
President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act on December 23, 1913. The Act established the Federal Reserve System to oversee the nationâs money supply and provide an âelasticâ currency that could expand and contract in response to the economyâs changing demand for money and credit.Congress also empowered Federal Reserve Banks to issue Federal Reserve notes.he Act established the Federal Reserve System to oversee the nationâs money supply and provide an âelasticâ currency that could expand and contract in response to the economyâs changing demand for money and credit.
As far as the terms of the Federal Reserve governors, they agreed on staggered terms and extended them from the six or eight years in the approved bills to ten to ensure no president could appoint all governors during a two-term presidency. The Federal Reserve Act was signed by President Wilson on December 23, 1913.BibliographyGlass, Carter. An Adventure in Constructive Finance. New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1927.arly on, Glass had suggested that the comptroller of the currency perform a coordinating function over the system, but Wilson favored a central board. A provision creating the Federal Reserve Board was added to exercise supervisory authority over the banks.