Whenever, pursuant to any provision of this chapter, any bank is authorized to do any one or more of the things specified in this chapter without receivership liquidation, its operating expenses, including compensation to officers and employees, shall be payable as a first charge against all of its assets, subject to such proration thereof and such limitations as may be placed thereon from time to time by any rules and regulations made and adopted and extended or modified from time to time as in this chapter provided. Any such rules and regulations may permit any bank to make charges for any banking service performed by it, and it shall be lawful for any bank to charge accordingly for services not in excess of the amount authorized by such rules and regulations.
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