It has had rights of legal deposit for books since the 17th century.
As we must now expect, the size of the deposits is large, usually over 50,000 with 1m. quite common.
The total value of the deposits is estimated at $50 billion.
Others wanted to know what had become of their glasses and deposits.
Federal law limits one bank to have no more than 10 percent of the country's deposits.
But some of the deposits had been made in person, not by mail.
It has the second highest market share of deposits in Texas - 21.9 percent.
On the first day, the bank collected $30,000 worth of deposits.
But he did mention a 25-cent charge for each $100 of deposits.
The banks, having found that they don't need to pay up for this type of deposit, are only too happy not to do so.