▁ ▁Category : Box ▁gir der ▁brid ges ▁Category : B rid ges ▁completed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Category : T oll ▁brid ges ▁in ▁Cro atia ▁Category : Build ings ▁and ▁structures ▁in ▁Prim or je - G or ski ▁Kot ar ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁National ▁Mon et ary ▁Commission ▁was ▁a ▁study ▁group ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁Ald rich - V re eland ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 8 . ▁After ▁the ▁Pan ic ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁the ▁Commission ▁studied ▁the ▁bank ing ▁laws ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁the ▁leading ▁countries ▁of ▁Europe . ▁The ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Commission , ▁Senator ▁Nelson ▁Ald rich , ▁a ▁Republican ▁leader ▁in ▁the ▁Senate , ▁personally ▁led ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁exper ts ▁to ▁major ▁European ▁capit als . ▁They ▁were ▁st unn ed ▁to ▁discover ▁how ▁much ▁more ▁efficient ▁the ▁European ▁financial ▁system ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁and ▁how ▁much ▁more ▁important ▁than ▁the ▁doll ar ▁were ▁the ▁p ound , ▁the ▁franc ▁and ▁the ▁mark ▁in ▁international ▁trade . ▁The ▁Commission ' s ▁reports ▁and ▁recommend ations ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁principal ▁bases ▁in ▁the ▁en act ment ▁of ▁the ▁Federal ▁Reserve ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁which ▁created ▁the ▁modern ▁Federal ▁Reserve ▁system . ▁ ▁Background ▁Following ▁the ▁pan ics ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 9 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 0 0 s , ▁the ▁American ▁people ▁were ▁ar oused ▁to ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁basic ▁re forms .