Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings during the period.

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Amount of investment in financing receivables (after modification) modified by troubled debt restructurings during the period.

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Amount of investment in financing receivables (before modification) modified by troubled debt restructurings during the period.

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The Corporation has committed to lend additional amounts to customers with outstanding loans that are classified as troubled debt.

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A loan is considered to be in payment default once it is a specific number of days contractually past due.

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Following a troubled debt restructuring modification, the period in which no further default payments were made.

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Refers to specific reserves to customers whose loan terms have been modified in troubled debt restructurings which are included in non-accrual loans.

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Reflects the sum for the period of the additions and reductions to the loan loss reserve, which when added to the opening balance of the reserve will agree to the ending balance in the reserve.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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Reflects the amount of the write-down related to a troubled debt restructuring.

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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES, TROUBLED DEBT RESTRUCTURING (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Loan	Sep. 30, 2013 Loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Loan	Dec. 31, 2012
Trouble debt restructurings [Abstract]
Recorded investment in troubled debt restructurings	$ 7,245,570		$ 7,245,570		$ 5,728,610
Troubled debt restructuring reserve			241,973		0
Troubled debt restructuring loan amount modified	6,152,581		6,152,581		5,363,712
Loans committed to customers with loans classified as TDR	100,000		100,000		130,000
Troubled debt restructurings increased allowance for loan losses		40,445	96,910
Troubled debt restructuring, charge offs	0
Period after troubled debt restructuring modification where no default payments made			12 months
Number of days past due after which loan considered as payment default			90 days
Loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Loans	1	1	8	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	30,638	74,838	1,108,387	133,661
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	30,638	74,838	1,108,387	133,661
Other [Member]
Trouble debt restructurings [Abstract]
Troubled debt restructuring loan amount modified	1,092,989		1,092,989		364,898
Commercial mortgages [Member]
Loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Loans			1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			133,000
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			133,000
Commercial and agricultural [Member] \| Commercial and industrial [Member]
Loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Loans		1	4	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		74,838	841,162	74,838
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		74,838	841,162	74,838
Consumer Loans [Member] \| Home Equity Lines & Loans [Member]
Loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Loans	1		3	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	30,638		134,225	58,823
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 30,638		$ 134,225	$ 58,823