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EXHIBIT 1(i)

                                   SSgA FUNDS

                               AMENDMENT NO. 9 TO

              THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT

                     Establishment of Additional Sub-Trusts

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 9 to the First Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement,
dated October 13, 1993 (also referred to as the Agreement and Declaration of
Trust), is made as of the 24th day of March, 1997:

                                   WITNESSETH:
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Trustees have previously established and
designated the SSgA Money Market Fund, SSgA US Government Money Market Fund, the
SSgA S&P 500 Index Fund, SSgA Small Cap Fund, SSgA Matrix Equity Fund, SSgA
Active International Fund, SSgA International Pacific Index Fund, SSgA Bond
Market Fund, SSgA Yield Plus Fund, SSgA US Treasury Money Market Fund, SSgA US
Treasury Obligations Fund, SSgA Growth and Income Fund, SSgA Intermediate Fund,
SSgA Emerging Markets Fund, SSgA Prime Money Market Fund, SSgA Tax Free Money
Market Fund and the SSgA Real Estate Equity Fund as 17 sub-trusts of the Trust;
and

WHEREAS, the Trustees have the authority under Section 4.1 of the Agreement to
establish and designate additional separate and distinct sub-trusts and to fix
and determine certain relative rights and preferences as between the shares of
the Sub-trusts, without shareholder approval;

WHEREAS, the Trustees hereby desire to establish and designate the SSgA Life
Solutions Income and Growth Fund, the SSgA Life Solutions Balanced Fund, and the
SSgA Life Solutions Growth Fund as additional sub-trusts with the relative
rights and preferences set forth in Section 4.2 of the Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, the first paragraph of Section 4.2 of the Agreement is hereby
amended to read in pertinent part as follows:

          "Section 4.2 Establishment and Designation of Sub-Trusts. Without
     limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Section 4.1 to
     establish and designate any further Sub-Trusts, the Trustees hereby
     establish and designate the following Sub-Trusts: SSgA Money Market Fund,
     SSgA US Government Money Market Fund, SSgA S&P 500 Index Fund, SSgA Small
     Cap Index Fund, SSgA Matrix Equity Fund, SSgA Active International Fund,
     SSgA International Pacific Index Fund, SSgA Bond Market Fund, SSgA Yield
     Plus Fund, SSgA US Treasury Money Market Fund, SSgA US Treasury Obligations
     Fund, SSgA Growth and Income Fund, SSgA Intermediate Fund, and SSgA Prime
     Money Market Fund, SSgA Emerging Markets Fund, SSgA Tax Free Money Market
     Fund, SSgA Real Estate Equity Fund, SSgA Life Solutions Income and Growth
     Fund, SSgA Life Solutions Balanced Fund, and SSgA Life Solutions Growth
     Fund. The Shares of each Sub-Trust and any Shares of any further Sub-Trusts
     that may from time to time be established and designated by the Trustees
     shall (unless the Trustees otherwise determine with respect to some further
     Sub-Trust at the time of establishing and designating the same) have the
     following relative rights and preferences:"

The undersigned hereby certifies that the Amendment set forth above has been
duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Master Trust Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand as of the day and
year first above written.

                                          SSgA FUNDS
                                       
                                          /s/ J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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                                          J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
                                          Secretary