EXHIBIT (1)(b)
STATE STREET RESEARCH TAX-EXEMPT TRUST
Amendment No. 3
to
Second Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement
INSTRUMENT OF AMENDMENT
Pursuant to Article VII, Section 7.3 and Article IV, Section 4.1 of the
Second Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement (the "Master Trust
Agreement") of State Street Research Tax-Exempt Trust (the "Trust") dated June
5, 1993, as heretofore amended, the following action is taken:
The first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 4.2 of Article IV of
the Master Trust Agreement is hereby amended to read 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 two Sub-Trusts: The 'State Street Research Tax-Exempt Fund' and
'State Street Research New York Tax-Free Fund.'"
This Amendment shall operate to abolish State Street Research California
Tax-Free Fund, State Street Research Florida Tax-Free Fund, State Street
Research Massachusetts Tax-Free Fund, State Street Research Pennsylvania
Tax-Free Fund, State Street Research Texas Tax-Free Fund and State Street
Research Virginia Tax-Free Fund and shall be effective as of April 30, 1996.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Trustees of the Trust hereby adopt the
foregoing on behalf of the Trust pursuant to Article IV, Section 4.1.
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