AMENDED EXHIBIT A ------------------ Portfolios covered by the Custody Agreement effective as of September 1, 1995, as amended, between The Chase Manhattan Bank and Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc. Tax-Exempt Money Fund New York Intermediate-Term...

                                 AMENDED EXHIBIT A
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Portfolios covered by the Custody Agreement effective as of September 1, 1995,
as amended, between The Chase Manhattan Bank and Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds,
Inc.


                    Tax-Exempt Money Fund
                    New York Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
                    Short-Term Tax-Exempt Securities Fund
                    Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
                    Long-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
                    California Tax-Exempt Income Fund
                    New York Tax-Exempt Money Fund



                              THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.


                              By:  /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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                                     Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx



                              EXCELSIOR TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS, INC.


                              By:  /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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                                     Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx


Dated:  July 31, 1998