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EXHIBIT (a)(2)
AMENDMENT NO. I TO THE
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF
COLONIAL HIGH INCOME MUNICIPAL TRUST
WHEREAS, Section 7(a) of Article IX of the Agreement and Declaration of
Trust of Colonial High Income Municipal Trust, a copy of which is on file in the
office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides that said
Agreement and Declaration of Trust may be amended at any time by an instrument
in writing signed by a majority of the then Trustees when authorized so to do by
a vote of a majority of the shareholders; and
WHEREAS, the amendment set forth below has been approved by the Written Consent
of the Sole Shareholder of Colonial High Income Municipal Trust;
WE THE UNDERSIGNED, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Colonial High
Income Municipal Trust, do hereby certify that the undersigned have authorized
the following amendment to said Agreement and Declaration of Trust as follows:
Section 3 of Article V is hereby amended by deleting the words "Thirty per cent
(30%)" from the first line thereof so that said section shall read in its
entirety as follows:
"Section 3. A majority of the Shares entitled to vote shall be a quorum for the
transaction of business at a Shareholders' meeting. Any lesser number, however,
shall be sufficient for adjournments. Any adjourned session or sessions may be
held within a reasonable time after the date set for the original meeting
without the necessity of further notice. Except when a larger vote is required
by any provision of this Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws, a majority of the
Shares voted shall decide any questions and a plurality shall elect a Trustee."
The foregoing amendment shall become effective as of the time this
instrument is filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands in the
City of Boston, Massachusetts for
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themselves and their assigns, on this 8th day of February, 1989.
Xxxx X. XxXxxxx, Xx.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Suffolk, ss. February 8, 1989
Then personally appeared the above-named Trustee and acknowledged the
foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed, before me.
Notary Public
My Commission expires 3/02/1995
(Notary's Seal)
