EXHIBIT (23)(a)
LORD XXXXXX TAX-FREE INCOME TRUST
AMENDMENT TO
DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUST
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Lord Xxxxxx
Tax-Free Income Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), organized
pursuant to a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated May 17, 2002 (the
"Declaration"), do hereby (i) establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the
Declaration, a new series of shares of the Trust to be designated the "Lord
Xxxxxx Insured Intermediate Tax-Free Fund" and (ii) establish, pursuant to
Section 5.3 of the Declaration, the following classes of the Lord Xxxxxx Insured
Intermediate Tax-Free Fund: Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class P. Any
variations as to purchase price, determination of net asset value, the price,
terms and manner of redemption and special and relative rights as to dividends
on liquidation, and conditions under which such series or class shall have
separate voting rights, shall be as set forth in the Declaration or as elsewhere
determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
This instrument shall constitute an amendment to the Declaration.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument this 22nd
day of April, 2003.
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxx /s/X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.X. Xxxx /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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Xxxxxxx X.X. Xxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx /s/C. Xxxx XxxXxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx C. Xxxx XxxXxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
