SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A
NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a)
OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the Securities
and Exchange Commission that it registers under and pursuant to the provisions
of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with
such notification of registration submits the following information:
Name: PRECIOUS METALS AND EQUITY TRUST
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code):
2717 Furlong Road
Doylestown, PA 18901
Telephone Number (including area code): (215) 794-2980
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Peter Keefe Blume, Esquire
Yukevich, Blume, Marchetti & Zangrilli, P.C.
6th Floor, One Gateway Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Check Appropriate Box:
Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section
8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of Form
N-8A:
Yes: X No:
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
the Registrant has caused this Notification of Registration to be duly signed on
its behalf in the City of Pittsburgh, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the
3rd day of September, 1996.
PRECIOUS METALS AND EQUITY TRUST
By: PETER K. BLUME
Peter Keefe Blume, Attorney-in-Fact
Attest:
PETER K. BLUME
Peter Keefe Blume, Attorney-in-Fact
The Exhibit Index is located on page 2.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Sequential
Exhibit Item Page No.
1 Power of Attorney 4
2 Certified Resolutions 7
EXHIBIT 1
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and Trustees of Precious Metals and Equity
Trust, hereby severally constitute David W.C. Putnam, David Y. Williams, and
Peter K. Blume, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with
full power to them and each of them singly to sign for us, and in our names
and in the capacity mentioned below, any and all Registration Statements
and/or Amendments to the Registration Statements, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they
may be signed by our said attorneys to any and all amendments to said
Registration Statement, and all additional Registration Statements and
Amendments thereto.
Witness our hands and common seal on the dates set forth below.*
Signature Title Date
DAVID W.C. PUTNAM
____________________________ Chairman and Trustee June 14, 1996
David W.C. Putnam
J. STEPHEN PUTNAM
____________________________ Treasurer (Principle June 14, 1996
J. Stephen Putnam Financial Officer)
SPENCER H. LEMENAGER
____________________________ Secretary and Trustee June 14, 1996
Spencer H. LeMenager
MAURICE DONAHUE
____________________________ Trustee June 14, 1996
Maurice Donahue
DAVID Y. WILLIAMS
____________________________ President and Trustee June 14, 1996
David Y. Williams
* This Power of Attorney may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall be regarded as an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same Power of Attorney, and any of the parties hereto
may execute this Power of Attorney by signing any such counterpart.
EXHIBIT 2
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE
I, Christopher Y. Williams, Assistant Secretary for the Precious Metals
and Equity Trust, (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust, do hereby
certify that the attached is a true copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the
Trustees of the Trust, and that said resolutions are still in full force and
effect.
CHRISTOPHER Y. WILLIAMS
Dated: September 3, 1996 _________________________
Christopher Y. Williams
Assistant Secretary
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VOTED: That Peter K. Blume, Esquire, attorney for the Trust, be and hereby
is named and constituted agent for service with respect to the
aforesaid Registration Statement to receive notices and
communication with respect to the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act, with
all power consequent upon such designation of and under the rules
and regulations of the Commission.
VOTED: That the signature of any officer of the Trust required by law to be
affixed to the Registration Statement, or to any amendment thereof,
may be affixed by said officer personally or by an attorney-in-fact
duly constituted in writing by said officer to sign his name
thereto.
