EX-99.23.i
BROWN, CUMMINS & BROWN CO., L.P.A.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
3500 CAREW TOWER
J. W. BROWN (1911-1995) 441 VINE STREET JOANN M. STRASSER
JAMES R. CUMMINS CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 AARON A. VANDERLAAN
ROBERT S BROWN TELEPHONE (513) 381-2121
DONALD S. MENDELSOHN TELECOPIER (513) 381-2125
LYNNE SKILKEN OF COUNSEL
AMY G. APPLEGATE GILBERT BETTMAN
KATHRYN KNUE PRZYWARA
MELANIE S. CORWIN
July 7, 2000
The BSG Funds
1105 Schrock Road, Suite 437
Columbus, Ohio 43229
Gentlemen:
This letter is in response to your request for our opinion in connection
with the filing of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration
Statement of The BSG Funds.
We have examined a copy of the Trust's Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust, the Trust's By-Laws, the Trust's record of the various
actions by the Trustees thereof, and all such agreements, certificates of public
officials, certificates of officers and representatives of the Trust and others,
and such other documents, papers, statutes and authorities as we deem necessary
to form the basis of the opinion hereinafter expressed. We have assumed the
genuineness of the signatures and the conformity to original documents of the
copies of such documents supplied to us as original or photostat copies.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that after Post Effective
Amendment No. 7 is effective for purposes of federal and applicable state
securities laws, the shares of The Banc Stock Group Fund and The Diamond Hill
Focus Fund, each a series of the Trust, if issued in accordance with the then
current Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information of such Funds,
will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We herewith give you our permission to file this opinion with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Post-Effective Amendment
No. 7 referred to above.
Very truly yours,
/s/ BROWN, CUMMINS & BROWN CO., L.P.A.
BROWN, CUMMINS & BROWN CO., L.P.A.
