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N-8B-2, 1998-02-03
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                AMENDMENT NO. 29

                                       TO

                                      FORM

                                     N-8B-2

                                File No. 811-2868



           REGISTRATION STATEMENT OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS WHICH ARE
                          CURRENTLY ISSUING SECURITIES


                                February 3, 1998


                         Pursuant to Section 8(b) of the
                         Investment Company Act of 1940


                       New York Municipal Trust, Series 1
                            (and Subsequent Series);
                New York Discount & Zero Coupon Fund - 1st Series
                            (and Subsequent Series);
                      Municipal Securities Trust, Series 1
                            (and Subsequent Series);
                               1st Discount Series
                            (and Subsequent Series);
                              High Income Series 1
                            (and Subsequent Series);
                              Multi-State Series 1
                            (and Subsequent Series);
                        Short-Intermediate Term Series 1
                            (and Subsequent Series);
                       Insured Municipal Securities Trust,
                         Series 1 (Multiplier Portfolio)
                            (and Subsequent Series);
                        Series 1 (and Subsequent Series);
                             and 5th Discount Series
                            (and Subsequent Series);
                     Mortgage Securities Trust CMO Series 1
                             (and Subsequent Series)
                        Equity Securities Trust Series 1
                             (and Subsequent Series)
                     --------------------------------------
                               Name of Registrant

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                                600 Fifth Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022

                   Address and Principal Office of Registrant




  X    Not the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates.
_____
_____  Issuer of periodic payment plan certificates.


Amending items 2, 3, 4, 25, 28(a)(b), 29, and 30.

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I.  ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION


           2. Furnish name and principal business address and ZIP Code and the
Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification Number of each depositor of the
trust.

                         Reich & Tang Distributors, Inc.
                         600 Fifth Avenue
                         New York, New York 10020

                         Internal Revenue Service Employer
                         Identification Number: 13-3983997

           3. Furnish name and principal business address and ZIP Code
and the Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification Number of each
custodian or trustee of the trust indicating for which class or series of
securities each custodian or trustee is
acting.

                         Trustee:
                         -------
                         The Chase Manhattan Bank
                         4 New York Plaza
                         New York, New York  10004

                         Internal Revenue Service Employer
                         Identification Number: 13-4994650

           4. Furnish name and principal business address and ZIP Code and the
Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification Number of each principal
underwriter currently distributing securities of the trust.

                         Reich & Tang Distributors, Inc.
                         600 Fifth Avenue
                         New York, New York 10020

                         Internal Revenue Service Employer
                         Identification Number: 13-3983997


III.  ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND AFFILIATED PERSONS OF DEPOSITOR

         Organization and Operations of Depositor

           25. State the form of organization of the depositor of the trust, the
name of the state or other sovereign power under the laws of which the depositor
was organized and the date of organization.


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                  The Depositor of the Trust, Reich & Tang Distributors, Inc.,
                  is a Corporation organized in 1997 under the laws of the State
                  of Delaware.

         Officials and Affiliated Persons of Depositor

           28. (a) Furnish as at latest practicable date the following
information with respect to the depositor of the trust, with respect to each
officer, director, or partner of the depositor, and with respect to each natural
person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote
5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the depositor.

           Reference is made to Exhibit E hereto.

               (b) Furnish a brief statement of the business experience during
the last five years of each officer, director or partner of the depositor.

           Reference is made to Exhibit E hereto.

           Companies Owning Securities of Depositor.

            29. Furnish as at latest practicable date the following information
with respect to each company which directly or indirectly owns, controls or
holds with power to vote 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the
depositor.

           Reference is made to Exhibit E hereto.



           Controlling Persons

            30. Furnish as at latest practicable date the following information
with respect to any person, other than those covered by Items 28, 29 and 42, who
directly or indirectly controls the depositor.

           Reference is made to Exhibit E hereto.


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                                       SIGNATURE

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
the undersigned depositor of the Registrant has caused this Registration
Statement to be duly signed on behalf of the Registrant in the City and State of
New York, on the 3rd day of February, 1998.

                                       NEW YORK MUNICIPAL TRUST
                                         SERIES 1 (and SUBSEQUENT SERIES);
                                         NEW YORK DISCOUNT & ZERO COUPON FUND -
                                         1ST SERIES (and SUBSEQUENT SERIES);
                                       MUNICIPAL SECURITIES TRUST,
                                         SERIES 1 (and SUBSEQUENT
                                         SERIES); 1ST DISCOUNT
                                         SERIES (and SUBSEQUENT
                                         SERIES); HIGH INCOME
                                         SERIES 1 (and SUBSEQUENT
                                         SERIES); SHORT-
                                         INTERMEDIATE TERM SERIES
                                         1 (and SUBSEQUENT
                                         SERIES); MULTI-STATE
                                         SERIES 1 (and SUBSEQUENT
                                         SERIES);
                                       INSURED MUNICIPAL SECURITIES TRUST,
                                         SERIES 1 (MULTIPLIER PORTFOLIO)
                                         (and SUBSEQUENT SERIES);
                                         SERIES 1 (and SUBSEQUENT SERIES);
                                         AND 5TH DISCOUNT SERIES (and
                                         SUBSEQUENT SERIES);
                                       MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST, CMO
                                         SERIES 1 (and SUBSEQUENT SERIES)
                                       EQUITY SECURITIES TRUST, SERIES 1
                                         (and SUBSEQUENT SERIES)
                                                (Name of Registrant)

                                       REICH & TANG DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                                         (the Depositor)


                                       By:/s/ Peter J. DeMarco
                                       -----------------------
                                       Peter J. DeMarco
                                       Executive Vice President


Attest:/s/Bernadette N. Finn
       ----------------------
       Bernadette N. Finn
       Title: Vice President


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IX.  EXHIBITS


No.   Description
- ---   -----------

1.    Certificate of Incorporation of the Depositor (filed as
      Exhibit 99.1.3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 No.
      333-44301 of Equity Securities Trust, Series 16, Signature
      Series, Zacks All-Star Analysts Trust III on January 15, 1998
      and incorporated herein by reference).

2.    By-Laws of the Depositor (filed as Exhibit 99.1.3.6 to the
      Registration Statement on Form S-6 No. 333-44301 of Equity
      Securities Trust, Series 16, Signature Series, Zacks All-Star
      Analysts Trust III on January 15, 1998 and incorporated
      herein by reference).


Exhibit E


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                                                                       EXHIBIT E

                                                          As of February 3, 1998


I.       Information as to each officer, director or partner of Reich & Tang
         Distributors, Inc., and with respect to each natural person directly or
         indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 5% or more
         of the outstanding voting securities of Reich & Tang Distributors, Inc.


Name                     Title/Position                 Business Address
- ----                     --------------                 ----------------

Steven W. Duff           Director                       600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
Richard E. Smith         Director and President         600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
Peter S. Voss            Director                       600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
G. Neal Ryland           Director                       600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
Peter J. DeMarco         Executive Vice President       600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
Lorraine C. Hysler       Secretary                      600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
Richard L. Weiner        Vice President                 600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
Richard De Sanctis       Treasurer                      600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
Robert F. Hoerle         Managing Director              600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
Bernadette N. Finn       Vice President                 600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020
Edward N. Wadsworth      Executive Officer              600 Fifth Avenue
                                                        New York, NY  10020

As of the date hereof, none of the referenced persons own 5% or more of Reich &
Tang Distributors, Inc.

  As of the date hereof, none of the referenced persons own any Units of the
Trust.

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II.      The business experience during the last five years of each officer and
         director of Reich & Tang Distributors, Inc.

Steven W. Duff - President of the Mutual Funds Division of Reich & Tang Asset
Management L.P. ("RTAM LP") since September 1994. Mr. Duff was formerly Director
of Mutual Fund Administration at NationsBank which he was associated with from
June 1981 to August 1994. Mr. Duff serves as officer and director for numerous
mutual funds advised by RTAM LP.

Richard De Sanctis - Vice President and Treasurer of Reich & Tang Asset
Management, Inc. ("RTAM") and RTAM LP since 1994; Assistant Treasurer of New
England Investment Companies, Inc. ("NEIC") since 1993. Mr. De Sanctis was
formerly Controller of Reich & Tang, Inc. from January 1992 to September 1993
and Vice President and Treasurer of Cortland Financial Group, Inc., and Vice
President of Cortland Distributors, Inc. from 1989 to December 1990. Mr. De
Sanctis serves as Treasurer for numerous mutual funds advised by RTAM LP.

Bernadette N. Finn - Vice President of RTAM LP since 1994. Ms. Finn was formerly
Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Reich & Tang, Inc. which she was
associated with from September 1970 to September 1993. Ms. Finn is also
Secretary of numerous mutual funds advised by RTAM LP.

Peter S. Voss - President and Director of RTAM since 1994; Chairman and CEO of
NEIC since 1993; Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of a predecessor
organization to NEIC from 1992 until 1993; and Director of New England Mutual
Life Insurance Co. since 1993. Formerly Group Executive Vice President of Bank
of America April 1992 to October 1992; and Executive Vice President of Security
Pacific National Bank from 1988 through 1992 during which time Mr. Voss was also
CEO of Hoare Govett Companies, a subsidiary of Security Pacific National Bank.

G. Neal Ryland - Director of RTAM since 1994; Executive Vice President, CFO and
Treasurer of NEIC since 1993. Formerly CFO of The Boston Company From 1989 to
1993.

Richard E. Smith, III - President of the Capital Management Group of RTAM LP
since 1994; Executive Vice President of Rhode Island Hospital Trust from 1993 to
1994. Formerly President and CEO of USF & G Review Management Corporation from
1988 to 1992.

Peter J. DeMarco - Executive Vice President of RTAM LP since 1995. Formerly
Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. from 1981 to 1995.

Lorraine C. Hysler - Ms. Hysler has been Secretary of RTAM and RTAM LP since
1994 and Assistant Secretary of NEIC since September 1993. Ms. Hysler has been a
Vice President of

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the Mutual Funds Group of RTAM LP since July 1994. Ms. Hysler joined Reich &
Tang, Inc. in May 1977.

Edward N. Wadsworth - Mr. Wadsworth has been Clerk of RTAM since 1994. Mr.
Wadsworth is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Clerk and Secretary of
NEIC since 1993. He held comparable posts with a predecessor organization to
NEIC from 1989 to 1993. He was Senior Vice President and Associate General
Counsel of The New England from 1984 until December 1992.

Richard I. Weiner - Mr. Weiner has been Vice President of the Capital Management
Group of RTAM LP since 1994. Mr. Weiner joined Reich & Tang, Inc. in August 1970
and served as a Vice President of such from 1982 to 1993.

Robert F. Hoerle - Mr. Hoerle has been Managing Director of the Capital
Management Division of RTAM LP since 1993. Mr. Hoerle joined Reich & Tang, Inc.
in February 1971 and served as Chairman and Director of such until September
1993.

III.     Each Company which directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with
         power to vote 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of Reich
         & Tang Distributors, Inc.

         Reich & Tang Asset Management, Inc.    :      Owns 100% of Reich & Tang
                                                       Distributors, Inc.

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