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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION PURSUANT TO RULE 18f-1
UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Exact Name of Registrant
BOWES INVESTMENT TRUST
4520 East West Hwy., Suite 540
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
301-654-9567
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NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION
The undersigned registered open-end investment company hereby
notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it elects to commit itself
to pay in cash all redemptions by a shareholder of record as provided by Rule
18f-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. It is understood
that this election is irrevocable while such Rule is in effect unless the
Commission by order or upon application permits the withdrawal of this
Notification of Election.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 18f-1 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, the registrant has caused this notification of
election to be duly executed on its behalf in the City of Bethesda and the State
of Maryland on the 3rd day of February 1998.
Signature Bowes Investment Trust
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(Name of Registrant)
By /s/ Robert B. Bowes
Robert B. Bowes
Chairman
Attest:
By: /s/ Thomas I. Carocci
Thomas I. Carocci
Vice President and Secretary
The name "Bowes Investment Trust" is the designation of the Trustees
under the Declaration of Trust, dated February 3, 1998, as amended from time to
time. The Declaration of Trust has been filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. The obligations of the Trust are not personally binding upon,
nor shall resort be had to, the private property of any of the Trustees,
shareholders, officers, employees or agents of the Trust, but only the Trust's
property shall be bound.