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Exhibit (i)(6)
July 7, 2000
Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Re: ALLIANCE SELECT INVESTOR SERIES, INC. - BIOTECHNOLOGY
PORTFOLIO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Maryland counsel for Alliance
Select Investor Series, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
"Fund"), in connection with the issuance of shares of the Class A
Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, and Class C Common Stock of
its Biotechnology Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), par value $.001
per share (each a "Class" and, collectively, the "Shares").
As special Maryland counsel for the Fund, we are
familiar with its Charter and Bylaws. We have examined the
prospectus with respect to the Portfolio included in Post-
Effective Amendment No. 9 to its Registration Statement on Form
N-1A, File Nos. 333-8818; 811-9176 (the "Registration
Statement"), substantially in the form in which it is to become
effective (the "Prospectus"). We have further examined and
relied upon a certificate of the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation to the effect that the Fund is duly
incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland
and is in good standing and duly authorized to transact business
in the State of Maryland.
We have also examined and relied upon such corporate
records of the Fund and other documents and certificates with
respect to factual matters as we have deemed necessary to render
the opinion expressed herein. We have assumed, without
independent verification, the genuineness of all signatures on
documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, and the conformity with originals
of all documents submitted to us as copies.
Based on such examination, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Fund is duly organized and validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Maryland.
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2. The Shares of the Portfolio to be offered for sale
pursuant to the Prospectus are, to the extent of the respective
number of Shares of each Class of the Portfolio authorized to be
issued by the Fund in its Charter, duly authorized and, when
sold, issued and paid for as contemplated by the Registration
Statement, will have been validly and legally issued and will be
fully paid and nonassessable under the laws of the State of
Maryland.
This letter expresses our opinion with respect to the
Maryland General Corporation Law. It does not extend to the
securities or "blue sky" laws of Maryland, to federal securities
laws or to other laws.
You may rely upon our foregoing opinion in rendering
your opinion to the Fund that is to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. This opinion may not be relied upon by
any other person or for any other purpose without our prior
written consent. We consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us
in the Statement of Additional Information supplementing the
Prospectus under the caption "Counsel". We do not thereby admit
that we are "experts" within the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933 and the regulations thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP
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