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SIGNATURE THOMAS G. ROSE
TITLE TREASURER
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Seligman Common Stock Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Seligman
Common Stock Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") for the year ended December 31, 1995, we
considered its internal control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the internal control
structure.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining an
internal control structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs of internal control structure policies and procedures. Two of the
objectives of an internal control structure are to provide management with
reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss
from unauthorized use or disposition and transactions are executed in accordance
with management's authorization and recorded properly to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors or
irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation
of the structure to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the
design and operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the internal control structure would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal control structure that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of the specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to
a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that
would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited may
occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters
involving the internal control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
December 31, 1995.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
February 2, 1996
SELIGMAN COMMON STOCK FUND, INC.
NSAR - Item 77C
PROXY RESULTS
Seligman Common Stock Fund Shareholders voted on the following proposals at the
Special Meeting of Shareholders held on December 12, 1995, in New York, New
York. Each Director was elected, and all other proposals were approved. The
description of each proposal and number of shares voted are as follows:
FOR AGAINST NON-VOTE
--- ------- --------
Election of Directors:
Fred E. Brown 28,157,098 1,034,406 14,971,714
John R. Galvin 28,089,418 1,100,772 14,971,727
Alice S. Ilchman 28,194,188 997,495 14,971,707
Frank A. McPherson 28,078,655 1,105,623 14,971,727
John E. Merow 28,216,081 977,206 14,971,704
Betsy S. Michel 28,223,844 967,775 14,971,701
William C. Morris 28,195,810 997,478 14,971,702
James C. Pitney 28,065,410 1,127,877 14,971,703
James Q. Riordan 28,150,338 1,034,742 14,971,712
Ronald T. Schroeder 28,214,374 978,917 14,971,700
Robert L. Shafer 28,209,518 983,601 14,971,699
James N. Whitson 28,212,565 979,056 14,971,699
Brian T. Zino 28,212,981 978,709 14,971,700
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Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors:27,869,116 275,803 1,048,373 14,971,698
Approval of amendment to the Management Agreement to
increase management fee payable by the Fund: 20,614,579 6,894,426 1,684,288 14,971,698
Approval of amendment to the Subadvisory Agreement to
increase the subadvisory fee payable by J. & W. Seligman
& Co. Incorporated: 20,754,669 6,652,279 1,786,345 14,971,697
Approval of amendment of Fund's fundamental investment
policy to increase the amount that may be borrowed to 15%
of the market value of the Fund's total assets: 23,212,314 4,400,446 1,580,531 14,971,699
Approval of amendment of Fund's fundamental investment
policy to permit mortgaging or pledging of its assets: 22,990,944 4,394,990 1,811,358 14,987,698
Approval of amendment of Fund's fundamental investment
policy with respect to investment in real estate investment
trusts: 24,513,910 3,123,350 1,556,033 14,971,698
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