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SIGNATURE RICHARD F. COOK, JR.
TITLE SECRETARY
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EXHIBIT 1
For Period Ending: 6/30/99
File Number 811-19
This report is signed on behalf of the registrant (or depositor or trustee) in
the City of Boston and State of Massachusetts on the 26th day of August, 1999.
CENTURY SHARES TRUST
(Name of registrant, depositor
or trustee)
BY: /s/ ALLAN W. FULKERSON
Allan W. Fulkerson,
Chairman and Managing Trustee
Witness: /s/ RICHARD F. COOK, JR.
Richard F. Cook, Jr.
Secretary
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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