U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
1. Name and address of issuer:
NUVEEN MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this
notice is filed:
Nuveen Municipal Bond Fund, Class A, C & R
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-2692
Securities Act File Number: 2-57408
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
February 29, 1996
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180
days after the close of the issuer's fiscal year for
purposes of reporting securities sold after the close of
the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's
24f-2 declaration;
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6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule
24f-2(a)(1), if applicable: N/A
7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or
series which had been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933 other than pursuant to rule 24f-2 in a prior
fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning of
the fiscal year:
$ 0.00
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the
fiscal year other than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
$ 0.00
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold
during the fiscal year:
$ 616,665,293
10. Number and aggregate sales price of securities sold
during the fiscal year in reliance upon registration
pursuant to rule 24f-2:
$ 616,665,293
11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued
during the fiscal year in connection with dividend
reinvestment plans; if applicable:
12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):
$ 616,665,293
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection
with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if
applicable):
N/A
(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased
during the fiscal year (if applicable):
$526,292,941
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased
and previously applied as a reduction to filing fees
pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable):
$
(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued
during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line
(i), plus line (ii), less line (iii), plus (iv)] (if applicable):
$ 90,372,352
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or
regulation:
1/2900
(vii) Fee due [line (I) or line (v) multiplied by line
(vi)]:
$31,162.88
13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the
Commission's lockbox depository as described in section
3a of the Commission's Rules of Informal and Other
Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a). [ X ]
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the
Commission's lockbox depository: April 18, 1996
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By:
Gifford R. Zimmerman
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Date: April 23, 1996
Exhibit: Opinion of Counsel
April 19, 1996
Nuveen Municipal Bond Fund
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
RE: Rule 24f-2 Notice
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Nuveen Municipal Bond Fund, a
Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"), in connection with the Trust 's
registration, pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, of an indefinite number of its shares of Beneficial Interest,
par value $.10 per share designated as (i) Class A Common Shares
(the "Class A Shares"), (ii) Class C Common Shares (the "Class C Shares"),
and (iii) Class R Common Shares (the "Class R Shares") (such Class A Shares,
Class C Shares and Class R Shares are referred to collectively herein as the
"Shares"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We understand
that, pursuant to such Rule 24f-2, the Trust proposes to file
a notice (the "Notice") with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") with respect to the fiscal year ended February 29, 1996,
in order to make definite in number the registration of Shares in the aggregate
amount of $616,665,293. This opinion is being delivered to you in connection
with the Trust's filing of such Notice.
In connection with this opinion, we have reviewed, among other things,
executed copies of the following documents:
(a) a certificate of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts as to the existence of the Trust;
(b) copies, certified by the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, of the Trust's Declaration of Trust and of all amendments
thereto on file in the office of the Secretary of State;
(c) a certificate executed by Morrison C. Warren, an Assistant Secretary of
the Trust, certifying as to, and attaching copies of, the Trust's Declaration
of Trust and By-Laws, as amended (the "By-Laws") and certain resolutions
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Trust authorizing the issuance of
the Shares covered by the Notice; and
(d) a certificate executed by H. William Stabenow, the Treasurer of the Trust,
as to the issuance of the Shares in accordance with the Trust's Declaration
of Trust and By-Laws and as to the receipt by the Trust of the net asset
value of the Shares covered by the Notice.
In our capacity as counsel to the Trust, we have examined the originals, or
certified, conformed or reproduced copies, of all records, agreements,
instruments and documents as we have deemed relevant or necessary as the
basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In all such examinations, we
have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons executing documents,
the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all original or
certified copies, and the conformity to original or certified copies of all
copies submitted to us as conformed or reproduced copies. As to various
questions of fact relevant to such opinion, we have relied upon, and assume
the accuracy of, certificates and oral or written statements of public
officials and officers or representatives of the Trust.
Based upon, and subject to, the limitations set forth herein, we are of the
opinion that the Shares covered by the Notice were legally issued and (to
the extent still outstanding) are fully paid and nonassessable except that,
as set forth in the Trust's registration statement as currently in effect
filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1933 Act, shareholders of the
Trust may, under certain circumstances, be held personally
liable for its obligations.
This opinion expressed herein is limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Very truly yours,
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON
By: Thomas S. Harman
