SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
Three Year Period Ending 1998
FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)
Statement Pursuant to Section 12(i) of Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935 by a Person Regularly Employed or
Retained by a Registered Holding Company or a Subsidiary
Thereof and Whose Employment Contemplates Only Routine Expenses
as Specified in Rule 71(b)
(To be filed in DUPLICATE. If acknowledgment is desired,
file in triplicate.)
1. Name and business address of person filing
statement.
E. Ellsworth McMeen, III, Esq.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
125 West 55th Street 1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
New York, New York 10019 Washington, D.C. 20009
2. Names and business addresses of any persons through
whom the undersigned proposes to act in matters included within
the exemption provided by paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.
See Item 1.
3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary
companies by which the undersigned is regularly employed or
retained.
The Columbia Gas System, Inc. and subsidiaries
4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned
is employed or retained by each of the companies named in item 3,
and brief description of nature of services to be rendered in
each such position or relationship.
Partner in LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.,
a firm regularly rendering legal services to
The Columbia Gas System, Inc. and subsidiaries
5. (a) Compensation received during the current year
and estimated to be received over the next two calendar years by
the undersigned or others, directly or indirectly, for services
rendered by the undersigned, from each of the companies
designated in item 3. (Use column (a) as supplementary statement
only.)
Salary or
other
compensation
to be Person or company from
Name of received received whom received or
recipient (a) (b) to be received
LeBoeuf, Lamb, -- Regular The Columbia Gas
Greene & hourly System, Inc.
MacRae, L.L.P. billing
rates
(b) Basis for compensation if other than salary.
See (a) above.
6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only.
See instructions.) Expenses incurred by the undersigned or other
person named in item 2, above, during the calendar year in
connection with the activities described in item 4, above, and
the source or sources of reimbursement for same.
(a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to
client:
(b) Itemized list of all other expenses:
Date: January 29, 1996 (Signed): /s/E. Ellsworth McMeen, III
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene &
MacRae, L.L.P.
