IN PROCESS FSTMT TF FINAL Y N
1933 Act File No.2-72277
1940 Act File No.811-3181
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 X
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 X
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No.
Federated Short-Term Municipal Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Federated Investors Tower
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(412) 288-1900
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
John W. McGonigle, Esquire, Federated Investors Tower,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
X immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
on _________________ pursuant to paragraph (b)
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)
on pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485.
Registrant has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
declaration pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of
1940, and:
filed the Notice required by that Rule on 1995; or
intends to file the Notice required by that Rule on or about
___________; or
X during the most recent fiscal year did not sell any securities pursuant
to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and, pursuant
to Rule 24f-2(b)(2), need not file the Notice.
Copies to:
Charles H. Morin, Esquire
Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, L.L.P
2101 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Proposed
Title of Proposed Maximum
Securities Amount Maximum Aggregate Amount of
Being Being Offering Price Offering Registration
Registered Registered Per Unit Price* Fee
Shares of
beneficial 17,995,631 $10.29 $185,175,043 $100.00
interest
*Registrant has elected to calculate its filing fee in the manner described
in Rule 24e-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The total amount of
securities redeemed during the previous fiscal year was 17,995,631. The
total amount of redeemed securities used for reductions pursuant to
paragraph (a) of Rule 24e-2 or paragraph (c) of Rule 24f-2 during the
current year was 0. The amount of redeemed securities being used for
reduction of the registration fee in this Amendment is 17,995,631.
CONTENTS OF AMENDMENT
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement of
FEDERATED SHORT-TERM MUNICIPAL TRUST is comprised of the following papers
and documents:
1. The facing sheet to register a definite
number of shares of beneficial interest,
no par value, of FEDERATED SHORT-TERM MUNICIPAL TRUST;
2. The legal opinion of counsel for the Registrant, as
to the legality of shares being offered; and as to
the eligibility to become effective pursuant to
Paragraph (b) of Rule 485; and
3. Signature page.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, FEDERATED SHORT-TERM
MUNICIPAL TRUST, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for
effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this
Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 15th day of August, 1995.
FEDERATED SHORT-TERM MUNICIPAL TRUST
BY: /s/G. Andrew Bonnewell
G. Andrew Bonnewell, Assistant Secretary
Attorney in Fact for John F. Donahue
August 15, 1995
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following person in the capacity and on the date indicated:
NAME TITLE DATE
By: /s/G. Andrew Bonnewell
G. Andrew Bonnewell Attorney In Fact August 15, 1995
Assistant Secretary For the Persons
Listed Below
NAME TITLE
John F. Donahue* Chairman and Trustee
(Chief Executive Officer)
Glen R. Johnson President
Edward C. Gonzales (Vice President, and Treasurer
Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
John W. McGonigle Vice President and Secretary
Thomas G. Bigley* Trustee
Edward L. Flaherty, Jr.* Trustee
Gregor F. Meyer* Trustee
Marjorie P. Smuts* Trustee
William J. Copeland* Trustee
James E. Dowd* Trustee
Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D.* Trustee
Wesley W. Posvar* Trustee
Peter E. Madden* Trustee
John T. Conroy, Jr.* Trustee
* By Power of Attorney
Federated Administrative
Services
FEDERATED INVESTORS TOWER
PITTSBURGH, PA 15222-3779
412-288-1900
August 15, 1995
Federated Short-Term Municipal Trust
Federated Investors Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Gentlemen:
You have requested my opinion in connection with the registration by
Federated Short-Term Municipal Trust ("Trust") of an additional 17,995,631
Shares of Beneficial Interest ("Shares") pursuant to Post-effective Amendment
No. 27 to the Trust's registration statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 2-72277). The
subject Post-effective Amendment will be filed pursuant to Paragraph (b) of
Rule 485 and become effective pursuant to said Rule immediately upon filing.
As counsel I have participated in the preparation and filing of the
Trust's amended registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933
referred to above. Further, I have examined and am familiar with the
provisions of the Declaration of Trust dated May 8, 1981, ("Declaration of
Trust"), the Bylaws of the Trust and such other documents and records deemed
relevant. I have also reviewed questions of law and consulted with counsel
thereon as deemed necessary or appropriate by me for the purposes of this
opinion.
On the basis of the foregoing, it is my opinion that:
1. The Trust is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
2. The Shares which are currently being registered by the
Registration Statement referred to above may be legally and validly issued
from time to time in accordance with the Declaration of Trust upon receipt of
consideration sufficient to comply with the Declaration of Trust and subject
to compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and applicable state laws regulating the sale
of securities. Such Shares, when so issued, will be fully paid and non-
assessable by the Trust.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as a part of the Trust's
registration statement referred to above and as a part of any application or
registration statement filed under the securities laws of the States of the
United States.
States
States and the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and I am expressing
no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
Very truly yours,
G. Andrew Bonnewell
Fund Attorney
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