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SIGNATURE MARK NAGLE
TITLE CONTROLLER
Report of Independent Auditors
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
First American Funds, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of First American Funds, Inc., collectively
referred to as the "Funds", for the year ended September
30, 1999, we considered its internal control, including
control activities 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 internal control.
The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing
and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management
are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs of controls. Generally, controls that are relevant
to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing
financial statements for external purposes that are fairly
presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets
against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors
or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of
any evaluation of internal control 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 internal control would not necessarily
disclose all matters in internal control 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 one or more of the specific internal control
components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk that misstatements caused by errors or fraud 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
internal control and its operation, including controls for
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above at September 30, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management, the Board of Directors of the Funds, and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to
be and should not be used by anyone other than these
specified parties.
/s/Ernst & Young, LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 2, 1999
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