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TITLE TREASURER
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THE SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
FRANKLIN FEDERAL TAX-FREE INCOME FUND APRIL 30, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT AND
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
and financial highlights of the Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income
Fund for the year ended April 30, 1995, we considered its internal
control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and
financial highlights and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the internal control structure.
The management of the Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income Fund is
responsible for establishing and maintaining an internal control
structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgements by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of internal control structure policies
and procedures. Two of the objectives of an internal control
structure are to provide management with reasonable, but not
absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss from
unauthorized use or disposition and that transactions are executed
in accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure,
errors or irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also,
projection of any evaluation of the structure 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 the internal control structure would not
necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control structure
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 the
specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in
amounts that would be material in relation to the financial
statements and financial highlights 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 the internal control structure, including
procedures for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be
material weaknesses, as defined above, as of April 30, 1995.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management of the Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income Fund and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
S\COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
San Francisco, California
June 2, 1995
EXHIBIT 77 C
FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.
777 Mariners Island Blvd.
P.O. Box 7777
San Mateo, CA 94403-7777
415/312-3000
ACTION OF SOLE SHAREHOLDER BY WRITTEN CONSENT
The undersigned, being the sole shareholder of the Class II
shares of each of the Franklin Templeton Funds listed on the
attached Schedule A (the "Funds"), each of which is a series of
the Investment Companies as indicated on Schedule A (the
"Companies"), does hereby take the following actions and does
hereby consent to the following resolution:
RESOLVED: That the Distribution Plans pursuant to Rule
12b-1 (under the Investment Company Act of 1940), as
agreed to and accepted by Franklin/Templeton
Distributors, Inc. and each of the Companies prior to
the date below, be and it hereby is, approved for each
Fund.
By execution hereof, the undersigned shareholder waives
prior notice of the foregoing action by written consent.
FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.
s/H.E. Burns
Dated as of: April 28, 1995 By: Harmon E. Burns
Executive Vice President
SCHEDULE A
INVESTMENT COMPANY FUND & CLASS; TITAN NUMBER
Franklin Gold Fund Franklin Gold Fund - Class II; 232
Franklin Equity Fund Franklin Equity Fund - Class II; 234
Franklin Custodian Funds, Inc. Growth Series - Class II; 206
Utilities Series - Class II;
207
Income Series - Class II; 209
U.S. Government Securities
Series - Class II; 210
Franklin California Tax-Free Franklin California Tax-Free Income
Income Fund, Inc. Fund - Class II; 212
Franklin New York Tax-Free Franklin New York Tax-Free Income
Income Fund, Inc. Fund - Class II; 215
Franklin Federal Tax-Free Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income
Income Fund Fund -Class II; 216
Franklin Managed Trust Franklin Rising Dividends
Fund - Class II; 258
Franklin California Tax-Free Franklin California Insured Tax-Free
Trust
Income Fund - Class II; 224
Franklin New York Tax-Free Trust Franklin New York Insured Tax-Free
Income Fund - Class II; 281
Franklin Investors Securities Franklin Global Government Income
Trust
Fund - Class II; 235
Franklin Equity Income
Fund - Class II; 239
Franklin Strategic Series Franklin Global Utilities
Fund - Class II; 297
Franklin Real Estate Securities Franklin Real Estate Securities
Trust
Fund - Class II; 292
INVESTMENT COMPANY FUND AND CLASS; TITAN NUMBER
Franklin Tax-Free Franklin Alabama Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II;
264
Trust Franklin Arizona Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II;
226
Franklin Colorado Tax-Free Income Fund - Class
II; 227
Franklin Connecticut Tax Free Income
Fund - Class II; 266
Franklin Florida Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II;
265
Franklin Georgia Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II;
228
Franklin High Yield Tax-Free Income Fund - Class
II; 230
Franklin Insured Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II;
221
Franklin Louisiana Tax-Free Income Fund - Class
II; 268
Franklin Maryland Tax-Free Income Fund - Class
II; 269
Franklin Massachusetts Insured Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 218
Franklin Michigan Insured Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 219
Franklin Minnesota Insured Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 220
Franklin Missouri Tax-Free Income Fund - Class
II; 260
Franklin New Jersey Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 271
Franklin North Carolina Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 270
Franklin Ohio Insured Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 222
Franklin Oregon Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II;
261
Franklin Pennsylvania Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 229
Franklin Puerto Rico Tax-Free Income
Fund - Class II; 223
Franklin Texas Tax-Free Income Fund - Class II;
262
Franklin Virginia Tax-Free Income Fund - Class
II; 263
1
NAME OF REGISTRANT:
Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income Fund
File No. 811-3395
EXHIBIT ITEM No. 77C:
Submission of matters to a vote of security holders.
At a special meeting of shareholders of the registrant held on
March 24, 1995 the following item was voted upon:
To approve an amendment to the Fund's Articles of Incorporation
to permit the issuance of an additional class of shares and to
make other conforming changes.
Vote For Vote Against
302,304,147 20,392,490
NSAR\0116-77c.mc June 15, 1995
