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NEW ENGLAND FUNDS TRUST II
SECRETARYS CERTIFICATE
I, John E. Pelletier, Secretary of New England Funds Trust II, the Trust,
a Massachusetts business trust, do hereby certify that pursuant to the
provisions of the Trusts Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust the
following vote was adopted by the Trustees as of May 14, 1999.
New England Tax Free Income Fund of New York
VOTED, that the liquidation of the New England Tax Free Income Fund of
New York as described in a memorandum dated April 30, 1999 from New
England Funds Management, L.P. is hereby approved.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto sign my name this 14th day of May, 1999
John E. Pelletier
Secretary
New England Funds Trust II
