EX-99.B(a)gsartsup
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TO
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
UNITED GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND, INC.
Pursuant to Sections 2-105, 2-605 and 2-607 of the Maryland General
Corporation Law, United Government Securities Fund, Inc. (the
"Corporation"), a Maryland corporation, having its principal office in
Baltimore, Maryland, hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment to
the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, as previously supplemented and
amended ("Articles of Incorporation"):
FIRST: As amended, effective June 30, 2000, Article SECOND of the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation shall read as follows: "The name
of the Corporation is Waddell & Reed Advisors Government Securities Fund,
Inc., hereinafter called the 'Corporation'."
SECOND: The amendment contained herein was approved by a majority of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation and is limited to changes
permitted by Section 2-605(a)(4) of the Maryland General Corporation Law to
be made without action by the stockholders of the Corporation.
THIRD: The Corporation is registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Vice President of the Corporation
hereby executes these Articles of Amendment on behalf of the Corporation
this 15th day of June, 2000.
United Government Securities Fund, Inc.
(Corporate Seal)
/s/ Kristen A. Richards______
Kristen A. Richards, Vice President
Attest: /s/ Daniel C. Schulte____
Daniel C. Schulte,
Assistant Secretary
The undersigned, Vice President of United Government Securities Fund,
Inc. who executed on behalf of said Corporation the foregoing Articles of
Amendment, of which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges,
in the name and on behalf of said Corporation, the foregoing Articles of
Amendment to be the act of said Corporation and further certifies that, to
the best of her knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts
set forth therein with respect to the approval thereof are true in all
material respects, under the penalties of perjury.
By: /s/ Kristen A. Richards_______
Kristen A. Richards, Vice
President
