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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
FORM
N-8B-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS
Pursuant to Section 8(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
DEAN WITTER SELECT GOVERNMENT TRUST
(AND SUBSEQUENT TRUSTS AND SIMILAR
SERIES OF TRUSTS)*
(Name of Unit Investment Trust)
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Not the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates.
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* Formerly:
SEARS GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT TRUST (AND SUBSEQUENT
TRUSTS AND SIMILAR SERIES OF TRUSTS)
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I. ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
3. Furnish name and principal business address and Zip
Code and the Internal Revenue Service Employer Iden-
tification Number of each custodian or trustee of
the trust indicating for which class of series of
securities each custodian or trustee is acting.
United States Trust Company of New York, 114 West
47th Street, New York, New York, 10036, I.R.S.
Employer Identification No. 13-5459866, is a Trustee
of the trust acting for certain series of securities
mentioned in answer to item 1(b) herein and speci-
fied in Exhibit D hereto.
The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, New York,
New York, 10286, I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
13-5160382, is a Trustee of the trust acting for
certain series of securities mentioned in answer to
item 1(b) herein and specified in Exhibit D hereto.
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II. EXHIBITS
*Exhibit A(1)
Trust Indenture and Agreement and related Reference
Trust Agreement among the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Evaluator.
*Exhibit A(5)
Form of Certificate of Ownership (included in Exhibit
(A(1)).
*Exhibit A(6)(a)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dean Witter
Reynolds Inc.
*Exhibit A(6)(b)
Revised By-Laws of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
*Exhibit D
Copy of Registration Statement on Form S-6.
*Exhibit E
Information as to Officers and Directors of Dean Witter
Reynolds Inc.
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* Incorporated by reference to Item B in "Part II -- Additional
Information Not Required in Prospectus" of Exhibit D hereto,
including exhibits thereto.
* Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form S-6 under
Securities Act of 1933 of the designated series of DEAN WITTER SELECT
MUNICIPAL TRUST.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Com-
pany Act of 1940, the Sponsor of the registrant has caused this
Amendment to the Registration Statement to be duly signed on
behalf of the registrant in the City of New York and State of
New York on the 24th day of March, 1994.
DEAN WITTER SELECT GOVERNMENT
TRUST (AND SUBSEQUENT TRUSTS AND
SIMILAR SERIES OF TRUSTS)
(Registrant)
DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
(Depositor)
By Michael D. Browne
Michael D. Browne
Vice President
