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SIGNATURE THOMAS F. MCDONOUGH
TITLE VICE PRESIDENT
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This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Scudder
Massachusetts Limited Term Tax Free Fund Annual Report for the semi-annual
period ended April 30, 1995 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
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