U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
1. Name and address of issuer:
Scudder State Tax Free Trust
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110-4103
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Scudder Massachusetts Limited Term Tax Free Fund
3. Investment Company Act File Number:
811-3749
Securities Act File Number:
2-84021
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
10/31/95
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close of
the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities sold after the
close of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2
declaration:
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6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under Rule 24f- 2(a)(1), if
applicable (see Instruction A.6):
7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2
in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning of the
fiscal year:
Number: 0
Amount: $0
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other than
pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
Number: 0
Amount: $0
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:
Number: 4,365,476
Aggregate Sale Price: $51,219,003
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10.Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year in
reliance upon registration pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
Number: 4,365,476
Aggregate Sale Price: $51,219,003
11.Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal year
in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
Instruction B.7):
Number: 131,715
Aggregate Sale Price: $1,558,937
12.Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year in
reliance on Rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):
$51,219,003
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with dividend
reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable):
+$1,558,937
(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during the fiscal
year (if applicable):
-$34,483,113
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and previously applied
as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to Rule 24e-2 (if applicable):
+$0
(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the fiscal year
in reliance on Rule 24f-2 (line (i), plus line (ii), less line
(iii), plus line (iv)) (if applicable):
$18,294,827
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 or
other applicable law or regulation (see Instruction C.6):
x1/2900
(vii) Fee due (line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)):
$6,308.56
Instruction: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) only if
the form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the
issuer's fiscal year. See Instruction C.3.
13.Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository
as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of Informal and Other
Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
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Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lockbox
depository:
12/20/95
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)*:
/s/ Thomas F. McDonough, Secretary
Thomas F. McDonough, Secretary
Date: 12/18/95
*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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December 21, 1995
Scudder State Tax Free Trust
Two International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-4103
Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice
for Scudder State Tax Free Trust (the "Trust") for:
Scudder Massachusetts Limited Term Tax Free Fund
(the "Fund") (Securities Act Registration Statement
File No. 2-84021) (the "Registration Statement")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested that we, as counsel to the Trust, render an opinion in
connection with the filing by the Trust on behalf of the Fund of a notice
required by Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Rule"), for the Fund's fiscal year ended October 31, 1995. We understand that
the Trust has previously filed a registration statement on Form N-1A under the
Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 2-84021), adopting the declaration authorized
by paragraph (a)(1) of the Rule to the effect that an indefinite number of
shares of beneficial interest of the Trust (the "Shares") were being registered
by such registration statement. The effect of the Rule 24f-2 Notice, when
accompanied by the filing fee, if any, payable as prescribed by paragraph (c) of
the Rule and by this opinion, will be to make definite in number the number of
Shares sold by the Fund during the fiscal year ended October 31, 1995 in
reliance upon the Rule (the "Rule 24f-2 Shares").
As to the various questions of fact material to the opinion expressed herein we
have relied upon and assumed the genuineness of the signatures on, the
conformity to originals of, and the authenticity of, all documents, including
but not limited to certificates of officers of the Fund, submitted to us as
originals or copies, which facts we have not independently verified. Capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them
in the Registration Statement.
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Scudder State Tax Free Trust
December 21, 1995
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On the basis of the foregoing, and assuming compliance with the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and
applicable state laws regulating the sale of securities, and assuming further
that all of the Rule 24f-2 Shares sold during the fiscal year ended October 31,
1995 were sold in accordance with the terms of the Trust's Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information in effect with respect to the Fund at the
time of sale at a sales price in each case in excess of the par value of the
Shares, we are of the opinion that such Rule 24f-2 Shares were legally issued,
fully paid and non-assessable. We note, however, that shareholders of a
Massachusetts business trust may under certain circumstances be subject to
assessment at the instance of creditors to pay the obligations of such trust in
the event that its assets are insufficient for the purpose.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and do not hold ourselves out
as being conversant with the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the
United States of America and the State of New York. We note that we are not
licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and to the extent
that any opinion expressed herein involves the law of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, such opinion should be understood to be based solely upon our
review of the documents referred to above, the published statutes of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and where applicable, published cases, rules or
regulations of regulatory bodies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with the Rule 24f-2 Notice.
Very truly yours,
/s/Willkie Farr & Gallagher
