Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
3000 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-5116
202-424-7500
July 21, 2000
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc.
100 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Gentlemen and Ladies:
We hereby consent to the reference to our firm as legal counsel for T. Rowe
Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), an open-end investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, in the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 in connection with the proposed reorganization with T.
Rowe Price Short-Term U.S. Government Fund, a separate series of the T. Rowe
Price Short-Term U.S. Government Fund, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Summit
Limited-Term Bond Fund, a separate series of the T. Rowe Price Summit Funds,
Inc., and to the filing of this consent with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any state securities commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
