Exhibit 1(e)
MERRILL LYNCH FEDERAL SECURITIES TRUST
CERTIFICATION OF AMENDMENT
TO DECLARATION OF TRUST
The undersigned, constituting a majority of the Trustees of Merrill Lynch
Federal Securities Trust (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust hereby
certify that the Trustees of the Trust have duly adopted the following amendment
to the Trust's Declaration of Trust.
VOTED: That the Declaration of Trust be and it hereby is amended to change
the name of the Trust from "Merrill Lynch Federal Securities Trust"
to "Merrill Lynch U.S. Government Mortgage Fund" in the following
manner:
1.1 Name. The name of the trust created hereby (the "Trust") shall
be "Merrill Lynch U.S. Government Mortgage Fund", and so far
as may be practicable the Trustees shall conduct the Trust's
activities, execute all documents and sue or be sued under
that name, which name (and the word "Trust" wherever
hereinafter used) shall refer to the Trustees as Trustees, and
not individually, and shall not refer to the officers, agents,
employees or Shareholders of the Trust. However, should the
Trustees determine that the use of such name is not advisable,
they may select such other name for the Trust as they deem
proper and the Trust may hold its property and conduct its
activities under such other name. Any name change shall become
effective upon the execution by a majority of the then
Trustees of an instrument setting forth the new name. Any such
instrument shall have the status of an amendment to this
Declaration.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, constituting a majority of the
Trustees, have signed this Certificate in duplicate original counterparts and
have caused a duplicate original to be lodged among the records of the Trust as
required by Article XI, Section 11.3(c) of the Declaration of the Trust, as of
the 18th day of April, 2000.
Terry K.Glenn Robert S. Salomon, Jr.
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Terry K Glenn Robert S. Salomon, Jr.
800 Scudders Mills Road 106 Dolphin Cove Quay
Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Joe Grills Melvin R. Seiden
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Joe Grills Melvin R. Seiden
P.O. Box 98 780 Third Avenue
Rapidan, Virginia 22733 Suite 2502
New York, New York 10017
Walter Mintz Stephen B. Swensrud
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Walter Mintz Stephen B. Swensrud
1114 Avenue of the Americas 24 Federal Street
New York,, New York 10036 Suite 400
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Arthur Zeikel
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Arthur Zeikel
300 Woodland Avenue
Westfield, New Jersey 07090
The Declaration of Trust establishing Merrill Lynch Federal Securities
Trust, dated July 20, 1984, a copy of which, together with all amendments
thereto (the "Declaration"), is on file in the office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides that no Trustee, shareholder, officer,
employee or agent of Merrill Lynch Federal Securities Trust shall be held to any
personal liability, nor shall resort be had to their private property for the
satisfaction of any obligation or claim or otherwise in connection with the
affairs of said Trust but the "Trust Property" only shall be liable.
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(b) FDS hereby accepts the appointment as Transfer Agent, Dividend
Disbursing Agent and Shareholder Servicing Agent for the Fund, and agrees to act
as such upon, and subject to, the terms and provisions of the Agreement.
2. Definitions
(a) In this Agreement:
(I) The term "Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 as
amended from time to time and any rule or regulation thereunder;
(II) The term "Account" means any account of a Shareholder, as
defined below, or, if the shares are held in an account in the name of a
Broker-Dealer, as defined below, for the benefit of an identified person,
such account, including a Plan Account, any account under a plan (by
whatever name referred to in the Prospectus) pursuant to the Self Employed
Individuals Retirement Act of 1962 ("Keogh Act Plan") and any account
under a plan (by whatever name referred to in the Prospectus) pursuant to
ss.401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code ("Corporation Master Plan");
(III) The term "application" means an application made by a
Shareholder or prospective Shareholder respecting the opening of an
Account;
(IV) The term "Fund distributor" means Merrill Lynch Funds
Distributor, a division of Princeton Funds Distributor, Inc., a Delaware
corporation;
(V) The term "Broker-Dealer" means a registered broker-dealer that
sells shares of the Fund pursuant to a selected dealer's agreement with
the Corporation;
(VI) The term "Officer's Instruction" means an instruction in
writing given on behalf of a Fund to FDS, and signed on behalf of the Fund
by the President, and Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of
the Corporation;
(VII) The term "Plan Account" means an account opened by a
Shareholder or prospective Shareholder in respect to an open account,
monthly payment or withdrawal plan (in each case by whatever name referred
to in the Prospectus), any may also include an account relating to any
other plan if and when provision is made for such plan in the Prospectus;
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