AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 26, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 33-01062
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 8
TO
FORM S-6
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FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 OF SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT
TRUSTS REGISTERED ON FORM N-8B-2
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A. EXACT NAME OF TRUST:
DEFINED ASSET FUNDS--
MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT TRUST FUND
MONTHLY PAYMENT SERIES--373
B. NAMES OF DEPOSITORS:
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
SMITH BARNEY INC.
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
C. COMPLETE ADDRESSES OF DEPOSITORS' PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE,
FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
DEFINED ASSET FUNDS
POST OFFICE BOX 9051
PRINCETON, N.J.
08543-9051 SMITH BARNEY INC.
388 GREENWICH
STREET--23RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10013
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES
INCORPORATED
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
199 WATER STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10292 DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
TWO WORLD TRADE
CENTER--59TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10048
D. NAMES AND COMPLETE ADDRESSES OF AGENTS FOR SERVICE:
TERESA KONCICK, ESQ.
P.O. BOX 9051
PRINCETON, N.J.
08543-9051 LEE B. SPENCER, JR.
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
199 WATER STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10292
DOUGLAS LOWE, ESQ.
130 LIBERTY STREET--29TH
FLOOR
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10006
COPIES TO:
PIERRE DE SAINT PHALLE,
ESQ.
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017
THE ISSUER HEREBY REVOKES ITS REGISTRATION OF AN INDEFINITE NUMBER OF UNITS
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2. CHECK BOX IF IT IS
PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING PURSUANT
TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF RULE 485. / x /
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DEFINED ASSET FUNDS--
MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT TRUST FUND
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-6
COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS: THE FACING SHEET OF FORM S-6. THE
CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET (INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET TO
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-6 OF
MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT TRUST FUND, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIXTH MONTHLY PAYMENT SERIES,
1933 ACT FILE NO. 2-70983). THE SIGNATURES.
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DEFINED ASSET FUNDS--
MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT TRUST FUND
MONTHLY PAYMENT SERIES--373
SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT,
DEFINED ASSET FUNDS--MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT TRUST FUND, MONTHLY PAYMENT
SERIES--373, CERTIFIES THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFECTIVENESS
OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 485(B) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO
DULY AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND STATE OF NEW YORK ON THE 26TH DAY OF
FEBRUARY, 1996. SIGNATURES APPEAR ON PAGES R-3, R-4, R-5 AND R-6.
A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE,
FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED HAS SIGNED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT
TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO POWERS OF ATTORNEY AUTHORIZING THE
PERSON SIGNING THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT TO DO SO ON BEHALF OF SUCH MEMBERS. A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SMITH BARNEY INC. HAS SIGNED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
OR AMENDMENT TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO POWERS OF ATTORNEY
AUTHORIZING THE PERSON SIGNING THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO DO SO ON BEHALF OF SUCH MEMBERS.
A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES
INCORPORATED HAS SIGNED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO POWERS OF ATTORNEY AUTHORIZING THE PERSON
SIGNING THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
TO DO SO ON BEHALF OF SUCH MEMBERS. A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC. HAS SIGNED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR
AMENDMENT TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO POWERS OF ATTORNEY
AUTHORIZING THE PERSON SIGNING THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO DO SO ON BEHALF OF SUCH MEMBERS.
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MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED DEPOSITOR
BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS, WHO CONSTITUTE A MAJORITY OF POWERS OF ATTORNEY
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, HAVE BEEN FILED
FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED: UNDER
FORM SE AND THE
FOLLOWING 1933 ACT
FILE
NUMBER: 33-43466
AND 33-51607
HERBERT M. ALLISON, JR.
BARRY S. FREIDBERG
EDWARD L. GOLDBERG
STEPHEN L. HAMMERMAN
JEROME P. KENNEY
DAVID H. KOMANSKY
DANIEL T. NAPOLI
THOMAS H. PATRICK
JOHN L. STEFFENS
DANIEL P. TULLY
ROGER M. VASEY
ARTHUR H. ZEIKEL
BY
ERNEST V. FABIO
(AS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE,
FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED AND
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR THE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE)
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PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED DEPOSITOR
BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS, WHO CONSTITUTE A MAJORITY OF POWERS OF ATTORNEY
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES HAVE BEEN FILED
INCORPORATED: UNDER FORM SE AND
THE FOLLOWING 1933
ACT FILE NUMBER:
33-41631
ALAN D. HOGAN
GEORGE A. MURRAY
LELAND B. PATON
HARDWICK SIMMONS
BY
WILLIAM W. HUESTIS
(AS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES
INCORPORATED AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR THE PERSONS
LISTED ABOVE)
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SMITH BARNEY INC. DEPOSITOR
BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS, WHO CONSTITUTE A MAJORITY OFPOWERS OF ATTORNEY
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SMITH BARNEY INC.: HAVE BEEN FILED
UNDER THE 1933 ACT
FILE NUMBER:
33-49753 AND
33-51607
STEVEN D. BLACK
JAMES BOSHART III
ROBERT A. CASE
JAMES DIMON
ROBERT DRUSKIN
JEFFREY LANE
ROBERT H. LESSIN
BY GINA LEMON
(AS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR
SMITH BARNEY INC. AND
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR THE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE)
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DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC. DEPOSITOR
BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS, WHO POWERS OF ATTORNEY HAVE BEEN FILED
CONSTITUTE A MAJORITY OF UNDER FORM SE AND THE FOLLOWING 1933
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF DEAN ACT FILE NUMBER: 33-17085
WITTER REYNOLDS INC.:
NANCY DONOVAN
CHARLES A. FIUMEFREDDO
JAMES F. HIGGINS
STEPHEN R. MILLER
PHILIP J. PURCELL
THOMAS C. SCHNEIDER
WILLIAM B. SMITH
BY
MICHAEL D. BROWNE
(AS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR
DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR THE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE)
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