DEFINED ASSET FUNDS GOVT SEC INCOME FD FREDDIE MAC SERIES 3
485BPOS, 1997-08-27
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    AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 27, 1997
 
                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 33-09306
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 6
                                       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--
                       GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INCOME FUND
                             FREDDIE MAC SERIES--3
                           (A UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST)
 
B. NAMES OF DEPOSITORS:
 
               MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
                               SMITH BARNEY INC.
                            PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
                       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, NJ 08543-9051                              SMITH BARNEY INC.
                                                        388 GREENWICH
                                                     STREET--23RD FLOOR
                                                     NEW YORK, NY 10013

 

PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED   PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES  DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
   1285 AVENUE OF THE          INCORPORATED            TWO WORLD TRADE
        AMERICAS            ONE NEW YORK PLAZA       CENTER--59TH FLOOR
   NEW YORK, NY 10019       NEW YORK, NY 10292       NEW YORK, NY 10048

 
D. NAMES AND COMPLETE ADDRESSES OF AGENTS FOR SERVICE:
 

  TERESA KONCICK, ESQ.      LAURIE A. HESSLEIN        ROBERT E. HOLLEY
      P.O. BOX 9051          388 GREENWICH ST.        1200 HARBOR BLVD.
PRINCETON, NJ 08543-9051    NEW YORK, NY 10013       WEEHAWKEN, NJ 07087
 
   LEE B. SPENCER, JR.      DOUGLAS LOWE, ESQ.           COPIES TO:
   ONE NEW YORK PLAZA    130 LIBERTY STREET--29TH  PIERRE DE SAINT PHALLE,
   NEW YORK, NY 10292              FLOOR                    ESQ.
                            NEW YORK, NY 10006      450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
                                                     NEW YORK, NY 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.  R
 
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                             DEFINED ASSET FUNDS--
                       GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INCOME 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 Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 of The Government
Securities Income Fund, GNMA Series E, 1933 Act File No. 2-74993).
 
     The Signatures.
 
                                      R-1
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                             DEFINED ASSET FUNDS--
                       GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INCOME FUND
                             FREDDIE MAC SERIES--3
 
                                   SIGNATURES
 
     PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT,
DEFINED ASSET FUNDS--GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INCOME FUND, FREDDIE MAC SERIES--3 (A
UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST), 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 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1997.
 
             SIGNATURES APPEAR ON PAGES R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6 AND R-7.
 
     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 Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors of PaineWebber 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 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.
 
                                      R-2
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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 DANIEL C. TYLER
       (As authorized signatory for Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
       Fenner & Smith Incorporated and
       Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)
 
                                      R-3
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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)
 
                                      R-4
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                               SMITH BARNEY INC.
                                   DEPOSITOR
 

By the following persons, who constitute a majority of      Powers of Attorney
  the Board of Directors of Smith Barney Inc.:                have been filed
                                                              under the 1933 Act
                                                              File Numbers:
                                                              33-49753, 33-55073
                                                              and 333-10441

 
      STEVEN D. BLACK
      JAMES BOSHART III
      ROBERT A. CASE
      JAMES DIMON
      ROBERT DRUSKIN
      ROBERT H. LESSIN
      WILLIAM J. MILLS, II
      MICHAEL B. PANITCH
      PAUL UNDERWOOD
 
      By GINA LEMON
       (As authorized signatory for
       Smith Barney Inc. and
       Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)
 
                                      R-5
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                           DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
                                   DEPOSITOR
 

By the following persons, who constitute  Powers of Attorney have been filed
  a majority of                             under Form SE and the following 1933
  the Board of Directors of Dean Witter     Act File Number: 33-17085
  Reynolds Inc.:

 
      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)
 
                                      R-6
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                            PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
                                   DEPOSITOR
 

By the following persons, who constitute  Powers of Attorney have been filed
  a majority of                             under
  the Executive Committee of the Board      the following 1933 Act File
  of Directors of PaineWebber               Number: 33-55073
  Incorporated:

 
      JOSEPH J. GRANO, JR.
      DONALD B. MARRON
      By ROBERT E. HOLLEY
       (As authorized signatory for
       PaineWebber Incorporated
       and Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)
 
                                      R-7



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