File Nos. 33-13021 and 811-5086
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933[ X ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. _______ [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 [ X ]
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
OF 1940 [ X ]
Amendment No. 14 [ X ]
CHURCHILL TAX-FREE TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
380 Madison Avenue, Suite 2300
New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(212) 697-6666
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
EDWARD M.W. HINES
Hollyer, Brady, Smith, Troxell,
Barrett, Rockett, Hines & Mone
551 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, New York 10176
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box):
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[___] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[_X_] on (April 1, 1996) pursuant to paragraph (b)
[___] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
[___] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
[___] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
[___] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Rule 485.
[_X_] This post-effective amendment designates a new effec-
tive date for a previous post-effective amendment.
Registrant hereby declares, pursuant to Section (a)(1) of
Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, that
Registrant has registered an indefinite number of its shares
under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to that Section
and that the Rule 24f-2 Notice for Registrant's fiscal year
ended December 31, 1994 was filed in February 1995.
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Designation of New Effective Date
for Previously filed Amendment
Post-Effective Amendment Number 13 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and 14 under the Investment Company Act of
1940 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) on January 29, 1996 and
pursuant to that rule would become effective March 29, 1996.
The Registrant hereby designates April 1, 1996 as
the date when such amendment shall become effective.
All information contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement as previously filed through Post-Effective
Amendments Nos. 13 under the Securities Act of 1933 and 14 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 are incorporated by reference
without change.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant
certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of
this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has caused this
Amendment to its 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 March,
1996.
CHURCHILL TAX-FREE TRUST
(Registrant)
By /s/ Lacy B. Herrmann
_____________________________
Lacy B. Herrmann, President
and Chairman of the Board
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this Registration Statement or Amendment has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/Lacy B. Herrmann 3/26/96
______________________ President, Chairman of ___________
Lacy B. Herrmann the Board and Trustee
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/Thomas A. Christopher 3/26/96
______________________ Trustee ___________
Thomas A. Christopher
/s/Douglas Dean 3/26/96
______________________ Trustee ___________
Douglas Dean
/s/Diana P. Herrmann 3/26/96
______________________ Trustee ___________
Diana P. Herrmann
/s/Ann R. Leven 3/26/96
______________________ Trustee ___________
Ann R. Leven
/s/Theodore T. Mason 3/26/96
______________________ Trustee ___________
Theodore T. Mason
/s/Anne J. Mills 3/26/96
______________________ Trustee ___________
Anne J. Mills
/s/William J. Nightingale 3/26/96
______________________ Trustee ___________
William J. Nightingale
/s/James R. Ramsey 3/26/96
______________________ Trustee ___________
James R. Ramsey
/s/Rose F. Marotta 3/26/96
________________________ Chief Financial Officer ___________
Rose F. Marotta (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)