Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Rule 24f-2 Notice
for
Registration Under the Securities Act of 1933 of Securities of
Unit Investment Trust Registered on Form N-8B-2
Registrant: Municipal Securities Trust
Multi-State Series 37
Registration No. 33-29202
Depositors: Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
245 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10167
Gruntal & Co., Incorporated
14 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
under the Investment Company Act of 1940
Form N-8B-2 File No. 811-2868
(i) Fiscal year for which this Notice is filed:
December 31, 1994
(ii) Number or amount of securities of the same class or series, if any,
which had been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other
than pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940
but which remained unsold at the beginning of such fiscal year:
None
(iii) Number or aggregate dollar amount of securities, if any, registered
during such fiscal year other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
None
(iv) Number or aggregate dollar amount of securities sold during such
fiscal year:
$464,783.80
(v) Number or aggregate dollar amount of securities sold during such
fiscal year in reliance upon Rule 24f-2:
$464,783.80 *
Exhibit: Opinion of Messrs. Battle Fowler LLP
* The filing fee of $100.00 is calculated in accordance with
Rule 24f-2(c) and Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and is
based upon the following: the actual aggregate sales price of the
737 units sold during such fiscal year in reliance upon Rule 24f-2
was $464,783.80; the actual aggregate dollar amount of units
redeemed or repurchased during the fiscal year was $403,859.74; and
the actual aggregate redemption or repurchase price of such
securities previously applied by the issuer pursuant to
Rule 24(e)-2(a) in filings made pursuant to Section 24(e)(1) was $0.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24f-2, the registrant,
Municipal Securities Trust, Multi-State Series 37 has duly caused this
Rule 24f-2 Notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City and State of New York, on this 22nd day of
February, 1995.
Municipal Securities Trust
Multi-State Series 37
(Registrant)
BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.
(Depositor)
By:
Peter J. DeMarco
(Authorized Signatory)
GRUNTAL & CO., INCORPORATED
(Depositor)
By: Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
(as Attorney-in-Fact)
By:
Peter J. DeMarco
(Authorized Signatory)
Battle Fowler LLP
A Limited Liability Partnership
Park Avenue Tower
75 East 55th Street
New York, N.Y. 10022
February 24, 1995
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
245 Park Avenue
5th Floor
New York, New York 10167
Gruntal & Co., Incorporated
14 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and
Gruntal & Co., Incorporated as Depositors, Sponsors and Principal
Underwriters (collectively, the "Depositors") of Municipal Securities
Trust, Multi-State Series 37 (the "Trust") in connection with the
preparation by the Trust of a Rule 24f-2 Notice (the "Rule 24f-2 Notice")
covering the registration of units of fractional undivided interest (the
"Units") in the Trust.
In connection with our representation, we have examined copies
of the following documents relating to the creation of the Trust and the
issuance and sale of the Units: (a) the Reference Trust Agreement dated
June 30, 1989 (the "Trust Agreement") among the Depositors, United States
Trust Company of New York, as Trustee, and Kenny S&P Evaluation Services,
a division of J.J. Kenny Co., Inc., as Evaluator; (b) the Notification of
Registration on Form N-8A and the Registration Statement on Form N-8B-2,
as amended, relating to the Trust, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"); (c) the Registration Statement on Form S-6
(File No. 33-29202) filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") and Amendment No. 1 thereto (said
Registration Statement, as amended by said Amendment No. 1, being herein
called the "Registration Statement") and all subsequent Post-Effective
Amendments to the Registration Statement as filed with the Commission;
(d) the form of final Prospectus (the "Prospectus") relating to the Units,
as filed with the Commission; (e) certified resolutions of the Executive
Committee of each of the Depositors authorizing the execution and delivery
by the Depositors of the Trust Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby; and (f) the Certificates of
Incorporation and By-Laws, as amended to date, of each of the Depositors,
each certified to by an authorized officer of each of the Depositors as of
a recent date.
We have examined the Application for Orders of Exemption from
certain provisions of Sections 14(a) and 22(d) of the 1940 Act and
Rules 19b-1 and 22c-1 thereunder, and the First Amendment thereto. In
addition, we have examined the Application for an Order of Exemption from
certain provisions of Sections 11(a) and 11(c) of the 1940 Act, which has
been filed with the Commission by the Depositor and Gruntal & Co.,
Incorporated; Equity Securities Trust (Series 1, Signature Series, Gabelli
Communications Income Trust and Subsequent Series), Mortgage Securities
Trust (CMO Series 1 and Subsequent Series), Municipal Securities Trust,
Series 1 (and Subsequent Series) (including Insured Municipal Securities
Trust, Series 1 (and Subsequent Series and 5th Discount Series and
Subsequent Series)); New York Municipal Trust, Series 1 (and Subsequent
Series); and A Corporate Trust, Series 1 (and Subsequent Series) on
November 12, 1992 and as amended thereafter and the related Exemptive
Order (IC-20729) issued by the Commission on November 22, 1994.
In rendering this opinion we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity and completeness of all documents,
certificates and instruments submitted to us as originals, the conformity
with the originals of all documents, certificates and instruments
submitted to us as copies and the legal capacity to sign of all
individuals executing such documents, certificates and instruments.
We have assumed that each party has duly authorized, executed
and delivered each of the Trust Agreements, Registration Statement and
other instruments, certificates, agreements, documents executed in
connection with the transactions contemplated thereby (collectively "UIT
Documents") to which it is a party.
We have assumed that each party is duly qualified and has full
power and authority to perform its obligations under the UIT Documents and
the transactions contemplated by the UIT Documents.
We have assumed that each party complied with all orders, rules,
regulations applicable to it or in connection with the UIT Documents or
the transactions contemplated thereby. We have further assumed that no
party to the transaction contemplated by the UIT Documents is subject to
any statute, rule or regulation, or to any impediment to which contracting
parties are not generally subject, which requires such party to obtain the
authorization or consent of, or to register or make a declaration or
filing with, or inquiry of any governmental agency or regulatory
authority.
Based on such examination and assumptions, we are of the opinion
that the Units, the registration of which this Notice makes definitive,
when sold by the Depositor and purchased and paid for by the Unitholder,
duly executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the Trust
Agreement and the Registration Statement relating to such Units, the Units
were (i) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (iii) legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Trust, and the holders of the Units
are entitled to the benefits of the related Trust Agreement, except as
enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other
laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and general principles of equity regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
We are not admitted to the practice of law in any jurisdiction
but the State of New York and we do not hold ourselves out as experts in
or express any opinion as to the laws of other states or jurisdictions
except as to matters of Federal and Delaware corporate law.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to
the Rule 24f-2 Notice.
Very truly yours,
BATTLE FOWLER LLP
