FEDERATED PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND
(formerly, Pennsylvania Municipal Income Fund)
(A Portfolio of Municipal Securities Income Trust)
Class A Shares
SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 4, 1997
Effective August 1, 1997, the program allowing an exemption from the
front-end sales charge for purchases of Class A Shares of the Fund
with proceeds from redemptions of unaffiliated investment companies
(the `NAV Exchange Program'') will be discontinued. Please delete
all references to the NAV Exchange Program where they appear in the
Fund's prospectus. Of course, other exemptions from the sales charge
may apply. See the section entitled `Eliminating/Reducing the Sales
Charge.''
July 30, 1997
FEDERATED INVESTORS
Federated Securities Corp. Distributor
Cusip 625922505
G01058-09 (7/97)