MUNICIPAL SECURITIES INCOME TRUST
Federated Investors
Federated Investors Tower
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(412) 288-1900
November 3, 1997
EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20549
RE: Municipal Securities Income Trust (the "Trust")
1933 Act File No. 33-36729
1940 ACT FILE NO. 811-6165
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the
above-named Trust hereby certifies that the definitive forms of
Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information, dated October
31, 1997, that would have been filed under Rule 497(c), do not differ
from the forms of Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information contained in the most recent Registration Statement for
the Trust. This filing only pertains to four of the Trust's
portfolios, Federated Pennsylvania Municipal Income Fund, Federated
Ohio Municipal Income Fund, Federated Michigan Intermediate Municipal
Trust, and Federated New York Municipal Income Fund. This Registration
Statement was electronically filed under Rule 485(b) as Post-Effective
Amendment No. 25 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 24
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 on October 31, 1997.
If you have any questions regarding this certification,
please call Amy B. Gotz, Compliance Analyst, at (412) 288-1940.
Very truly yours,
/s/ J. Crilley Kelly
J. Crilley Kelly
Assistant Secretary
