MUNICIPAL SECURITIES INCOME TRUST
497, 1999-04-27
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MUNICIPAL SECURITIES INCOME TRUST

FEDERATED CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND FEDERATED MICHIGAN INTERMEDIATE
MUNICIPAL TRUST FEDERATED NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND FEDERATED OHIO
MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND FEDERATED PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND SUPPLEMENT TO
PROSPECTUSES DATED OCTOBER 31, 1998

At a Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 25, 1999, shareholders
of the above named Funds will be asked to vote on the changes described below.
If approved by shareholders, these changes will take effect as of July 1, 1999.
Shareholders will be notified if any of these changes are not approved. Please
keep this supplement for your records.

Shareholders will be asked to consider the following proposals:

1.   To elect six Trustees.

2.   To ratify the selection of the Trust's independent auditors.

3.   To make changes to the Funds' fundamental investment policies:

     a.   To  amend  the  Funds'  fundamental   investment   policies  regarding
          borrowing money and issuing senior securities;

     b.   To  amend  the  Funds'  fundamental   investment   policies  regarding
          investments in real estate;

     c.   To  amend  the  Funds'  fundamental   investment   policies  regarding
          investments in commodities;

     d.   To  amend  the  Funds'  fundamental   investment   policies  regarding
          underwriting securities;

     e.   To amend the Funds' fundamental  investment policies regarding lending
          by the Funds;

     f.   To  amend  the  Funds'  fundamental   investment   policies  regarding
          concentration of the Funds' investments in the securities of companies
          in the same industry;

     g.   To  amend,  and  to  make  non-fundamental,   the  Funds'  fundamental
          investment policies regarding buying securities on margin;

     h.   To  amend,  and  to  make  non-fundamental,   the  Funds'  fundamental
          investment policies regarding pledging assets; and

     i.   To amend, and to make non-fundamental, the Michigan Fund's fundamental
          investment  policy  regarding  investing in illiquid  securities  (the
          Michigan Fund ONLY).

4.   To eliminate certain of the Funds' fundamental investment policies:

     a.   To remove the Funds' fundamental investment policies regarding selling
          securities short;

     b.   To remove the Funds' fundamental investment policies regarding dealing
          in puts, call, straddles, spreads and any combination thereof; and

     c.   To  remove  the  Funds'  fundamental   investment  policies  regarding
          investing in restricted  securities  (the Michigan Fund, the Ohio Fund
          and the Pennsylvania Fund ONLY).

5.   To approve an amendment and restatement to the Trust's Declaration of Trust
     to permit the Board of Trustees to  liquidate  assets of the Trust  without
     seeking shareholder approval.

6.   To transact such other  business as may properly come before the meeting or
     any adjournment thereof.

                                                                  April 27, 1999

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