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24F-2NT, 1996-01-16
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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 24F-2
                        Annual Notice of Securities Sold
                             Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

             Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.
                              Please print or type.



1.      Name and address of issuer:

        Lebenthal Funds, Inc.
        120 Broadway
        New York, New York 10271

2.      Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:

        Lebenthal New York Tax Free Money Fund
        Lebenthal New York Municipal Bond Fund
        Lebenthal New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund
        Lebenthal Taxable Municipal Bond Fund

3.      Investment Company Act File Number:        811-6170

        Securities Act File Number:                33-36784

4.      Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:

        November 30, 1995

5.      Check box if this  notice is being  filed  more than 180 days  after the
        close of the issuer's  fiscal year for purposes of reporting  securities
        sold after the close of the fiscal  year but before  termination  of the
        issuer's 24f-2 declaration:

                                                                             [ ]

6.      Date of termination of issuer's declaration under ruler 24f-2(a)(1),  if
        applicable (see instruction A.6):

        Not applicable

7.      Number and amount of  securities  of the same class or series  which had
        been registered  under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to
        rule 24f-2 in a prior  fiscal  year,  but which  remained  unsold at the
        beginning of the fiscal year:

        None

8.      Number and amount of securities  registered during the fiscal year other
        than pursuant to rule 24f-2:

        None

9.      Number and  aggregate  sale price of  securities  sold during the fiscal
        year:

         275,759,852.930 shares
        $307,045,939.15


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10.     Number and  aggregate  sale price of  securities  sold during the fiscal
        year in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:

         275,759,852.930 shares
        $307,045,939.15

11.     Number and aggregate  sale price of securities  issued during the fiscal
        year in connection with dividend  reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
        instruction B.7):

         2,142,021.613 shares
        $6,313,650.15

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
12.     Calculation of registration fee:
               <S>                                                                   <C>
        (i)    Aggregate  sale  price  of  securities  sold  during  the  fiscal     $307,045,939.15
               year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):                        ---------------

        (ii)   Aggregate  price of shares issued in  connection  with dividend       +  6,313,650.15
               reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable):                     ---------------

        (iii)  Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased                     -279,422,404.09
               during the fiscal year (if applicable):                               ---------------

        (iv)   Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and                 +             0
               previously applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant             ---------------
               to rule 24e-2 (if applicable):

        (v)    Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the            33,937,185.20
               fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus line            ---------------
               (ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable):

        (vi)   Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act           x         1/29%
               of 1933 or other applicable law or regulation (see instruction C.6):  ---------------

        (vii)  Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]:               $     11,702.48
                                                                                     ---------------
</TABLE>

Instruction: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) only if the
        form is being  filed  within 60 days  after  the  close of the  issuer's
        fiscal year. See Instruction C.3.

13.     Check  box if  fees  are  being  remitted  to the  Commission's  lockbox
        depository  as  described  in  section 3a of the  Commission's  Rules of
        Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).

                                                                             [ ]

        Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
        lockbox depository:

        January 10, 1996

                                   SIGNATURES

        This report has been signed below by the following  persons on behalf of
        the issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

        By (Signature and Title)*   /s/Alexandra Lebenthal
                                    Alexandra Lebenthal, President

        Date:  January 5, 1996

  * Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.

EXHIBIT: Opinion of Battle Fowler LLP





                               BATTLE FOWLER LLP
                              75 East 55th Street
                            New York, New York 10022


                                                  January 12, 1996


Lebenthal Funds, Inc.
120 Broadway
New York, New York 10271

Gentlemen:

     We have  acted as  counsel  to  Lebenthal  New York  Tax Free  Money  Fund,
Lebenthal New York Municipal Bond Fund, Lebenthal New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund
and Lebenthal  Taxable  Municipal  Bond Fund,  the four  portfolios of Lebenthal
Funds,  Inc. (the "Fund") in connection  with the  preparation of the Rule 24f-2
Notice (the "Notice") covering an aggregate of 275,759,852.930  shares of Common
Stock, par value $.001 per share, (collectively,  the "Shares") of the Lebenthal
New York Tax Free Money Fund,  Lebenthal New York Municipal Bond Fund, Lebenthal
New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund and Lebenthal  Taxable  Municipal Bond Fund Fund,
respectively.

     We have examined copies of the Certificate of Incorporation  and By-laws of
the Fund,  the  Registration  Statement,  and such other  corporate  records and
documents,  including  the consent of the Board of Directors  and the minutes of
the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fund,  as we have deemed  necessary
for the purpose of this opinion.  We have also  examined  such other  documents,
papers,  statutes and authorities as we deemed necessary to form a basis for the
opinion  hereinafter  expressed.  In our  examination of such material,  we have
assumed  the  genuineness  of all  signatures  and the  conformity  to  original
documents of fact material to such opinion,  and we have relied upon  statements
and certificates of officers and representatives of the Fund and others.

     Based  upon the  foregoing,  we are of the  opinion  that the shares of the
Fund,  the  registration  of which the Notice  makes  definitive,  were  legally
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby  consent to the filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the Rule
24f-2 Notice.


                                                  Very truly yours,


                                                  BATTLE FOWLER LLP


CC:  Lebenthal Funds, Inc.




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