LIBERTY TERM TRUST INC 1999
SC 13D/A, 1998-07-13
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D
                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 4)

                     Liberty Term Trust, Inc., 1999 (LTT)
                               (Name of Issuer)

                                 Common Stock
                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   531282101
                                (CUSIP Number)

                          George W. Karpus, President
                        Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a/
                         Karpus Investment Management
                         14 Tobey Village Office Park
                           Pittsford, New York 14534
                                (716) 586-4680
      (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
                         Notices and Communications)

                                 July 7 , 1998
            (Date of Event which requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition which is subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing
this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box. [x]

                                 (Page 1 of 4)

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                                 SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 531282101                                           Page 2 of 4 Pages

1.   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
     I.D.# 16-1290558

2.   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

     (a) [ ]
     (b) [x]

3.   SEC USE ONLY


4.   SOURCE OF FUNDS*

     AF

5.   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
     ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

     [ ]

6.   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     New York

                     7.  SOLE VOTING POWER

                         655,700 shares
   NUMBER OF
     SHARES          8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
  BENEFICIALLY
    OWNED BY             
      EACH
    REPORTING        9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     PERSON
      WITH               655,700 shares

                    10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER



11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     655,700 shares

12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

     [ ]

13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

     15.24%

14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     IA


                    *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
         INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
     (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.

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ITEM 1  Security and Issuer

          Common Stock
          Liberty Term Trust Inc., 1999 ("LTT")
          Federated Investors Tower
          Pittsford, Pennsylvania 15222

ITEM 2  Identity and Background

          a)   Karpus Management, Inc., d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
               ("KIM")
               George W. Karpus, President, Director, and controlling 
               stockholder
               JoAnn Van Degriff, Vice President and Director
               Sophie Karpus, Director
          b)   14 Tobey Village Office park
               Pittsford, New York   14534
          c)   Principal business and occupation - Investment Management for
               individuals, pension, and profit sharing plans, corporations,
               endowments, trusts, and others, specializing in conservative
               asset management (i.e. fixed income investments).
          d)   None of George W. Karpus, JoAnn VanDegriff or Sophie Karpus
               ("the Principals") or KIM has been convicted in the past 5
               years of any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
               violations).
          e)   During the last 5 years none of the Principals or KIM has been
               a party to a civil proceeding as a result of which any of them
               is subject to a judgment, decree, or final order enjoining
               future violations of or prohibiting or mandating activities
               subject to , federal or state securities laws or finding any
               violation with respect to such laws.
          f)   Each of the Principals is a United States citizen. KIM is a New
               York corporation.

ITEM 3  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations

          KIM, an independent investment adviser, has accumulated 655,700
          shares of LTT on behalf of accounts that are managed by KIM ("the
          Accounts") under limited powers of attorney, which represents 15.24%
          of the outstanding shares. All funds that have been utilized in
          making such purchases are from such Accounts.

ITEM 4  Purpose of Transaction

          KIM has purchased Shares for investment purposes. Being primarily a
          conservative , fixed income manager, with a specialty focus in the
          closed end fund sector, the profile of LTT (being a short term
          investment grade fund scheduled to terminate on or by December 31,
          1999) fit the investment guidelines for various Accounts.

ITEM 5  Interest in Securities of the Issuer

          a)   As of the date of this Report, KIM owns 655,700 shares which
               represent 15.24% of the outstanding Shares. Principal, Sophie
               Karpus, owns 700 shares purchased on July 24, 1995 at a price
               of $7.375. 

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               KIM owns 2,000 shares purchased on July 24, 1995 at a price of 
               $7.375.

          b)   KIM has the sole power to dispose of and to vote all such
               Shares under limited powers of attorney.
          c)   Open market purchases in the last 90 days for the Accounts.

                           Price Per                                 Price Per
       Date      Shares      Share              Date       Shares      Share

     3/19/98      1,500        8.50           4/23/98       1,500     8.5625
     3/20/98      3,500        8.50           4/24/98       5,400     8.5625
      4/6/98        200      8.5625           4/27/98      11,900     8.5625
      4/7/98      1,400      8.5625           4/28/98        -400     8.5625
      4/8/98      5,800      8.5625           4/28/98       2,400     8.5625
      4/9/98      6,700      8.5625           4/29/98       5,200     8.5625
     4/13/98      1,000      8.5625            5/4/98         100     8.5625
     4/14/98      7,100      8.5625            5/5/98      11,900     8.5625
     4/21/98      1,600      8.5625           5/29/98       1,500      8.625
     4/22/98      2,300      8.5625            6/2/98       3,600     8.5625
                                               6/3/98       1,700     8.5625
                                               6/4/98       4,700     8.5625

          There have been no dispositions and no acquisitions, other than by
          such open market purchases, during such period.
          The Accounts have the right to receive all dividends from, and any
          proceeds from the sale of , the Shares. None of the Accounts has an
          interest is Shares constituting more than 5% of the Shares
          outstanding.

ITEM 6  Contracts, Arrangements, Understanding, or Relationships with Respect
        to the Issuer 

          Except as described above, there are no contracts, arrangements,
          understandings or relationships of any kind among the Principals and
          KIM and between any of them and any other person with respect to any
          of the LTT securities.

ITEM 7  Materials to be Filed as Exhibits

          Not applicable

Signature

          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete,
and correct.

                                                Karpus Management, Inc.

July 7, 1998                                By: /s/ George W. Karpus, President
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                                                      Signature

                                                George W. Karpus, President
                                                ---------------------------
                                                       Name / Title



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