LIBERTY TERM TRUST INC 1999
SC 13D/A, 1998-08-18
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 5)

                      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)

                                 August 10, 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

                         678,200 shares
   NUMBER OF
    SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
  BENEFICIALLY
    OWNED BY             
      EACH
    REPORTING        9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     PERSON
      WITH               678,200 shares

                    10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER



11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     678,200 shares

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

     [ ]

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

     13.80%

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
                  678,200 shares of LTT on behalf of accounts that are managed
                  by KIM ("the Accounts") under limited powers of attorney,
                  which represents 13.80% 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 678,200 shares
                      which represent 13.80% of the outstanding Shares.
                      Principal, Sophie Karpus, owns 700 shares purchased on
                      July 24, 1995 at a price of $7.375. KIM owns 2,000 shares
                      purchased on July 24, 1995 at a price of $7.375.

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                  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

      5/4/98        100      8.5625          7/14/98       5,000      8.625
      5/5/98     11,900      8.5625          7/17/98       5,000      8.625
     5/29/98      1,500       8.625          7/17/98      -5,000      8.625
      6/2/98      3,600      8.5625          7/22/98       1,800      8.625
      6/3/98      1,700      8.5625          7/24/98         300      8.625
      6/4/98      4,700      8.5625          7/27/98       1,200      8.625
      7/6/98     -1,000      8.5625          7/28/98       5,200      8.625
                  

                  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.

August 10, 1998                             By: /s/ George W. Karpus
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                                                       Signature

                                              George W. Karpus, President
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                                                     Name / Title




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