SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 497(J)
The undersigned on behalf of Selected American Shares, Inc. (the
"Registrant") hereby certifies that the form of propspectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed effective amendment to its
registration statement. The text of such amendment to the registration
statement was filed electronically.
Dated May 6, 1998
Selected American Shares, Inc.
By: /s/ Thomas D. Tays
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Thomas D. Tays,
Secretary
