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FORM 4
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of |2. Issuer Name and Ticker or |6. Relationship of Reporting
Reporting Person | Trading Symbol | Person(s) to Issuer
| | (Check all applicable)
Campo, Richard J. | Camden Property Trust (CPT) | _X_ Director __ 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle)|3. IRS or Social |4. Statement for | (give title below)
| Security Number | Month/Year | below
c/o Camden Property Trust | of Reporting | September 1996 | Chairman of the Board of Trust
3200 SW FWY #1500 | Person | | Managers and Chief Executive Officer
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(Street) | |5. If Amendment |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | (Check Applicable Line)
Houston, TX 77027| | (Month/Year) | _X_ Form filed by One reporting
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(City) (State) (Zip)| | | ___ Form filed by more than one
| | | reporting person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of |2.Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6.Owner- |7. Nature
Security | action | action | or Disposed (D) | Securities | ship | of In-
Instr. 3) | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct
| (Month/ | (Instr. 8)| (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Owned at | Direct | Bene-
| Day/ |-------------------------------------- | End of Month | (D) or | ficial
| Year) | | | | (A) | | (Instr. 3 | Indirect | Owner-
| | | | | or | | and 4) | (I) | ship
| | Code | V | Amount | (D) | Price | | (Instr. 4)|
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Common Shares | 9/18/96 | P(1) | | 12,500 | A | $0.01 | 296,682(2) | D |
of Beneficial | | | | | | | | |
Interest | | | | | | | | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or
indirectly.
*If the form is files by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FROM 4 (continued)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative|2. Conver- |3. Trans-|4. Transaction|5. Number of Derivative |6. Date Exercisable
Security | sion or | action| Code |Securities Acquired (A) |and Expiration Date
(Instr. 3) | Exercise| Date | (Instr. 8) |or Disposed of (D) | (Month/Day/Year)
| Price of| (Month/| |(Instr. 3, 3 and 5) |(Month/Day/Year)
| Deriv- | Day/ | | |
| ative | Year) | | |
| Security| | | |
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| | | | | | | |Expir-
| | | | | | |Date Exer- |ation
| | | Code | V | (A) | (D) |cisable |Date
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Table II - Continued
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7. Title and Amount of Underlying |8. Price of |9. Number of |10. Ownership |11. Nature of
Securities | Derivative | Derivative | Form of | Indirect
(Instr. 3 and 4) | Security | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial
| (Instr. 5) | Beneficially| Security: | Ownership
| | Owned at | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4)
| | End of Month| or Indirect |
| | (Instr. 4) | (I)(Instr.4)|
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Award of common shares pursuant to the Amended and Restated 1993 Share Incentive Plan of Camden
Property Trust
(2) Includes the 18,696 shares owned by Centeq, of which Mr. Oden disclaims ownership of 50% of such
shares.
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)
s/Richard J. Campo 10/9/96
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Date
SEC 1474 (7-96)
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see
Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
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