MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC
8-A12B/A, 1997-11-19
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20549

                           FORM 8-A/A

       FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


            Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
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     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


             Tennessee                               62-1543819
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State of Incorporation or Organization          (I.R.S. Employer
                                                 Identification No.)

   6584 Poplar Avenue, Suite 340, Memphis, Tennessee        38138
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        (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

If this Form relates to the                  If this Form relates to the
registration of a class of debt              registration of a class of debt
securities and is effective upon filing      securities and is to become
pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1)      effective simultaneously with
check the following box. ____                the effectiveness of a concurrent
                                             registration statement under the
                                             Securities Act of 1933 pursuant
                                             to General Instruction A(c)(2)
                                             please check the following
                                             box. ____


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                             Name of each exchange on which
  Title of Class to be so registered         each class is to be registered
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8 7/8% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock,      New York Stock Exchange
        par value $.01 per share
    (liquidation value $25 per share)



Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                         Not Applicable
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                       (title of class)


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         INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered

     A  description  of the 8 7/8% Series B Cumulative  Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share of the Registrant is contained in
a Rule 424(b) Preliminary Prospectus Supplement supplementing the
Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form S-3, No.  333-34775,
which  became  effective on September 9, 1997, which  Preliminary
Prospectus  Supplement shall be deemed to be incorporated  herein
by reference for all purposes.

Item 2.  Exhibits

     The  securities described herein are to be registered on the
New  York  Stock  Exchange,  on which  other  securities  of  the
Registrant are registered.  Accordingly, the following  exhibits,
required  in  accordance with Part I to the  Instructions  as  to
Exhibits  on  Form 8-A, have been duly filed with  the  New  York
Stock Exchange:

     4.1  Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter
          Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences  of  a
          Series of Shares of Preferred Stock.

     4.2  *    Form of Articles of Amendment to the Amended and
          Restated Charter Establishing and Fixing the Rights and
          Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock.

     4.3  Specimen Share Certificate for 8 7/8% Series B Cumulative
          Preferred Stock.

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          * Previously filed.



                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934,  the Registrant  has  duly  caused  this
registration  statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


                              Mid-America  Apartment Communities, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                                  -----------------------------------
                              Title:  Chief Financial Officer

November 14, 1997




                         






                           EXHIBIT 4.1


            MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

   ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CHARTER
             DESIGNATING AND FIXING THE RIGHTS AND
      PREFERENCES OF B SERIES OF SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK


     Mid-America   Apartment  Communities,  Inc.,   a   Tennessee
corporation (the "Company"), certifies to the Tennessee Secretary
of State that:

     FIRST:  Pursuant to the authority expressly  vested  in  the
Board  of  Directors of the Company by Section 6 of the Company's
Amended   and  Restated  Charter  (the  "Charter")  and   Section
48-16-102 of the Tennessee Code Annotated, as amended, the  Board
of  Directors  has,  by resolution, duly divided  and  classified
2,156,250  shares of the preferred stock of the  Company  into  a
series designated 8 7/8% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock (the
"Series B Preferred Stock") and has provided for the issuance  of
the Series B Preferred Stock.

     SECOND: Section 6 is hereby amended by adding the following:

1.   Designation  and  Number.  A  series  of  Preferred   Stock,
     designated the "8 7/8% Series B Cumulative Preferred  Stock"
     (the  "Series  B  Preferred"), is hereby  established.   The
     number  of  shares  of  the  Series  B  Preferred  shall  be
     2,156,250.

2.   Maturity.   The  Series  B Preferred  Stock  has  no  stated
     maturity  and  will not be subject to any  sinking  fund  or
     mandatory redemption.

3.   Rank.   The  Series  B  Preferred  Stock,  with  respect  to
     dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution  or
     winding  up  of  the Company, will rank (i)  senior  to  all
     classes or series of Common Stock of the Company, and to all
     equity  securities ranking junior to the Series B  Preferred
     Stock  with  respect  to  dividend  rights  or  rights  upon
     liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company;  (ii)
     on  a  parity  with  all  equity securities  issued  by  the
     Company,  including the Company's 9.5% Series  A  Cumulative
     Preferred  Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock") the  terms
     of  which  specifically provide that such equity  securities
     rank  on  a  parity with the Series B Preferred  Stock  with
     respect  to  dividend  rights or  rights  upon  liquidation,
     dissolution  or  winding  up of  the  Company  (the  "Parity
     Preferred  Stock");  and (iii) junior to  all  existing  and
     future  indebtedness  of  the  Company.   The  term  "equity
     securities"  does  not include convertible debt  securities,
     which will rank senior to the Series B Preferred Stock prior
     to conversion.

4.   Dividends

     (a)   Holders of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock
are  entitled to receive, when and as declared by the  Board
of  Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof),  out
of  funds  legally available for the payment  of  dividends,
preferential cumulative cash dividends at the rate of 8 7/8%
per   annum   of   the  $25  liquidation   preference   (the
"Liquidation Preference") per share (equivalent to  a  fixed
annual  amount  of  $2.21875 per share).  Dividends  on  the
Series  B Preferred Stock shall be cumulative from the  date
of original issue and shall be payable monthly in arrears on
or  before the 15th day of each month, or, if not a business
day,  the  next succeeding business day (each,  a  "Dividend
Payment  Date").  The first dividend, which will be  payable
on  December  15, 1997, will be for less than a full  month.
Such  dividend  and any dividend payable  on  the  Series  B
Preferred  Stock  for any partial dividend  period  will  be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day  months.   Dividends will be payable  to  holders  of
record as they appear in the stock records of the Company at
the  close of business on the applicable record date,  which
shall  be  the first day of the calendar month in which  the
applicable Dividend Payment Date falls or on such other date
designated by the Board of Directors of the Company for  the
payment of dividends that is not more than 30 nor less  than
10  days  prior  to  such  Dividend Payment  Date  (each,  a
"Dividend Record Date").

     (b)  No dividends on shares of Series B Preferred Stock
shall  be declared by the Board of Directors or paid or  set
apart  for payment by the Company at such time as the  terms
and  provisions  of any agreement of the Company,  including
any  agreement relating to its indebtedness, prohibits  such
declaration,  payment  or  setting  apart  for  payment   or
provides that such declaration, payment or setting apart for
payment  would  constitute a breach  thereof  or  a  default
thereunder,  or  if  such declaration or  payment  shall  be
restricted or prohibited by law.

     (c)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends  on  the
Series  B  Preferred Stock will accrue whether  or  not  the
Company has earnings, whether or not there are funds legally
available  for the payment of such dividends and whether  or
not   such  dividends  are  declared.   Accrued  but  unpaid
dividends  on  the Series B Preferred Stock  will  not  bear
interest  and holders of the Series B Preferred  Stock  will
not  be  entitled  to any distributions in  excess  of  full
cumulative  distributions described above.   Except  as  set
forth in the next sentence, no dividends will be declared or
paid  or set apart for payment on any capital stock  of  the
Company or any other series of Parity Preferred Stock or any
series  or class of equity securities ranking junior to  the
Series B Preferred Stock (other than a dividend in shares of
the  Company's Common Stock or in shares of any other  class
of  stock ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Stock  as
to  dividends  and upon liquidation) for any  period  unless
full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are
declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient  for  the
payment thereof is set apart for such payment on the  Series
B Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods and the then
current  dividend period.  When dividends are  not  paid  in
full  (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is  not  so
set  apart) upon the Series B Preferred Stock and the shares
of any other series of Parity Preferred Stock, all dividends
declared  upon  the Series B Preferred Stock and  any  other
series of Parity Preferred Stock, shall be declared pro rata
so that the amount of dividends declared per share of Series
B  Preferred Stock and such other series of Parity Preferred
Stock  shall in all cases bear to each other the same  ratio
that  accrued dividends per share on the Series B  Preferred
Stock and such other series of Parity Preferred Stock (which
shall not include any accrual in respect of unpaid dividends
for  prior  dividend periods if such Parity Preferred  Stock
does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other.

     (d)   Except  as provided in the immediately  preceding
paragraph, unless full cumulative dividends on the Series  B
Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are  declared
and  paid  or declared and a sum sufficient for the  payment
thereof  is  set  apart for payment for  all  past  dividend
periods  and the then current dividend period, no  dividends
(other  than  in shares of Common Stock or other  shares  of
capital stock ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Stock
as  to dividends and upon liquidation) shall be declared  or
paid   or  set  aside  for  payment  nor  shall  any   other
distribution be declared or made upon the Common  Stock,  or
any other capital stock of the Company ranking junior to  or
on  a  parity  with  the  Series B  Preferred  Stock  as  to
dividends  or  upon  liquidation, nor shall  any  shares  of
Common  Stock, or any other shares of capital stock  of  the
Company  ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series  B
Preferred  Stock  as  to dividends or  upon  liquidation  be
redeemed,   purchased   or  otherwise   acquired   for   any
consideration  (or any monies be paid to or  made  available
for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares) by
the Company (except by conversion into or exchange for other
capital stock of the Company ranking junior to the Series  B
Preferred  Stock  as  to dividends and upon  liquidation  or
redemptions  for  the  purpose of preserving  the  Company's
qualification  as a real estate investment trust  ("REIT")).
Holders of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock shall  not
be  entitled  to  any  dividend, whether  payable  in  cash,
property or stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends on
the  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  as  provided  above.   Any
dividend  payment made on shares of the Series  B  Preferred
Stock  shall first be credited against the earliest  accrued
but  unpaid  dividend due with respect to such shares  which
remains payable.

5.   Liquidation   Preference.   Upon   any   voluntary   or
     involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding  up  of
     the  affairs of the Company, the holders of  shares  of
     Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to be paid out of
     the   assets  of  the  Company  legally  available  for
     distribution   to   its  shareholders   a   liquidation
     preference  of $25 per share, plus an amount  equal  to
     any  accrued  and  unpaid  dividends  to  the  date  of
     payment,  but without interest, before any distribution
     of  assets  is made to holders of Common Stock  or  any
     other  class or series of capital stock of the  Company
     that ranks junior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to
     liquidation  rights.   If the  assets  of  the  Company
     legally available for distribution to shareholders  are
     insufficient to pay in full the Liquidation  Preference
     on  the  Series  B Preferred Stock and the  Liquidation
     Preference on any shares of Parity Preferred Stock, all
     assets  distributed  to the holders  of  the  Series  B
     Preferred   Stock  and  any  other  series  of   Parity
     Preferred Stock shall be distributed pro rata  so  that
     the amount of assets distributed per share of Series  B
     Preferred  Stock  and  such  other  series  of   Parity
     Preferred  Stock shall in all cases bear to each  other
     the  same  ratio  that the Liquidation  Preference  per
     share  on  the Series B Preferred Stock and such  other
     series  of  Parity Preferred Stock bear to each  other.
     Holders of Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to
     written  notice of any event triggering  the  right  to
     receive such Liquidation Preference.  After payment  of
     the full amount of the Liquidation Preference, plus any
     accrued   and  unpaid  dividends  to  which  they   are
     entitled, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock  will
     have  no right or claim to any of the remaining  assets
     of  the  Company.  The consolidation or merger  of  the
     Company  with or into any other corporation,  trust  or
     entity  or  of any other corporation with or  into  the
     Company,  or the sale, lease or conveyance  of  all  or
     substantially  all of the property or business  of  the
     Company,   shall   not  be  deemed  to   constitute   a
     liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.

6.   Redemption.

     (a)   The  Series  B Preferred Stock is not  redeemable
prior to December 1, 2002.  However, in order to ensure that
the  Company  will  continue to  meet  the  requirement  for
qualification as a REIT, the Series B Preferred  Stock  will
be  subject  to  provisions in the  Company's  Charter  (the
"Charter") pursuant to which shares of capital stock of  the
Company owned by a shareholder in excess of 9.9% in value of
the  outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (the
"Ownership Limit") will be deemed "Excess Shares,"  and  the
Company  will have the right to purchase such Excess  Shares
from  the  holder.   On  and after  December  1,  2002,  the
Company,  at its option upon not less than 30 nor more  than
60  days' written notice, may redeem shares of the Series  B
Preferred  Stock, in whole or in part, at any time  or  from
time  to  time, for cash at a redemption price  of  $25  per
share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to  the
date  fixed  for redemption (except with respect  to  Excess
Shares),  without interest.  Holders of Series  B  Preferred
Stock to be redeemed shall surrender such Series B Preferred
Stock  at the place designated in such notice and upon  such
surrender shall be entitled to the redemption price and  any
accrued  and  unpaid dividends payable upon such redemption.
If  notice of redemption of any shares of Series B Preferred
Stock  has  been given and if the funds necessary  for  such
redemption have been set aside by the Company in  trust  for
the  benefit  of  the  holders of any  shares  of  Series  B
Preferred  Stock  so called for redemption,  then  from  and
after the redemption date dividends will cease to accrue  on
such  shares  of  Series B Preferred Stock, such  shares  of
Series   B  Preferred  Stock  shall  no  longer  be   deemed
outstanding  and all rights of the holders  of  such  shares
will  terminate, except the right to receive the  redemption
price.   If  less  than  all  of the  outstanding  Series  B
Preferred  Stock is to be redeemed, the Series  B  Preferred
Stock  to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata (as  nearly
as may be practicable without creating fractional shares) or
by any other equitable method determined by the Company.
     
     (b)  Unless full cumulative dividends on all shares  of
Series    B   Preferred   Stock   shall   have    been    or
contemporaneously are declared and paid or  declared  and  a
sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment
for  all past dividend periods and the then current dividend
period,  no  shares  of Series B Preferred  Stock  shall  be
redeemed unless all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred
Stock are simultaneously redeemed and the Company shall  not
purchase  or  otherwise acquire directly or  indirectly  any
shares  of Series B Preferred Stock (except by exchange  for
capital stock of the Company ranking junior to the Series  B
Preferred  Stock  as  to  dividends and  upon  liquidation);
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent  the
purchase by the Company of Excess Shares in order to  ensure
that  the  Company  continues to meet the  requirements  for
qualification  as a REIT, or the purchase or acquisition  of
shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to a purchase or
exchange  offer  made on the same terms to  holders  of  all
outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.  So long  as
no  dividends are in arrears, the Company shall be  entitled
at  any  time and from time to time to repurchase shares  of
Series  B  Preferred Stock in open-market transactions  duly
authorized  by  the  Board  of  Directors  and  effected  in
compliance with applicable laws.

     (c)   Notice of redemption will be given by publication
in  a  newspaper of general circulation in the City  of  New
York,  such  publication to be made  once  a  week  for  two
successive weeks commencing not less than 30 nor  more  than
60 days prior to the redemption date.  A similar notice will
be  mailed by the Company, postage prepaid, not less than 30
nor  more  than  60  days  prior  to  the  redemption  date,
addressed to the respective holders of record of the  Series
B  Preferred  Stock  to  be  redeemed  at  their  respective
addresses  as they appear on the stock transfer  records  of
the  Company.  No failure to give such notice or any  defect
therein  or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity
of  the  proceedings for the redemption  of  any  shares  of
Series  B  Preferred Stock except as to the holder  to  whom
notice was defective or not given.  Each notice shall state:
(i)  the  redemption date; (ii) the redemption price;  (iii)
the  number  of  shares of Series B Preferred  Stock  to  be
redeemed;  (iv)  the  place or places  where  the  Series  B
Preferred  Stock  is to be surrendered for  payment  of  the
redemption price; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be
redeemed  will cease to accrue on such redemption date.   If
less  than all of the Series B Preferred Stock held  by  any
holder  is to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such  holder
shall  also  specify  the  number  of  shares  of  Series  B
Preferred Stock held by such holder to be redeemed.

     (d)   Immediately prior to any redemption of  Series  B
Preferred  Stock,  the  Company  shall  pay,  in  cash,  any
accumulated  and  unpaid  dividends through  the  redemption
date, unless a redemption date falls after a Dividend Record
Date  and prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment  Date,
in which case each holder of Series B Preferred Stock at the
close  of  business on such Dividend Record  Date  shall  be
entitled  to  the  dividend payable on such  shares  on  the
corresponding  Dividend  Payment  Date  notwithstanding  the
redemption of such shares before such Dividend Payment Date.

     (e)   The  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  has  no  stated
maturity  and  will not be subject to any  sinking  fund  or
mandatory redemption.  However, in order to ensure that  the
Company continues to meet the requirements for qualification
as   a  REIT,  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  acquired  by   a
shareholder   in   excess  of  the  Ownership   Limit   will
automatically  become Excess Shares, and  the  Company  will
have  the  right  to purchase such Excess  Shares  from  the
holder.   In  addition, Excess Shares may  be  redeemed,  in
whole  or  in part, at any time when outstanding  shares  of
Series B Preferred Stock are being redeemed, for cash  at  a
redemption price of $25 per share, but excluding accrued and
unpaid  dividends  on such Excess Shares, without  interest.
Such Excess Shares shall be redeemed in such proportion  and
in  accordance with such procedures as shares  of  Series  B
Preferred Stock are being redeemed.

7.   Voting Rights.

     (a)   Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock will  not
have  any  voting rights, except as set forth  below  or  as
otherwise from time to time required by law.

     (b)   Whenever  dividends on any  shares  of  Series  B
Preferred  Stock  shall be in arrears for eighteen  or  more
months (a "Preferred Dividend Default"), the holders of such
shares of Series B Preferred Stock  voting separately  as  a
class  together with the holders of the Series  A  Preferred
Stock  and  all other series of Parity Preferred Stock  upon
which  like  voting  rights  have  been  conferred  and  are
exercisable will be entitled to vote separately as  a  class
for  the election of a total of two additional directors  of
the  Company (the "Preferred Stock Directors") at a  special
meeting called by the holders of record of at least  20%  of
the Series B Preferred Stock or the holders of record of  at
least  20%  of any series of Parity Preferred so in  arrears
(unless  such request is received less than 90  days  before
the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the
shareholders) or at the next annual meeting of shareholders,
and  at  each subsequent annual meeting until all  dividends
accumulated on such shares of Series B Preferred  Stock  for
the  past  dividend periods and the dividend  for  the  then
current  dividend  period  shall have  been  fully  paid  or
declared  and a sum sufficient for the payment  thereof  set
aside  for  payment.   A quorum for any such  meeting  shall
exist  if  at least a majority of the outstanding shares  of
Series  B  Preferred  Stock and shares of  Parity  Preferred
Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred  and
are  exercisable are represented in person or  by  proxy  at
such meeting. The Preferred Stock Directors shall be elected
upon  the  affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares  of
Series  B  Preferred Stock and such Parity  Preferred  Stock
present  and  voting in person or by proxy at a duly  called
and  held  meeting  at  which a  quorum  is  present  voting
separately   as  a  class.   If  and  when  all  accumulated
dividends  and  the dividend for the then  current  dividend
period on the Series B Preferred Stock shall have been  paid
in  full or declared and set aside for payment in full,  the
holders  thereof  shall be divested of the foregoing  voting
rights (subject to revesting in the event of each and  every
Preferred   Dividend  Default)  and,  if   all   accumulated
dividends  and  the dividend for the then  current  dividend
period have been paid in full or declared and set aside  for
payment in full on all series of Parity Preferred Stock upon
which  like  voting  rights  have  been  conferred  and  are
exercisable,  the  term of office of  each  Preferred  Stock
Director  so  elected shall terminate.  Any Preferred  Stock
Director  may  be removed at any time with or without  cause
by,  and shall not be removed otherwise than by the vote of,
the  holders  of  record of a majority  of  the  outstanding
shares  of the Series B Preferred Stock when they  have  the
voting rights described above (voting separately as a  class
with  all  series of Parity Preferred Stock upon which  like
voting  rights have been conferred and are exercisable).  So
long  as  a  Preferred Dividend Default shall continue,  any
vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director  may  be
filled  by  written consent of the Preferred Stock  Director
remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a vote
of  the  holders of record of a majority of the  outstanding
shares of Series B Preferred Stock when they have the voting
rights  described above (voting separately as a  class  with
all  series of Parity Preferred Stock upon which like voting
rights  have  been  conferred  and  are  exercisable).   The
Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote
per director on any matter.

     (c)   So long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock
remain  outstanding,  the  Company  will  not,  without  the
affirmative  vote  or  consent of the holders  of  at  least
two-thirds  of  the shares of the Series B  Preferred  Stock
outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either
in  writing or at a meeting (voting separately as a  class),
amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Charter or  the
Designating  Amendment, whether by merger, consolidation  or
otherwise  (an  "Event"), so as to materially and  adversely
affect  any right, preference, privilege or voting power  of
the  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  or  the  holders  thereof;
provided,  however, that with respect to the  occurrence  of
any Event set forth above, so long as the Series B Preferred
Stock  remains outstanding with the terms thereof materially
unchanged,  the occurrence of any such Event  shall  not  be
deemed  to  materially  and adversely  affect  such  rights,
preferences,  privileges or voting power of holders  of  the
Series B Preferred Stock and provided, further that (i)  any
increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock  or
the  creation  or issuance of any other series of  Preferred
Stock,  or  (ii)  any increase in the amount  of  authorized
shares of such series, in each case ranking on a parity with
or  junior  to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect  to
payment  of  dividends or the distribution  of  assets  upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be  deemed
to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences,
privileges or voting powers.

     (d)  The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if,
at  or  prior to the time when the act with respect to which
such vote would otherwise be required shall be effected, all
outstanding  shares of Series B Preferred Stock  shall  have
been  redeemed  or called for redemption upon proper  notice
and  sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust  to
effect such redemption.

8.   Conversion.   The  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  is  not
     convertible into or exchangeable for any other property
     or securities of the Company.

     THIRD: This Designating Amendment shall be effective at
the   time   Tennessee  Secretary  of  State  accepts   this
Designating Amendment for filing.

     FOURTH:   The foregoing amendment was duly  adopted  by
unanimous   consent  of  the  board  of  directors   without
shareholder  action,  such  shareholder  action  not   being
required, on November 5, 1997.


     IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES,
INC. has caused these presents to be signed in its name  and
on  its  behalf by its Chief Financial Officer on  this  the
17th day of November 1997.



                      MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.


                      By:    /s/ Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            ------------------------------
                                 Simon R.C. Wadsworth
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer



                                EXHIBIT 4.3


                               [front of certificate]

               8  7/8% SERIES                 8  7/8% SERIES B
         CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK     CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK
           LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE         LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE
                 $25 PER SHARE                  $25 PER SHARE

    Number                                                  Shares
    MAB

    Incorporated Under the Laws         This Certificate is transferrable in
    of the State of Tennessee           Birmingham, AL or New York, NY


                                            CUSIP 59522J 30 1
                                           See reverse for certain definitions

             MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.


    This certifies that

    is the owner of

    fully paid and non-assessable shares of the 8  7/8% Series B Cumulative
    Preferred Stock Liquidation Preference $25 per share of

    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC. (the "Corporation")

    transferrable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly
    authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.
    This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall
    be held subject to all of the provisions of the Charter of the Corporation,
    as amended and restated, and its Bylaws, as amended, to all of which
    the holder, by acceptance hereof assents.  This Certificate is not valid
    unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

             Witness the facsimile seal and the facsimile signature
             of its duly authorized officers.


    Dated:
                               [Facsimile Signature]
    ATTEST:                    Secretary and Treasurer

                               [Facsimile Signature]
                               Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


    Countersigned and registered:
    AMSOUTH BANK
    Transfer Agent and Registrar

    By:
    Authorized Signature


                      [reverse of certificate]

             MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

         To preserve the qualification of the company as a "real estate
    investment trust" under the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended,
    under the company's charter transfer of the shares represented hereby
    is restricted and may be stopped if a person or group of persons directly
    or through the operation of certain attribution rules would own in excess
    of 9.9% of the outstanding stock of the company after the transfer.

         The company may require evidence of a proposed transferee's
    status and ownership interest before permitting any transfer and may
    redeem any shares held in violation of the preceding paragraph.
    The company will furnish to any shareholder without charge a full
    statement of the transfer restrictions upon request made to the
    secretary of the company at its principal office.  The shares represented
    hereby are subject to all of the provisions of the charter and bylaws
    of the corporation, each as amended from time to time, to all of which the
    holder by acceptance hereof assents.  The corporation will furnish to
    any shareholder, upon request and without charge, a full statement
    of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the
    shares of each class authorized to be issued, as well as variations
    in the rights, preferences and limitations determined for each series
    of a class, so far as the same has been determined by the Board of
    Directors under its authority.

         The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
    the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they
    were written out in full according to applicable laws and regulations:

    TEN COMM - as tenants in common   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT _______Custodian_______
    TEN ENT  - as tenants by the entireties             (Cust)          (Minor)
    JT TEN   - as joint tenants with right of           under Uniform Gifts to
                    survivorship and not as             Minors Act ________
                    tenants in common                              (State)

    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

              For Value Received, _______________  hereby sell, assign and
    transfer unto
             PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
                  IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
    _________________________________________________________________________
      Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code
                                 of assignee
    _______________________________________________________  shares
    represented by this Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute
    and appoint ____________________________________________________
    attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the Corporation
    before power of substitution and the premises.

    Date:__________

    NOTICE:  THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME
             AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
             WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

    Signature Guaranteed: ______________________________________________
                      The signatures should be guaranteed by an eligible
                      guarantor institution (Banks,Stockbrokers,Savings
                      and Loan Associations and Credit Unions with
                      members; approved signature guarantee medallion
                      program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.



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