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Exhibit 23(a)(4)
VENTURE SERIES, INC.
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
VENTURE SERIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (hereinafter called the
"Corporation"), having its principal office in Baltimore City, Maryland hereby
certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland, that:
FIRST: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended
as follows:
Article FIRST of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is
hereby amended to be and read as follows: The name of the Corporation is
DAVIS INTERNATIONAL SERIES, INC.
Article FIFTH of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is
hereby amended to change the name of the series of stock from Total Return
Fund series to Davis International Total Return Fund series. The
preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of
redemption of such series of stock shall not change.
SECOND. The name of the corporation and the name of the series of stock of
the Corporation have been amended by the Board of Directors of the Corporation
in accordance with and pursuant to Article FIFTH, Section (b) of the Articles of
Incorporation of the corporation and ss.2-605 of the Maryland General
Corporation Law.
THIRD: The Corporation is registered as an open-end investment company with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Investment Company Act of
1940.
FOURTH: The Board of Directors duly adopted a resolution changing the name
of the Corporation to Davis International Series, Inc. and the name of the
series of stock of the Corporation to Davis International Total Return Fund
series on March 24, 1995.
FIFTH: The effective date of these Articles of Amendment is October 1,
1995.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Venture Series, Inc. has caused these presents to be
signed in its name and on its behalf by its Vice President and attested by its
Secretary this 21 day of August, 1995.
VENTURE SERIES, INC.
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Louis R. Proyect, Vice President
ATTEST:
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Raymond O. Padilla,
Secretary
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THE UNDERSIGNED, Vice President of Venture Series, Inc., who executed on
behalf of said corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment, of which this
certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of
said corporation, the forgoing Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of
said corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his knowledge,
information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to
the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of
perjury.
Dated: August 21, 1995.
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Louis R. Proyect, Vice President
