Exhibit 99.(a)(6)

                        PRUDENTIAL HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.

                             ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

     Prudential High Yield Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation having its
principal office in Maryland in Baltimore City (hereinafter called the
"Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland that:

     FIRST: Pursuant to Section 3-802(a)(2) and Section 3-802(d) of the Maryland
General Corporation Law ("MGCL"), the Corporation elects to be subject to
Sections 3-804 and 3-805 of the MGCL.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Prudential High Yield Fund, Inc. has caused these
presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and
witnessed by its Secretary on July 17, 2003.

WITNESS:                              Prudential High Yield Fund, Inc.


/s/ Deborah Docs                      /s/ Judy A. Rice
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Deborah Docs, Secretary               Judy A. Rice, President


     THE UNDERSIGNED, President of Prudential High Yield Fund, Inc., who
executed on behalf of the Corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementary of
which this Certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges in the name and on
behalf of said Corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementary to be the
corporate act of said Corporation and hereby certifies that the matters and
facts set forth herein with respect to the authorization and approval thereof
are true in all material respects under the penalties of perjury.


                                           /s/ Judy A. Rice
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                                           Judy A. Rice, President

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