485BPOS 1 form.htm

1933 Act File No. 2-57181
1940 Act File No. 811-2677

 

Form N-1A

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  
       
  Pre-Effective Amendment No.    
       
  Post-Effective Amendment No.   77
 
and/or
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940  
       
  Amendment No.   61
         

 

 

 

FEDERATED MUNICIPAL SECURITIES FUND, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Federated Investors Funds

4000 Ericsson Drive

Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(412) 288-1900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 

John W. McGonigle, Esquire

Federated Investors Tower

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
   
X immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  on   pursuant to paragraph (b)
  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  on   pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
  on   pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
 
If appropriate, check the following box:
   
  This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, FEDERATED MUNICIPAL SECURITIES FUND, INC., certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 13th day of June, 2014.

FEDERATED MUNICIPAL SECURITIES FUND, INC.

BY: /s/ Timothy S. Johnson

Timothy S. Johnson, Assistant Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacity and on the date indicated:

 

NAME TITLE DATE
BY:  /s/ Timothy S. Johnson            Timothy S. Johnson, Assistant Secretary Attorney In Fact For the Persons Listed Below June 13, 2014
John F. Donahue * Director  

J. Christopher Donahue *

 

 President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)  
Lori A. Hensler* Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)  
John T. Collins* Director  
Maureen Lally-Green* Director  
Peter E. Madden* Director  
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.* Director  
Thomas O’Neill* Director  
P. Jerome Richey* Director  
John S. Walsh* Director  
*By Power of Attorney    

 

 
 

 

Federated Municipal Securities Fund, Inc.

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 77

This Post-Effective Amendment is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL Interactive Data File exhibits for the Risk/Return Summary of the above-named Fund filed as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 on May 28, 2014.  The exhibits filed herewith do not constitute the complete publicly filed disclosure for the Fund, and should be used in conjunction with the complete prospectus for the Fund.

 

Exhibit List for Interactive Data File Submissions.

 

 

EX-101.INS INSTANCE
EX-101.SCH SCHEMA
EX-101.CAL CALCULATION LINKBASE
EX-101.DEF DEFINITION LINKBASE
EX-101.LAB LABEL LINKBASE
EX-101.PRE PRESENTATION LINKBASE