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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497J
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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MERRILL LYNCH MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000225635
		IRS NUMBER:				132896246
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497J
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-111596
		FILM NUMBER:		04565100

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL RD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092822026

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ONE LIBERTY MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19780622
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February 4, 2004


VIA ELECTRONIC FILING

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC  20549

Attention: Division of Investment Management

RE: Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
    Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
    N-14 (Securities Act File No. 333-111596, Investment Company Act File
    No. 811-02688)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

	Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby
certifies that:

(1) the form of Proxy Statement and Prospectus that would have been filed
    pursuant to Rule 497(b) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from
    that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration
    Statement on Form N-14; and

(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration
    Statement on Form N-14 was filed electronically with the Securities and
    Exchange Commission on February 3, 2004

Very truly yours,

Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

/s/ Brian D. Stewart

Brian D. Stewart
Secretary of Fund

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