EX-99.77C VOTES

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
JANUARY 23, 2001



Item 77.C.	Matters Submitted to a Vote of Security Holders

	On January 23, 2001, a Special Meeting of the Shareholders
of Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter Municipal Income Trust  ("MIT ") was held to consider and
vote upon an Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization, dated August 24, 2000 (the Reorganization
Agreement") between MIT
and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Tax-Exempt  Securities Trust
("Tax-Exempt"), pursuant to which
substantially all of the assets of MIT   would be combined with
those of Tax-Exempt with a value
equal to the net asset value of their holdings in MIT
(the "Reorganization").

The vote on the Reorganization proposal was as follows:



For: 	12,016,186	Against:  394,961	Abstain:  707,017

EX-99.77Q3 CERT

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST

Exhibit 77Q3:  Certification

(a)(i) The Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
 Officer of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Municipal Income Trust (the "Fund")
have evaluated the disclosure
controls and procedures (as
defined in Rule 30a-2(c)) of the Fund within 90 days of the
filing date of this Form N-SAR (the
"Effective Date") and they believe that the disclosure controls
and procedures are effective.

(a)(ii)  There have been no significant changes in Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter Municipal Income Trust's internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these
controls subsequent to the date
of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard
 to significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses.

(a)(iii) CERTIFICATIONS

I, Mitchell M. Merin, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form N-SAR of Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter Municipal Income Trust ;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the
period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial information included in
this report, and the financial
statements on which the financial information is based, fairly
present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net
assets, and cash flows (if the
financial statements are required to include a statement of cash
flows) of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.	The registrants' other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the
30a-2(c) under the
Investment Company Act) for the registrant and have:

a)	designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being
prepared;

b)	evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures as of a
date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report
(the "Evaluation Date"); and

c)	presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls
and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.	The registrants' other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee
of the registrant's board of
directors (or persons performing he equivalent functions):

a)	all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal controls which could
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize, and report financial
data and have identified for the registrant's auditors any
material weaknesses in internal
controls; and

b)	 any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls; and

6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated
in this report whether or not
there were significant changes in internal controls or in other
factors that could significantly
affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent
evaluation, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses.

Date:  October 30, 2002


                                      /S/_	MITCHELL M. MERIN______
				Mitchell M. Merin
				President and Chief Executive Officer




(a)(i) The Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Municipal Income Trust
(the "Fund") have evaluated the disclosure
controls and procedures (as
defined in Rule 30a-2(c)) of the Fund within 90 days of the filing
date of this Form N-SAR (the
"Effective Date") and they believe that the disclosure controls
and procedures are effective.

(a)(ii)  There have been no significant changes in Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter Municipal Income Trust's internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these
controls subsequent to the date
of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard
to significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses.

(a)(iii) CERTIFICATIONS

I, Francis Smith, certify that:

6.	I have reviewed this report on Form N-SAR of Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter Municipal Income Trust ;

7.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the
period covered by this report;

8.	Based on my knowledge, the financial information included in
this report, and the financial
statements on which the financial information is based, fairly
present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets,
and cash flows (if the
financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows)
of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

9.	The registrants' other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the
30a-2(c) under the
Investment Company Act) for the registrant and have:

d)	designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being
prepared;

e)	evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures as of a
date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report (the "Evaluation
Date"); and

f)	presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls
and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

10.	The registrants' other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent
evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant's board of
directors (or persons performing he equivalent functions):

c)	all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal controls which could
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize, and report financial
data and have identified for the registrant's auditors any material
weaknesses in internal
controls; and

d)	 any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls; and

6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in
this report whether or not
there were significant changes in internal controls or in other
factors that could significantly
affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent
evaluation, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses.

Date:  October 30, 2002


                                      /S/_	FRANCIS SMITH______
				Francis Smith
				Chief Financial Officer