Spirit of America Investment Fund Inc, et al. – ‘N-1A/A’ on 12/17/97 – EX-19

On:  Wednesday, 12/17/97, at 3:47pm ET   ·   Confirming Copy?  Yes ©   ·   Accession #:  921446-97-274   ·   File #s:  333-27925, 811-08231, 811-08231   ·   Correction:  This Filing’s “Filed as of” Date was Corrected and “Changed as of” 2/11/98 by the SEC on 7/13/04. ®

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Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement of an Open-End Management Investment Company   —   Form N-1A
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: N-1A/A      Pre-Effectiveamendmentno. 1                           58±   241K 
 2: EX-5        Investmentadvisoryagreement                            3±    17K 
 3: EX-6        Underwritingagreement                                  6±    28K 
 4: EX-8        Custodianagreement                                    48±   157K 
 5: EX-9        Investmentcompanyservices Agreement                   36±   120K 
 6: EX-15       Distributionplan                                       2     15K 
 7: EX-19       Powersofattorney                                       5     20K 

EX-19   —   Powersofattorney

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POWER OF ATTORNEY                         

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned              
constitutes and appoints Joseph M. O'Donnell, Esq., Sandra L. Adams,            
William J. Baltrus and Carolyn Mead, Esq. and each of them, with full           
power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact           
and agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any             
appropriate action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities                 
Exchange Commission, any amendment to the registration statement of             
Spirit of America Investment Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), file any                  
request for exemptive relief from state and federal regulations, to             
file the prescribed notices in the various states regarding the sale            
of shares of the Fund, to perform on behalf of the Fund any and all             
such acts as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable             
in order to comply with the applicable laws of the United States or             
any such state, and in connection therewith to execute and file all             
requisite papers and documents, including, but not limited to,                  
applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and                   
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such              
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and                  
authority to do and perform each and every act requisite and                    
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully as each might            
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such            
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or             
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.              

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of        
Attorney on the  15th  day of December, 1997.                                   

      /s/ David Lerner
  David Lerner
            Chairman of the Board,
           President, Director & Treasurer

ACKNOWLEDGMENT                        

State of New York             )                                                 
) ss:                         
County of Nassau              )                                                 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 15th day of            
December, 1997, by  David Lerner, Chairman of the Board, President,             
Director & Treasurer of Spirit of America Investment Fund, Inc.                 

/s/ Daniel Rensch                                                               
Notary Public                                                                   

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POWER OF ATTORNEY                         

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned              
constitutes and appoints Joseph M. O'Donnell, Esq., Sandra L. Adams,            
William J. Baltrus and Carolyn Mead, Esq. and each of them, with full           
power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact           
and agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any             
appropriate action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities                 
Exchange Commission, any amendment to the registration statement of             
Spirit of America Investment Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), file any                  
request for exemptive relief from state and federal regulations, to             
file the prescribed notices in the various states regarding the sale            
of shares of the Fund, to perform on behalf of the Fund any and all             
such acts as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable             
in order to comply with the applicable laws of the United States or             
any such state, and in connection therewith to execute and file all             
requisite papers and documents, including, but not limited to,                  
applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and                   
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such              
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and                  
authority to do and perform each and every act requisite and                    
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully as each might            
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such            
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or             
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.              

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of        
Attorney on the  2nd day of September, 1997.                                    

       /s/ Herbert Grant
   Herbert Grant
Director  

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                         

State of New York             )                                                 
) ss:                         
County of Rockland            )                                                 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 2nd day of             
September, 1997, by  Herbert Grant, Director of Spirit of America               
Investment Fund, Inc.                                                           

/s/ Edythe L. DeGroat                                                           
Notary Public                                                                   

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POWER OF ATTORNEY                         

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned              
constitutes and appoints Joseph M. O'Donnell, Esq., Sandra L. Adams,            
William J. Baltrus and Carolyn Mead, Esq. and each of them, with full           
power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact           
and agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any             
appropriate action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities                 
Exchange Commission, any amendment to the registration statement of             
Spirit of America Investment Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), file any                  
request for exemptive relief from state and federal regulations, to             
file the prescribed notices in the various states regarding the sale            
of shares of the Fund, to perform on behalf of the Fund any and all             
such acts as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable             
in order to comply with the applicable laws of the United States or             
any such state, and in connection therewith to execute and file all             
requisite papers and documents, including, but not limited to,                  
applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and                   
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such              
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and                  
authority to do and perform each and every act requisite and                    
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully as each might            
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such            
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or             
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.              

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of        
Attorney on the  2nd day of September, 1997.                                    

/s/ Allen Kaufman                         
Allen Kaufman       
Director            

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                         

State of New York             )                                                 
) ss:                         
County of Nassau              )                                                 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 2nd day of             
September, 1997, by  Allen Kaufman, Director of Spirit of America               
Investment Fund, Inc.                                                           

/s/ Bernice Cherry                                                              
Notary Public                                                                   

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POWER OF ATTORNEY                         

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned              
constitutes and appoints Joseph M. O'Donnell, Esq., Sandra L. Adams,            
William J. Baltrus and Carolyn Mead, Esq. and each of them, with full           
power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact           
and agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any             
appropriate action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities                 
Exchange Commission, any amendment to the registration statement of             
Spirit of America Investment Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), file any                  
request for exemptive relief from state and federal regulations, to             
file the prescribed notices in the various states regarding the sale            
of shares of the Fund, to perform on behalf of the Fund any and all             
such acts as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable             
in order to comply with the applicable laws of the United States or             
any such state, and in connection therewith to execute and file all             
requisite papers and documents, including, but not limited to,                  
applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and                   
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such              
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and                  
authority to do and perform each and every act requisite and                    
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully as each might            
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such            
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or             
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.              

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of        
Attorney on the  the day of December, 1997.                                     

       /s/ Daniel Lerner
   Daniel Lerner
Director  

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                         

State of New York             )                                                 
) ss:                         
County of Nassau              )                                                 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 15th day of            
December, 1997, by  Daniel Lerner, Director of Spirit of America                
Investment Fund, Inc.                                                           

/s/ Daniel Rensch                                                               
Notary Public                                                                   

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POWER OF ATTORNEY                         

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned              
constitutes and appoints Joseph M. O'Donnell, Esq., Sandra L. Adams,            
William J. Baltrus and Carolyn Mead, Esq. and each of them, with full           
power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact           
and agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any             
appropriate action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities                 
Exchange Commission, any amendment to the registration statement of             
Spirit of America Investment Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), file any                  
request for exemptive relief from state and federal regulations, to             
file the prescribed notices in the various states regarding the sale            
of shares of the Fund, to perform on behalf of the Fund any and all             
such acts as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable             
in order to comply with the applicable laws of the United States or             
any such state, and in connection therewith to execute and file all             
requisite papers and documents, including, but not limited to,                  
applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and                   
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such              
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and                  
authority to do and perform each and every act requisite and                    
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully as each might            
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such            
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or             
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.              

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of        
Attorney on the  the 15th day of December, 1997.                                

            /s/ Constance Ferreira
        Constance Ferreira
Director  

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                         

State of New York             )                                                 
) ss:                         
County of Nassau              )                                                 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 15th day of            
December, 1997, by  Daniel Lerner, Director of Spirit of America                
Investment Fund, Inc.                                                           

/s/ Daniel Rensch                                                               
Notary Public                                                                   

10 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/29/24  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485BPOS     4/29/24   14:5.5M                                   Blu Giant, LLC/FA
 3/28/24  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485BPOS     3/29/24   15:3M                                     Blu Giant, LLC/FA
 4/28/23  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485BPOS     5/01/23   13:4.5M                                   Blu Giant, LLC/FA
 3/30/23  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485BPOS     3/30/23   14:3M                                     Blu Giant, LLC/FA
 1/27/23  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485BPOS     1/29/23   24:2.2M                                   Blu Giant, LLC/FA
11/15/22  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485APOS                2:692K                                   Blu Giant, LLC/FA
 4/28/22  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485BPOS     4/29/22   14:5.5M                                   Blu Giant, LLC/FA
 3/30/22  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485BPOS     3/30/22   13:2.4M                                   Blu Giant, LLC/FA
 4/29/21  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485BPOS     4/30/21    3:1.6M                                   Blu Giant, LLC/FA
 3/29/21  Spirit of America Inv Fund Inc.   485BPOS     3/30/21    2:997K                                   Blu Giant, LLC/FA