Dreyfus Investment Grade Funds, Inc. – ‘485APOS’ on 5/2/01 – EX-3.(I)

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Post-Effective Amendment
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 485APOS     Post-Effective Amendment No. 15                       83±   334K 
 3: EX-3.(A)    Amendment to Articles                                  1      6K 
 2: EX-3.(I)    Article Supplementary                                  3±    13K 
 6: EX-99       Rule 18F-3 Plan                                        1      7K 
 4: EX-99.B5    Miscellaneous Exhibit                                  4±    18K 
 5: EX-99.B9A   Shareholder Services Plan                              2±    10K 

EX-3.(I)   —   Article Supplementary

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

         DREYFUS INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUNDS, INC., a Maryland corporation
having its principal office in the State of Maryland in Baltimore City, Maryland
(hereinafter called the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department
of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:                                   

      FIRST: The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the
Corporation has authority to issue is increased by five hundred million         
(500,000,000) shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, with an        
aggregate par value of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), all of which   
shall be classified as shares of Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund (the     
"Fund" and together with the other investment portfolios of the Corporation, the
"Funds"), all of such shares shall be Institutional shares Common Stock of the  
Fund.                                                                           

          SECOND: The Institutional shares Common Stock of the Fund have the
preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions,          
limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of         
redemption as set forth in Article FIFTH of the Corporation's Charter and shall 
be subject to all provisions of the Corporation's Charter relating to stock of  
the Corporation generally, and to the following:                                

           (1) As more fully set forth hereinafter, the assets and liabilities
and the income and expenses of the Institutional shares Common Stock of the Fund
shall be determined separately from Investor shares Common Stock of the Fund and
from the other investment portfolios of the Corporation and, accordingly, the   
Fund's net asset value, dividends and distributions payable to holders, and     
amounts distributable in the event of liquidation of the Fund or the Corporation
to holders of shares of the Fund's stock may vary from class to class and from  
classes of other investment portfolios of the Corporation. Except for these     
differences, and certain other differences hereinafter set forth, each class of 
the Fund's stock shall have the same preferences, conversion and other rights,  
voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications and    
terms and conditions of redemption.                                             

            (2) The assets attributable to the Institutional shares Common Stock
of the Fund shall be invested in the same investment portfolio, together with   
the assets attributable to the Investor shares Common Stock of the Fund and to  
any other class of shares of the Fund hereinafter established.                  

          (3) At such times (which may vary between and among the holders of
particular classes) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or, with the 
authorization of the Board of Directors, by the officers of the Corporation, in 
accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, applicable rules
and regulations thereunder and applicable rules and regulations of the National 
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and reflected in the pertinent          
registration statement of the Corporation, shares of any particular class of    
stock of the Fund may be automatically converted into shares of another class of
stock of the Fund based on the relative net asset values of such classes at the 
time of the conversion, subject, however, to any conditions of conversion that  
may be imposed by the Board of Directors (or with the authorization of the Board
of Directors, by the officers of the Corporation) and reflected in the pertinent
registration statement of the Corporation as aforesaid.                         

            (4) The dividends and distributions of investment income and capital
gains with respect to each class of stock of the Fund shall be in such amounts  
as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors, and such        
dividends and distributions may vary between each class of stock of the Fund to 
reflect differing allocations of the expenses of the Fund among the classes and 
any resultant differences between the net asset values per share of the classes,
to such extent and for such purposes as the Board of Directors may deem         
appropriate. The allocation of investment income, realized and unrealized       
capital gains and losses, and expenses and liabilities of the Corporation among 
the classes shall be determined by the Board of Directors in a manner that is   
consistent with applicable law.                                                 

           (5) Except as may otherwise be required by law, the holders of each
class of stock of the Fund shall have (i) exclusive voting rights with respect  
to any matter submitted to a vote of stockholders that affects only holders of  
that particular class and (ii) no voting rights with respect to any matter      
submitted to a vote of stockholders that does not affect holders of that        
particular class.                                                               

         THIRD: Immediately before the increase in the aggregate number of
shares as set forth in Article FIRST hereof, the Corporation was authorized to  
issue one billion (1,000,000,000) shares of stock, all of which were shares of  
Common Stock, having a par value of one tenth of one cent ($.001) each, and an  
aggregate par value of one million dollars ($1,000,000), classified as follows: 

                                                                  Shares
                                                                      Authorized
Fund/Class (if applicable)                                                      

Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund/Investor shares              500,000,000  
Dreyfus Short Term Income Fund                                     500,000,000  
                                                                  ----------
                                                               1,000,000,000
Total                                                                           

       FOURTH: As hereby increased and classified, the total number of
shares of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue is one billion five
hundred million (1,500,000,000) shares, all of which are shares of Common Stock,
with a par value of one tenth of one cent ($.001) per share, having an aggregate
par value of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), classified 
as follows:                                                                     

                                                                  Shares
                                                                      Authorized
Fund/Class (if applicable)                                                      

Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund/Investor shares              500,000,000  
Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund/Institutional shares         500,000,000  
Dreyfus Short Term Income Fund                                     500,000,000  
                                                                 -----------

                                                               1,500,000,000
Total                                                                           

       FIFTH:  The Corporation is registered as an open-end investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.                   

            SIXTH: The Board of Directors of the Corporation increased the total
number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation has authority to issue   
pursuant to Section 2-105(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law and        
classified the increased shares pursuant to authority provided in the           
Corporation's Charter.                                                          

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Dreyfus Investment Grade Bond Funds, Inc. has
caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf  
by its Vice President who acknowledges that these Articles Supplementary are the
act of the Corporation, that to the best of his knowledge, information and      
belief, all matters and facts set forth herein relating to the authorization and
approval of these Articles Supplementary are true in all material respects, and 
that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.                     

                                 DREYFUS INVESTMENT GRADE BOND
                             FUNDS, INC.

       By:
                                           ---------------------------------
                        Mark N. Jacobs
                        Vice President
WITNESS:                                                                        

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Robert R. Mullery                                                               
Assistant Secretary                                                             

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