SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                     Rule 13-3 Transaction Statement
   (Pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
                             Amendment No. 3
  DECADE'S MONTHLY INCOME & APPRECIATION FUND -- A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                          (Name of the Issuer)
  DECADE'S MONTHLY INCOME & APPRECIATION FUND -- A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                    (Name of Person Filing Statement)
                      Limited Partnership Interests
                     (Title of Class of Securities)
                                  None
                  (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                           Jeffrey Keierleber
                          c/o Decade Companies
   Decade's Monthly Income & Appreciation Fund--A Limited Partnership
                    250 Patrick Boulevard, Suite 140
                    Brookfield, Wisconsin  53045-5864
                             with copies to
                        Conrad G. Goodkind, Esq.
                             Quarles & Brady
                         411 E. Wisconsin Avenue
                    Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53202-4497

(Names, Addresses and Telephone Numbers of Persons Authorized to Receive
                       Notices and Communications
                 on Behalf of Person Filing Statement.)
 This Statement is filed in connection with (check the appropriate box):
a.  [  ]  The filing of solicitation materials or an information
          statement subject to Regulation 14A, Regulation 14C or Rule
          13e-3(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
b.  [  ]  The filing of a registration statement under the Securities
          Act of 1933.
c.  [X]   A tender offer.
d.  [  ]  None of the above.
Check the following box if the soliciting materials or information
statement referred to are preliminary copies:      [  ] 



      This Amendment No. 3 to Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement (the
"Statement") relates to an issuer tender offer by Decade's Monthly
Income & Appreciation Fund -- a Limited Partnership (the "Partnership")
to purchase outstanding limited partnership interests (the "Interests")
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase, dated November 21, 1995 (including the annexes thereto, the
"Offer to Purchase"), and in the related Letter of Acceptance (which
together constitute the "Offer"), copies of which have already been
filed as Exhibits (d)(1) and (d)(2) hereto, respectively.  This
Statement is being filed by the Partnership.  Capitalized terms used in
this Statement and not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth
in the Offer to Purchase.

     Concurrently with the filing of this Statement, the Partnership is
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, an Amendment No. 3
to the Schedule 13E-4 Issuer Tender Offer Statement.  A copy of the
Offer to Purchase was attached as Exhibit 1 thereto.  The information
contained in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated by reference in
answer to the items of this Statement and the Cross Reference Sheet set
forth below shows the location in the Offer to Purchase of the
information required to be included in response to the items of this
Statement.  The information contained in the Offer to Purchase,
including all exhibits and annexes thereto, is hereby expressly
incorporated by reference and the responses to each item herein are
qualified in their entirety by reference to the information contained in
the Offer to Purchase and the exhibits and annexes thereto. 



                    CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
            (Pursuant to General Instruction to Schedule 13E-3)


Item of                       Location in Offer to Repurchase
Schedule 13E-3                (for incorporation by reference)

Item 1.   Issuer and Class of Security Subject to the Transaction.

(a)       "The Partnership--Background of the Partnership."

(b)       "The Partnership--Background of the Partnership."

(c)       "Lack of Market and Distributions."

(d)       "Lack of Market and Distributions."

(e)       Not Applicable.

(f)       Not Applicable.

Item 2.   Identity and Background.

This Schedule 13E-3 is being filed only by the Partnership, the issuer
of the class of securities which is the subject of this Rule 13e-3
transaction.

(a)-(d)   "The Partnership--Background of the Partnership."

(e)-(f)   During the past five years, neither the Partnership nor any of
          the persons enumerated in General Instruction C to Schedule
          13E-3 has been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding
          (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii)
          a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative
          body of competent jurisdiction, and, as a result of such
          proceeding, was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final
          order enjoining further violation of, or prohibiting
          activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or
          finding any violation of such laws.

(g)       All relevant persons are citizens of the United States of
          America.

Item 3.   Past Contacts, Transactions or Negotiations.

(a)       Not Applicable as the Schedule is being filed by the issuer
          alone.

(b)       "The Partnership--Interests of Certain Persons in the Offer."

Item 4.   Terms of the Transaction.

(a)       "The Offer."

(b)       "The Offer--Proration Rights."

Item 5.   Plans or Proposals of the Issuer or Affiliate. 

(a)-(g)   "The Partnership--Certain Effects of the Offer;" "The
           Partnership--Conduct of the Partnership After the Offer."
Item 6.   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

(a)-(d)   "Financing the Offer."


Item 7.   Purposes, Alternatives, Reasons and Effects.

(a)-(c)   "The Partnership--Background for the Offer."

(d)       "The Partnership--Certain Effects of the Offer."

Item 8.   Fairness of the Transaction.

(a)-(f)   "The Partnership--Determination of the Offer Price."

Item 9.   Reports, Opinions, Appraisals and Certain Negotiations.

(a)-(c)   "The Partnership--November 1994 Appraisal of The Meadows I;"
          "The Partnership--Opinion of The Valuations Group."

Item 10.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

(a)-(b)   "Security Ownership."

Item 11.  Contracts, Arrangements or Understandings with Respect to the
Issuer's Securities.

          "The Partnership--Interests of Certain Persons in the Offer."

Item 12.  Present Intention and Recommendation of Certain Persons with
Regard to the Transaction.

(a)       "The Partnership--Interests of Certain Persons in the Offer."

(b)       "Security Ownership;" "The Offer."

Item 13.  Other Provisions of the Transaction.

(a)       "The Offer."

(b)-(c)   Not Applicable.

Item 14.  Financial Information.

(a)       "Financial Statements."

(b)       "Pro Forma Financial Data."

Item 15.  Persons and Assets Employed, Retained or Utilized.

(a)-(b)   "The Offer;" "Financing the Offer--Estimated Costs and Fees."

Item 16.  Additional Information.

          The Offer, the Annex and Exhibits attached hereto.

Item 17.  Material to be filed as Exhibits 



 (a)       Not Applicable 



                                                        Page Number is
                                                        Sequentially
                                                        Numbered in
                                                        Amendment No.
                                                        3 to Schedule

(b)  (1)  Fairness opinion of The Valuations Group      *
          (attached as Annex B to the Offer to
          Purchase).

     (2)  Appraisal of The Meadows I, Report Letter     *
          dated November 18, 1994, of T.M. Warner
          MAI, SRA (attached as Annex A to the Offer
          to Purchase).

     (3)  Analysis of The Valuations Group forwarded    *
          to the Partnership supporting fairness
          opinion.

     (4)  The Partnership's Cover Letter to Limited     *
          Partners, with the Offer to Purchase.

     (5)  Supplemental Letter to Limited Partners.      *

     (6)  Cover Letter to Limited Partners, dated       *
          December 7, 1995.

     (7)  Second Supplemental Letter to Limited Partners.

     (8)  Cover Letter to Limited Partners, dated
          December 14, 1995.

(c)       Not Applicable. 


 (d)  (1)  Offer To Purchase, dated November 21,         *           1995.
     (2)  Letter of Acceptance.                         *

(e)       Not Applicable.

(f)       Not Applicable.









*Previously Filed 

                         SIGNATURES
      After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true,
complete and correct.


Dated:  December 14, 1995.



                              DECADE'S MONTHLY INCOME & APPRECIATION
                              FUND -- A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP



                              BY:   /s/Jeffrey Keierleber
                              Jeffrey Keierleber, General Partner of
                              Decade Companies, General Partner
                              of the Partnership