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                      Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc.
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         (Letterhead of Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc.)


                                                         PRIME SERIES
                                                         TREASURY SERIES
                                                         TAX-FREE SERIES



June 21, 1995


Dear Shareholder:

The Directors of the Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. have
called for a shareholders meeting to vote on two proposals.

First, we are required to elect additional directors to provide
for the scheduled retirement of several of the existing directors,
some of whom have served on your Fund since inception in 1981. 
We believe that you will be most pleased with the caliber of the
new directors who are described in the attached proxy statement. 
Second, the Directors approved an increase in the fees for the
Fund.  We are asking shareholders to vote in favor of this
increase based on the following:

The Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. is one of the oldest
money market funds in the country and has operated extremely well
since its inception.  Recessions have come and gone and the Fund
has avoided any exposure to possible credit problems.  The Fund
has never owned and will not own the exotic derivatives that
caused problems for some in 1994.  Not all money funds have been
as successful.

The Fund's record is due partly to conservative policies.  While
these are too numerous to list in a short letter, we want to
mention a few to give you the flavor of your fund.  We own only
domestic securities.  We limit holdings in any issuer to 4% of
the Fund compared to the 5% legal limit.  We restrict our
weighted average maturity of the Fund to 60 days, the legal limit
is 90 days.

These policies are implemented with careful diligence.  Computer
programs ensure compliance with many of the restrictions.  The
portfolio managers and credit analysts report quarterly to the
Fund's directors and more often to a senior committee at the
Fund's advisor.  The employees managing the Fund each have more
than ten years' experience with money funds.  For all these
reasons, each series of the Fund has been awarded a AAA rating by
S&P.

Although we insist on safety of principal as our number one goal,
we have been able to generate very competitive yields for
shareholders.  For the year ended March 31, 1995 each Series
produced a yield that exceeded the average for the universe of
its particular type of money market fund as calculated by
IBC/Donoghue.

Finally, Fund expenses for each Series, as measured by the
expense ratios, are below the average for their respective
categories as calculated by IBC/Donoghue, and even with the
proposed fee increase will be below the average as calculated by
IBC/Donoghue.

These points are explained in the attached proxy.  We encourage
you to read it carefully, and we ask you to join with the Fund's
directors and vote in favor of both proposals.

We thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely yours,


/s/ W. JAMES PRICE                 /s/ RICHARD T. HALE
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W. James Price                     Richard T. Hale
Chairman                           President







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                     ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. 
                          135 East Baltimore Street 
                          Baltimore, Maryland 21202 

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                  NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 
                                JULY 25, 1995 

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. 

   You are cordially invited to a Special Meeting of the Shareholders of 
Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") on Tuesday, July 25, 1995 at 
4:00 p.m. (Baltimore Time) in the Audio-Visual Room of Alex. Brown & Sons 
Incorporated, One Thirty-Five East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 
21202, for the purpose of considering the proposals set forth below and for 
the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the 
meeting: 

   PROPOSAL 1: To consider and act upon a proposal to elect a Board of 
               Directors (voted on by the shareholders of the Fund as a 
               whole); 

   PROPOSAL 2: To approve or disapprove an amended investment advisory 
               agreement between the Fund and Investment Company Capital 
               Corp. with respect to the Prime Series, increasing the 
               advisory fee (voted on by the shareholders of the Prime 
               Series); 

   PROPOSAL 3: To approve or disapprove an amended investment advisory 
               agreement between the Fund and Investment Company Capital 
               Corp. with respect to the Treasury Series, increasing the 
               advisory fee (voted on by the shareholders of the Treasury 
               Series); and 

   PROPOSAL 4: To approve or disapprove an amended investment advisory 
               agreement between the Fund and Investment Company Capital 
               Corp. with respect to the Tax-Free Series, increasing the 
               advisory fee (voted on by the shareholders of the Tax-Free 
               Series). 

Only shareholders of the Fund at the close of business on June 9, 1995 are 
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, this meeting or any adjournment 
thereof. 

   WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, PLEASE 
COMPLETE AND PROMPTLY RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD. A POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE 
IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE SO THAT YOU MAY RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD AS 
SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT IS MOST IMPORTANT AND IN YOUR INTEREST FOR YOU TO SIGN 
YOUR PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT SO THAT A QUORUM WILL BE PRESENT AND A MAXIMUM 
NUMBER OF SHARES MAY BE VOTED. THE PROXY IS REVOCABLE AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 
ITS USE. 

                                                Brian C. Nelson 
                                                Secretary 

Dated: June 21, 1995 


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                     ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. 
                          135 East Baltimore Street 
                          Baltimore, Maryland 21202 
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                               PROXY STATEMENT 
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                       SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 
                                  TO BE HELD 
                                JULY 25, 1995 

   This Proxy Statement is furnished by the Directors of Alex. Brown Cash 
Reserve Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") in connection with their solicitation of 
proxies for use at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the 
"Meeting") to be held on Tuesday, July 25, 1995 at 4:00 p.m. (Baltimore 
Time), or at any adjournment thereof, in the Audio-Visual Room of Alex. Brown 
& Sons Incorporated, One Thirty-Five East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, 
Maryland, 21202. It is expected that the Notice of Special Meeting, the Proxy 
Statement and the Proxy Card will be mailed to shareholders on or about June 
21, 1995. 

   If you do not expect to be present at the Meeting and wish your shares to 
be voted, please date and sign the enclosed Proxy Card ("Proxy") and mail it 
in the enclosed reply envelope, allowing sufficient time for the card to be 
received on or before 4:00 p.m. (Baltimore Time) on July 25, 1995. If the 
accompanying Proxy is executed properly and returned, shares represented by 
it will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the instructions on the 
Proxy. However, if no instructions are specified, shares will be voted for 
the election of the Directors of the Fund (the "Directors") (Proposal 1), for 
the amended investment advisory agreement with respect to the Prime Series 
(Proposal 2), for the amended investment advisory agreement with respect to 
the Treasury Series (Proposal 3) and for the amended investment advisory 
agreement with respect to the Tax-Free Series (Proposal 4). Shareholders may 
revoke their Proxies at any time prior to the time they are voted by giving 
written notice to the Secretary of the Fund, by delivering a subsequently 
dated Proxy or by attending and voting at the Meeting. Abstentions and broker 
non-votes are each included in the determination of the number of shares 
present and voting at the Meeting. 

   All shareholders of the Fund are entitled to vote on Proposal 1. Proposals 
2, 3 and 4 require action by the shareholders of the Prime, Treasury and 
Tax-Free Series, respectively, as shown below. The summary voting table below 
sets forth all of the proposals to be acted upon and indicates which series' 
shareholders are solicited with respect to each proposal. 


            Proposal Number     Series 
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                    1           Prime, Treasury and Tax-Free 
                    2           Prime 
                    3           Treasury 
                    4           Tax-Free 


   The close of business on June 9, 1995 has been fixed as the record date 
for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, 
the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. On that date, the Fund had 
2,914,547,907 shares outstanding, consisting of 1,814,843,002 shares 
outstanding of the Prime Series, 565,526,406 shares outstanding of the 
Treasury Series and 534,178,499 shares outstanding of the Tax-Free Series. 
Each full share will be entitled to one vote at the Meeting and each fraction 
of a share will be entitled to the fraction of a vote equal to the proportion 
of a full share represented by the fractional share. 

   The expenses of the Meeting will be borne by the Fund, except that the 
incremental costs associated with Proposals 2 through 4 will be borne by 
Investment Company Capital Corp. ("ICC" or the "Advisor"), and will include 
reimbursement to brokerage firms and others for expenses in forwarding proxy 
solicitation material to beneficial owners. The solicitation of Proxies will 
be largely by mail, but may include, without cost to the Fund, telephonic, 
telegraphic or oral communication by regular employees of the Advisor. 

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   The Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report for its 
fiscal year ended March 31, 1995 to any shareholder requesting such report. 
Request for the annual report should be made in writing to Alex. Brown Cash 
Reserve Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 17250, Baltimore, Maryland, 21203 or by calling 
1-800-553-8080. 

   The Fund is registered as an open-end diversified management investment 
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") 
and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
The Fund offers three series of shares (each a "Series" and collectively the 
"Series"): Prime Series, Treasury Series and Tax-Free Series. ICC, 135 East 
Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated ("Alex. Brown" or the "Distributor"), acts as 
the Fund's investment advisor to each of the Series pursuant to two separate 
Investment Advisory Agreements currently in effect (the "Current Advisory 
Agreements"), one dated as of April 4, 1990 with respect to the Prime Series 
and the Treasury Series and one dated as of October 5, 1990 with respect to 
the Tax-Free Series. It is proposed that shareholders approve amended 
investment advisory agreements with respect to each of the Series, which 
increase advisory fees, to replace the Current Advisory Agreements. See 
Proposals 2, 3 and 4 below. 

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PROPOSAL 1: TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A PROPOSAL TO ELECT A BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

   At the Meeting, it is proposed that nine Directors will be elected to hold 
office until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The persons 
named in the accompanying Proxy intend, in the absence of contrary 
instructions, to vote all proxies on behalf of the shareholders for the 
election of W. James Price, Richard T. Hale, James J. Cunnane, N. Bruce 
Hannay, John F. Kroeger, Louis E. Levy, Eugene J. McDonald, Rebecca W. Rimel 
and Harry Woolf. Messrs. Price, Hale, Cunnane, Hannay, Kroeger, Levy, 
McDonald and Woolf are currently members of the Board of Directors. Messrs. 
Price, Hale, Hannay, Kroeger and Woolf were last elected by shareholders at a 
special meeting held on March 30, 1990. Mr. McDonald was elected by the Board 
on June 17, 1992. Mr. Levy was elected by the Board on June 17, 1994. Mr. 
Cunnane was elected by the Board on December 14, 1994. Alonzo G. Decker 
retired from the Board effective December 31, 1994. Ms. Rimel has not 
previously served on the Board and has not previously been elected by the 
shareholders. 

   The proposal to elect the Board of Directors is being presented for 
shareholder approval pursuant to requirements under the 1940 Act. In 
compliance with the 1940 Act, shareholder meetings must be held within sixty 
days to elect Directors whenever fewer than a majority of the Directors 
holding office have been elected by the shareholders or, if necessary in the 
case of filling vacancies, to assure that at least two-thirds of the 
Directors holding office after such vacancies are filled have been elected by 
the shareholders. Because the addition of Ms. Rimel raises the number of 
Directors to nine, of which five have been elected by shareholders of the 
Fund, a shareholder meeting must be held to elect Ms. Rimel in order for the 
Board of Directors to comply with the two-thirds requirement. The meeting 
also obviates the need to hold shareholder meetings in the future to fill 
vacancies caused by prospective retirements. 

   Because the corporation does not hold regular annual shareholder meetings, 
each nominee, if elected, will hold office until his successor is elected and 
qualified. Under Maryland General Corporation Law, a corporation registered 
under the 1940 Act is not required to hold an annual meeting in any year in 
which the election of Directors is not required to be acted upon under such 
Act. The Fund has availed itself of this provision and achieves cost savings 
by eliminating printing costs, mailing charges and other expenses involved in 
routine annual meetings. 

   Even with the elimination of routine annual meetings, the Board of 
Directors may call special meetings of shareholders for action by shareholder 
vote as may be required by the 1940 Act, or required or permitted by the 
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Fund. As described above, 
shareholder meetings will be held to elect Directors under certain 
circumstances in compliance with the 1940 Act. Shareholder meetings may also 
be held by the Fund in order to approve investment policy changes, a new 
investment advisory agreement or other matters requiring shareholder action 
under the 1940 Act. 

   A meeting may also be called by shareholders holding at least 10% of the 
shares entitled to vote at the meeting for the purpose of voting upon the 
removal of Directors, in which case shareholders may receive assistance in 
communicating with other shareholders as if the provisions contained in 
Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act applied. In addition, Maryland General 
Corporation Law provides for the calling of a special meeting by the written 
request of shareholders holding at least 25% of the shares entitled to vote 
at the meeting. 

   Each of the nominees has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement 
and to serving as a Director if elected. The Fund knows of no reason why any 
nominee would be unable or unwilling to serve if elected. Should any of the 
nominees become unable or unwilling to accept nomination or election, the 
persons named in the Proxy will exercise their voting power to vote for such 
person or persons as the management of the Fund may recommend. Directors will 
be elected by a majority of all votes cast at the Meeting provided that a 
majority of shareholders entitled to vote is present in person or by proxy at 
the Meeting. If you give no voting instructions, your shares will be voted 
for all nominees named herein. 

INFORMATION REGARDING NOMINEES 

   The following information is provided for each nominee. It includes his or 
her name, position with the Fund, length of directorship (if applicable), 
age, principal occupations or employment during the past five years, 
directorships with other companies which file reports periodically with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, number of shares of the Fund beneficially 
owned and percentage of shares of the Fund beneficially owned. 

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                                             Business Experience               Shares of the Fund 
   Name and Position                     During the Past Five Years,           Beneficially Owned 
     with the Fund         Age           Including all Directorships           as of June 2, 1995    Percentage 
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W. James Price*            70       Managing Director Emeritus, Alex. Brown &      113,940.98            **
  Director and Chairman               Sons Incorporated; Director, Boca 
  of the Board since                  Research, Inc.; Formerly, Director, CSX 
  1981                                Corp. and PHH Corporation.                   
 
Richard T. Hale*           49       Managing Director, Alex. Brown & Sons                0                **
  Director and                        Incorporated.                                      
  President since 1989
     
James J. Cunnane           57       Managing Director, CBC Capital; Formerly,            0                **
  Director since 1994                 Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial 
                                      Officer, General Dynamics Corporation and 
                                      Director, The Arch Fund.                           

N. Bruce Hannay            74       Director, Plenum Publishing Corp; Formerly,      3,346.56             **
  Director since 1984                 Director, Rohm & Haas Company and General 
                                      Signal Corp. and Consultant, SRI 
                                      International.                                

John F. Kroeger            70       Director/Trustee, AIM Funds; Formerly,          43,093.58             **
  Director since 1981                 Consultant, Wendell & Stockel Associates, 
                                      Inc. and General Manager, Shell Oil 
                                      Company.

Louis E. Levy              62       Director, Kimberly-Clark Corporation and             0                **
  Director since 1994                 Household International; Chairman of the 
                                      Quality Control Inquiry Committee, 
                                      American Institute of Certified Public 
                                      Accountants; Formerly, Trustee, Merrill 
                                      Lynch Funds for Institutions, Adjunct 
                                      Professor, Columbia University-Graduate 
                                      School of Business, and Partner, KPMG Peat 
                                      Marwick.

Eugene J. McDonald         62       President, Duke Management Company;                  0                **
  Director since 1992                 Executive Vice President, Duke 
                                      University.

Rebecca W. Rimel*          44       President and Chief Executive Officer, The           0                **
  Nominee for Director                Pew Charitable Trusts; Director and 
                                      Executive Vice President, The Glenmede 
                                      Trust Company; Formerly, Executive 
                                      Director, The Pew Charitable Trusts.     

Harry Woolf                  71       Professor-at-Large Emeritus, Institute for      56,176.37             **
  Director since 1981                 Advanced Study; Director, Merrill Lynch 
                                      Cluster C Funds, ATL and Spacelabs Medical 
                                      Corp. and Family Health International.       


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 * "Interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Price and Ms. 
   Rimel will be treated by the Fund as if they could each be deemed to be an 
   "interested person." Mr. Hale is a Managing Director of Alex. Brown & Sons 
   Incorporated, the Fund's Distributor ("Alex. Brown" or the "Distributor"). 

** As of June 2, 1995, Directors and nominees of the Fund beneficially owned 
   less than 1% of the shares of the Fund. 

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   The aggregate compensation paid by the Fund to each of the Fund's 
Directors serving during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995 is set forth in 
the compensation table below. The aggregate compensation paid to such 
Directors during calendar year 1994 by all registered investment companies to 
which the Advisor or an affiliated person of the Advisor provides investment 
advisory services (collectively, the "Fund Complex") is also set forth in the 
compensation table below. 

                              COMPENSATION TABLE 



                                                               Total Compensation   Number of Funds in 
                                                                From the Fund and      Fund Complex 
                               Aggregate                          Fund Complex              for 
                             Compensation        Deferred            Paid to               Which 
 Name                        from the Fund     Compensation         Directors         Director Serves 
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Richard T. Hale*  .......       $     0          $     0             $     0                12 
W. James Price*  ........             0                0                   0                 8 
James J. Cunnane**  .....             0            6,321               9,750                13 
N. Bruce Hannay  ........        18,308            6,223              39,000                13 
John F. Kroeger  ........        26,982                0              42,900                13 
Louis E. Levy**  ........         8,757            9,750              29,250                13 
Eugene J. McDonald  .....        11,987           12,544              39,000                13 
Harry Woolf  ............        11,987           12,544              39,000                13 



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 * "Interested person," within the meaning of the 1940 Act, of the Fund and 
   all other U.S. registered investment companies in the Fund Complex for 
   which he serves as a director. Mr. Price will be treated by the Fund as if 
   he could be deemed to be an "interested person". Mr. Hale is a Managing 
   Director of the Distributor. 

** Mr. Levy and Mr. Cunnane became Directors in June, 1994 and December, 
   1994, respectively. 

   The Fund Complex has adopted a Retirement Plan (the "Retirement Plan") for 
Directors who are not employees of the Fund, the Fund's Advisor or their 
respective affiliates (the "Participants"). After completion of five years of 
service, each Participant will be entitled to receive an annual retirement 
benefit equal to a percentage of the fees earned by him in his last year of 
service. Upon retirement, each Participant will receive annually 10% of such 
fee for each year that he served after completion of the first five years, up 
to a maximum annual benefit of 50% of the fee earned by him in his last year 
of service. The fee will be paid quarterly, for life, by each fund for which 
he serves. The Retirement Plan is unfunded and unvested. Messrs. Hannay, 
Kroeger and Woolf have qualified but have not received benefits, and no such 
benefits are being accrued for them since they have not yet retired. The Fund 
has one Participant, a Director who retired effective December 31, 1994, who 
has qualified for the Retirement Plan by serving thirteen years as Director 
in the Fund Complex and who will be paid a quarterly fee of $4,875 by the 
Fund Complex for the rest of his life. Such fee is allocated to each fund in 
the Fund Complex based upon the relative net assets of such fund to the Fund 
Complex. 

BOARD APPROVAL OF THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS 

   By meeting of the Board of Directors dated June 1, 1995, the Board 
approved setting the number of Directors at nine and recommended that 
shareholders vote for each of the nominees for Director named herein. In 
recommending that shareholders elect the nominees as Directors of the Fund, 
the Board considered the nominees' experience and qualifications. 

SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS 

   The election of the Directors requires the favorable vote of a majority of 
all votes cast at the Meeting provided that a majority of shareholders 
entitled to vote is present in person or by proxy at the Meeting. If the 
Directors are not approved by the shareholders of the Fund, the Board will 
consider alternative nominations. 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND 
VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE DIRECTORS. 
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PROPOSAL 2: TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE AN AMENDED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
            BETWEEN THE FUND AND INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP. WITH 
            RESPECT TO THE PRIME SERIES, INCREASING THE ADVISORY FEE 

GENERAL 

   On June 1, 1995, the Directors unanimously approved, subject to the 
approval of the shareholders of the Prime Series (the "Prime Shareholders"), 
an Amended Investment Advisory Agreement with respect to the Prime Series 
(the "Amended Prime Advisory Agreement") to increase the rate of the fee 
payable to the Advisor. Under the investment advisory agreement currently in 
effect with respect to the Prime Series and the Treasury Series (the "Current 
Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement"), the Advisor receives a fee from the 
Fund, calculated daily and paid at the end of each calendar month, at the 
annual rate of .25% of the first $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets, .21% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate 
average daily net assets, .20% of the next $500 million of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets and .19% of that portion of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $1.5 billion. The Prime 
Series pays its proportional share of the fee based on its relative net 
assets. The Advisor may, from time to time, voluntarily waive a portion of 
its advisory fee with respect to the Prime Series to preserve or enhance the 
performance of such Series. No such waiver was required for the fiscal year 
ended March 31, 1995. Such voluntary waiver is not contractual and is subject 
to change. 

   Under the Amended Prime Advisory Agreement, the Advisor would receive a 
fee from the Fund, calculated daily and paid at the end of each calendar 
month, at the annual rate of .30% of the first $500 million of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets, .26% of the next $500 million of the 
Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .25% of the next $500 million of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .24% of the next $1 billion of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .23% of the next $1 billion of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets and .22% of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $3.5 billion. The Prime 
Series would pay its portion of the foregoing fee based on the proportion of 
its net assets relative to the Fund's net assets. In addition, the Advisor 
would be entitled to receive an additional fee with respect to the Prime 
Series, calculated daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate of .02% of the 
Prime Series' average daily net assets. The effect of this change is to 
increase the rate paid by the Prime Series by .07% on Fund assets up to $2.5 
billion, .06% on Fund assets from $2.5 billion up to $3.5 billion, and .05% 
on Fund assets in excess of $3.5 billion. The Advisor would be able, from 
time to time, to voluntarily waive a portion of its advisory fee with respect 
to the Prime Series to preserve or enhance the performance of the Prime 
Series. Such voluntary waiver would not be contractual and would be subject 
to change. A copy of the Amended Prime Advisory Agreement, as it is proposed 
to be approved by the Prime Shareholders, is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION 

   To assist the Directors in their consideration of the Amended Prime 
Advisory Agreement, the Advisor presented a comparative analysis, under the 
existing and pro forma advisory fees, of the performance and expenses of the 
Fund. The Directors took into account the Advisor's belief that the proposed 
fee structure represents a reasonable return, is in line with acceptable 
profitability levels, is still less than that of competing funds and 
maintains the Fund's competitive performance. In addition, the Directors 
considered the following factors: (1) the nature and quality of the advisory 
services rendered and the results achieved by the Advisor in the management 
of the Fund, giving due consideration to the likely impact of the proposed 
fee on relative performance; (2) the relationship of the proposed advisory 
fee schedule to the fee schedules of comparable mutual funds, the impact of 
the proposed increase in advisory fees on the Fund's expense ratio and the 
relationship of the Fund's pro forma expense ratio to the expense ratios of 
comparable mutual funds; (3) the costs borne by the Advisor in providing 
investment advisory services to the Fund; (4) the profits of the Advisor in 
providing services to the Fund; and (5) the extent to which the economies of 
scale that the Advisor might experience as a result of growth in the Fund's 
assets would be shared with the Fund. With respect to the nature and quality 
of services and the results achieved, the Directors noted the success of the 
Fund since inception (1981) in maintaining a high quality portfolio and 
avoiding credit problems and exotic securities which affected some funds. The 
Directors also noted the Advisor's ability to provide a competitive yield for 
shareholders while emphasizing credit quality. 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE CURRENT PRIME AND TREASURY ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement was last approved by the 
Prime Shareholders on April 4, 1990. 

   The Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement provides that the Advisor, in 
return for its fee, will (a) supervise and manage the Series' operations; (b) 
formulate and implement continuing programs for the purchases and sales of 
securities, consistent with the investment objective and policies of the 
Prime Series; (c) provide the Fund with such executive, administrative and 
clerical services as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors; 
(d) provide the Fund with, or obtain for it, adequate office space and all 
necessary office equipment and services; (e) obtain and evaluate pertinent 
information about significant developments and economic, statistical and 
financial data, domestic, foreign and otherwise, whether affecting the 
economy generally or the Prime Series, and whether concerning the individual 
issuers whose securities are included in the Prime Series or the activities 
in which they engage, or with respect to securities which the Advisor 
considers desirable for inclusion in the Prime Series; (f) determine which 
issuers and securities shall be represented in the Prime Series; (g) take all 
actions necessary to carry into effect the Fund's purchase and sale programs; 
(h) supervise the operations of the Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing 
agent; (i) provide the Fund with such administrative and clerical services 
for the maintenance of certain shareholder records as are deemed advisable by 
the Fund's Board of Directors; and (j) arrange, but not pay for, the periodic 
updating of prospectuses and supplements thereto, proxy materials, tax 
returns, reports to the Prime Shareholders and reports to and filings with 
the SEC and state Blue Sky authorities. Subject to the approval of the Board 
and the Prime Shareholders, the Advisor may delegate certain of its duties 
enumerated above to a sub-advisor. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement also provides for 
compensation, as discussed above. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement provides that the 
Advisor will furnish, at its expense and without cost to the Fund, the 
services of one or more officers of the Fund to the extent that such officers 
may be required by the Fund for the proper conduct of its affairs. The Fund 
assumes and pays all other expenses of the Fund, including, without 
limitation: payments to the Fund's distributor under the Fund's plan of 
distribution; the charges and expenses of any registrar, any custodian or 
depository appointed by the Fund for the safekeeping of its cash, portfolio 
securities and other property, and any transfer, dividend or accounting agent 
or agents appointed by the Fund; brokers' commissions chargeable to the Fund 
in connection with portfolio securities transactions to which the Fund is a 
party; all taxes, including securities issuance and transfer taxes, and fees 
payable by the Fund to federal, state or other governmental agencies; the 
costs and expenses of engraving or printing of certificates representing 
shares of the Fund; all costs and expenses in connection with the 
registration and maintenance of registration of the Fund and its shares with 
the SEC and various states and other jurisdictions (including filing fees, 
legal fees and disbursements of counsel); the costs and expenses of printing, 
including typesetting, and distributing prospectuses and statements of 
additional information of the Fund and supplements thereto to the Fund's 
shareholders; all expenses of shareholders' and Directors' meetings and of 
preparing, printing and mailing of proxy statements and reports to 
shareholders; fees and travel expenses of Directors or Director members of 
any advisory board or committee; all expenses incident to the payment of any 
dividend, distribution, withdrawal or redemption, whether in shares or in 
cash; charges and expenses of any outside service used for pricing of the 
Fund's shares; charges and expenses of legal counsel, including counsel to 
the Directors of the Fund who are not interested persons (as defined in the 
1940 Act) of the Fund and of independent accountants, in connection with any 
matter relating to the Fund; membership dues of industry associations; 
interest payable on Fund borrowings; postage; insurance premiums on property 
or personnel (including officers and Directors) of the Fund which inure to 
its benefit; extraordinary expenses (including but not limited to, legal 
claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related 
thereto); and all other charges and costs of the Fund's operation unless 
otherwise explicitly provided herein. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement provides for expense 
limitations. In the event the operating expenses of the Fund, including all 
investment advisory and administrative fees, for any fiscal year ending on a 
date on which the agreement is in effect exceed either (i) the expense 
limitations applicable to the Prime Series imposed by the securities laws or 
regulations thereunder of any state in which the Fund's shares are qualified 
for sale, as such limitations may be raised or lowered from time to time, or 
(ii) 1% of the Fund's average daily net assets, the Advisor will reduce its 
investment advisory fee to the extent of its share of such excess expenses 
and, if required pursuant to any such laws or regulations, will reimburse the 


                                      7 

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Fund for its share of annual operating expenses in excess of any expense
limitation that may be applicable. Excluded from such expenses are the amounts
of any interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses
(including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation
costs and any indemnification related thereto) paid or payable by the Fund.
Such reduction, if any, will be computed and accrued daily, will be settled on
a monthly basis and will be based upon the expense limitation applicable to
the Prime Series as at the end of the last business day of the month. The
foregoing expense limitations imposed by the state securities laws and
regulations will be applied to the Prime Series separately unless the laws or
regulations of any state shall require that the expense limitations be imposed
with respect to the Fund as a whole. The foregoing 1% expense limitation shall
be applied to the Fund's Series on a combined basis.

   The services of the Advisor are not to be deemed exclusive, and the 
Advisor and its officers and Directors are free to render investment advisory 
and other services to others, including other investment companies, and to 
engage in other activities, so long as its services under the agreement are 
not impaired thereby. The Advisor's officers or Directors may serve as 
officers or Directors of the Fund, and the Fund's officers or Directors may 
serve as officers or Directors of the Advisor, to the extent permitted by 
law. 

   Following the expiration of its initial two-year term, the Current Prime 
and Treasury Advisory Agreement continues in force and effect from year to 
year, provided that such continuance is approved at least annually by the 
Fund's Board or by the vote of a majority of the Prime Series' outstanding 
voting securities, and by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors 
who are not parties to the agreement or "interested persons" of a party to 
the agreement (other than as Directors of the Fund) by votes cast in person 
at a meeting specifically called for such purpose. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Agreement may be terminated at any time, on 
waivable written notice within sixty days and without any penalty, by vote of 
the Fund's Board, by vote of a majority of the Prime Series' outstanding 
voting securities or by the Advisor. The agreement automatically terminates 
in the event of its assignment. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Agreement obligates the Advisor to exercise 
care and diligence and to act in good faith and to use its best efforts 
within reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy of all services performed 
under the agreement, but the Advisor is not liable for any act or omission 
which does not constitute willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence 
on the part of the Advisor or its officers, Directors or employees, or 
reckless disregard by the Advisor of its duties under the agreement. 

THE ADVISOR 

   The Advisor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alex. Brown, which is located 
at 135 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. Alex. Brown is a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of Alex. Brown Incorporated, which is also located at 
135 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. 

   The following information is provided for each Director and the principal 
executive officer of the Advisor. It includes his name, position with the 
Advisor, address and principal occupation. 



        Name and Position 
         with the Advisor                      Address                    Principal Occupation 
 --------------------------------   -----------------------------   ---------------------------------
                                                             
Alvin B. Krongard                  135 East Baltimore Street       Chairman and Chief Executive 
  Director                         Baltimore, Maryland 21202       Officer, Alex. Brown Incorporated 

Mayo A. Shattuck III               135 East Baltimore Street       President, Alex. Brown 
  Director                         Baltimore, Maryland 21202       Incorporated 

Benjamin Howell Griswold, IV       135 East Baltimore Street       Chairman Emeritus, Alex. Brown 
  Director                         Baltimore, Maryland 21202       Incorporated 

Edward J. Veilleux                 135 East Baltimore Street       Principal, Alex. Brown & Sons
  President                        Baltimore, Maryland 21202       Incorporated; Vice President, 
                                                                   Armata Financial Corp. 



                                      8 

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   As of June 1, 1995, Mr. Price, Chairman of the Fund, beneficially owned 
71,876 shares of Alex. Brown Incorporated. As of June 1, 1995, Mr. Hale, a 
Director of the Fund, beneficially owned 76,406 shares of Alex. Brown 
Incorporated. Mr. Veilleux, Executive Vice President of the Fund, is 
President of the Advisor and as of June 1, 1995, owned 500 shares of Alex. 
Brown Incorporated. Mr. Nelson, Vice President and Secretary of the Fund, is 
Vice President of the Advisor. 

   For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the Fund paid the Advisor an 
aggregate fee (net of a voluntary fee waiver of $156,200 for the Treasury 
Series) of $4,941,395 for advisory services. For such fiscal year, the Fund 
also paid the Advisor aggregate fees of $58,826 for transfer agency services 
provided to the Fund and $90,083 for accounting services provided to the 
Treasury Series. For the period from November 10, 1994 to March 31, 1995, the 
Fund paid the Advisor $58,826 for accounting services provided to the Prime 
Series. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the Fund paid the 
Distributor an aggregate distribution fee of $6,302,116. 

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AMENDED PRIME ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND THE CURRENT PRIME 
AND TREASURY ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   The terms of the Amended Prime Advisory Agreement and the Current Prime 
and Treasury Agreement, as applicable to the Prime Series, are effectively 
the same, except for provisions regarding compensation, as discussed above. 

   There are currently five classes of the Prime Series, designated as the 
Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Prime Shares, the Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime 
Class A Shares, the Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares, the 
Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Prime Institutional Shares and the Quality Cash 
Reserve Prime Shares. Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares are 
available only through the exchange of shares of other funds in the Flag 
Investors family of funds and are subject to a contingent deferred sales 
charge as described in the Prospectus for the shares. The Quality Cash 
Reserve Prime Shares are offered primarily to broker-dealers that have 
correspondent relationships with Alex. Brown. 

   The following table compares the existing fees and expenses of each of the 
five classes of the Prime Series under the Current Prime and Treasury 
Advisory Agreement and the pro forma fees and expenses of each of the classes 
of the Prime Series under the Amended Prime Advisory Agreement. The 
percentages shown below expressing existing Annual Fund Operating Expenses 
are based on the actual expenses of each class of the Prime Series for the 
fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. 

                    ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE PRIME SHARES 



Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                            Existing       Pro Forma 
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------     --------       ---------
                                                                                     
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchase  .............................       None           None 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  .................       None           None 
Deferred Sales Charge  ................................................       None           None 
Redemption Fees  ......................................................       None           None 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as a percentage of average net assets)       Existing       Pro Forma 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------     --------       --------- 
Advisory Fees  .........................................................       .21%            .28% 
12b-1 Fees  ............................................................       .25%            .25% 
Other Expenses  ........................................................       .15%            .15% 
                                                                               ----            ---- 
Total Fund Operating Expenses  .........................................       .61%            .68% 
                                                                               ====            ==== 


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EXAMPLE 

   Assuming a hypothetical investment of $1,000, a 5% annual return and 
redemption at the end of each time period, an investor in Alex. Brown Cash 
Reserve Prime Shares would have paid transaction and operating expenses at 
the end of each year as follows: 



                                                                             Existing      Pro Forma 
                                                                             --------      ---------
                                                                                     
1 year  ................................................................      $ 6           $ 7 
3 years  ...............................................................      $20           $22 
5 years  ...............................................................      $35           $39 
10 years ...............................................................      $79           $88 



This Example should not be considered a representation of past or future 
expenses. Actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown. 

               FLAG INVESTORS CASH RESERVE PRIME CLASS A SHARES 



 Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                            Existing      Pro Forma 
                                                                             --------      --------- 
                                                                                     
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchase  ..............................       None*          None* 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  ..................       None           None 
Deferred Sales Charge  .................................................       None*          None* 
Redemption Fees  .......................................................       None           None 





 Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as a percentage of average net assets)      Existing       Pro Forma 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------   ------------   ------------- 
                                                                                    
Advisory Fees  .........................................................       .21%            .28% 
12b-1 Fees  ............................................................       .25%            .25% 
Other Expenses  ........................................................       .15%            .15% 
                                                                               ----            ----
Total Fund Operating Expenses  .........................................       .61%            .68% 
                                                                               ====            ====



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* Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class A Shares are not subject to a sales 
  charge. However, shareholders of other Flag Investors funds who exchange 
  their Class A shares of such funds for Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime 
  Class A Shares will retain liability for any contingent deferred sales 
  charge due on such shares upon redemption. 

EXAMPLE 

   Assuming a hypothetical investment of $1,000, a 5% annual return and 
redemption at the end of each time period, an investor in Flag Investors Cash 
Reserve Prime Class A Shares would have paid transaction and operating 
expenses at the end of each year as follows: 



                                                                             Existing      Pro Forma 
                                                                             --------      ---------
                                                                                    
1 year  ................................................................       $ 6           $ 7 
3 years ................................................................       $20           $22 
5 years ................................................................       $35           $39 
10 years ...............................................................       $79           $88 



This Example should not be considered a representation of past or future 
expenses. Actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown. 

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               FLAG INVESTORS CASH RESERVE PRIME CLASS B SHARES 



 Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                            Existing      Pro Forma 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------     --------      ---------
                                                                                    
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchase  ..............................     None            None 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  ..................     None            None 
Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of original purchase price or 
  redemption proceeds, whichever is lower) .............................     4.00%*          4.00%* 





 Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as a percentage of average net assets)      Existing      Pro Forma 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------     --------      --------- 
                                                                                      
Advisory Fees  .........................................................       .21%           .28% 
12b-1 Fees  ............................................................       .75%           .75% 
Other Expenses (including a .25% shareholder servicing fee)  ...........       .40%**         .40%** 
                                                                              ----           ----
Total Fund Operating Expenses  .........................................      1.36%          1.43% 
                                                                              ====           ====



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*  A declining contingent deferred sales charge will be imposed on 
   redemptions of Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares made 
   within six years of purchase. Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B 
   Shares will automatically convert to Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime 
   Class A Shares six years after purchase. 
** A portion of the shareholder servicing fee is allocated to member firms of 
   the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and qualified banks 
   for continued personal service by such members to investors in Flag 
   Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares, such as responding to 
   shareholder inquiries, quoting net asset values, providing current 
   marketing materials and attending to other shareholder matters. 

EXAMPLE 

   An investor in Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares would pay 
the following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming (1) a 5% annual 
return and (2) redemption at the end of each time period: 



                                                                             Existing      Pro Forma 
                                                                             --------      ---------
                                                                                      
1 year  ................................................................      $ 54           $ 55 
3 years ................................................................      $ 74           $ 76 
5 years ................................................................      $ 97           $101 
10 years ...............................................................      $131*          $140* 



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* Expenses assume that Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares are 
  converted to Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class A Shares at the end of 
  six years. Therefore, the expense figures assume six years of Flag 
  Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B expenses and four years of Flag 
  Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class A expenses. 

   An investor in Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares would pay 
the following expenses on the same investment, assuming no redemption: 



                                                                             Existing      Pro Forma 
                                                                             --------      --------- 
                                                                                       
1 year  ................................................................      $ 14           $ 15 
3 years ................................................................      $ 44           $ 46 
5 years ................................................................      $ 77           $ 81 
10 years ...............................................................      $131*          $140* 



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* Expenses assume that Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares are 
  converted to Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class A Shares at the end of 
  six years. Therefore, the expense figures assume six years of Flag 
  Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B expenses and four years of Flag 
  Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class A expenses. 

                                      11 

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This Example should not be considered a representation of past or future 
expenses. Actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown. 

             ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE PRIME INSTITUTIONAL SHARES 



 Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                              Existing    Pro Forma 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------       --------    --------- 
                                                                                        
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchase  ..............................         None         None 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  ..................         None         None 
Deferred Sales Charge  .................................................         None         None 
Redemption Fees  .......................................................         None         None 





 Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as a percentage of average net assets)      Existing       Pro Forma 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------   ------------   ------------- 
                                                                                        
Advisory Fees  .........................................................       .21%           .28% 
12b-1 Fees  ............................................................       None           None 
Other Expenses  ........................................................       .15%           .15% 
                                                                               ----           ----
Total Fund Operating Expenses  .........................................       .36%           .43% 
                                                                               ====           ====



EXAMPLE 

   Assuming a hypothetical investment of $1,000, a 5% annual return and 
redemption at the end of each time period, an investor in Alex. Brown Cash 
Reserve Prime Institutional Shares would have paid transaction and operating 
expenses at the end of each year as follows: 



                                                                             Existing      Pro Forma 
                                                                             --------      ---------- 
                                                                                        
1 year  .................................................................      $ 4            $ 4 
3 years .................................................................      $12            $14 
5 years .................................................................      $20            $24 
10 years ................................................................      $46            $55 



This Example should not be considered a representation of past or future 
expenses. Actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown. 

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                      QUALITY CASH RESERVE PRIME SHARES 



 Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                            Existing       Pro Forma 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------     --------       --------- 
                                                                                       
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchase  ..............................       None           None 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  ..................       None           None 
Deferred Sales Charge  .................................................       None           None 
Redemption Fees  .......................................................       None           None 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as a percentage of average net assets)       Existing        Pro Forma 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------     --------        --------- 
Advisory Fees  .........................................................       .21%            .28% 
12b-1 Fees  ............................................................       .60%            .60% 
Other Expenses  ........................................................       .15%            .15% 
                                                                              -----           -----
Total Fund Operating Expenses  .........................................       .96%           1.03% 
                                                                              =====           ===== 


EXAMPLE 

   Assuming a hypothetical investment of $1,000, a 5% annual return and 
redemption at the end of each time period, an investor in Quality Cash 
Reserve Prime Shares would have paid transaction and operating expenses at 
the end of each year as follows: 



                                                                             Existing      Pro Forma 
                                                                             --------      ---------
                                                                                        
1 year  ................................................................       $ 10           $ 11 
3 years ................................................................       $ 31           $ 33 
5 years ................................................................       $ 54           $ 58 
10 years ...............................................................       $124           $133 



THIS EXAMPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR FUTURE 
EXPENSES. ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN. 

   For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the aggregate fee paid by the 
Fund to the Advisor for services on behalf of the Prime Series was 
$3,050,911. If the proposed fee had been in effect, the Advisor would have 
received $4,076,335, which equals a 33.6% increase. 

SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED PRIME ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   Approval of the Amended Prime Advisory Agreement requires the affirmative 
vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Prime Series. For 
purposes of this proposal, "majority of the outstanding shares" means the 
vote of (i) 67% or more of the Prime Series' outstanding shares present at 
the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the 
Prime Series are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of 
the Prime Series' outstanding shares, whichever is less. 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE PRIME SERIES 
VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED PRIME ADVISORY AGREEMENT. 
     ---

PROPOSAL 3: TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE AN AMENDED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
            BETWEEN THE FUND AND INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP. WITH 
            RESPECT TO THE TREASURY SERIES, INCREASING THE ADVISORY FEE 

GENERAL 

   On June 1, 1995, the Directors unanimously approved, subject to the 
approval of the shareholders of the Treasury Series (the "Treasury 
Shareholders"), an Amended Investment Advisory Agreement with respect to the 
Treasury Series (the "Amended Treasury Advisory Agreement") to increase the 
rate of the fee payable to the Advisor. Under the investment advisory 
agreement currently in effect with respect to the Prime Series and the 

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Treasury Series (the "Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement"), the 
Advisor receives a fee from the Fund, calculated daily and paid at the end of 
each calendar month, at the annual rate of .25% of the first $500 million of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .21% of the next $500 million 
of the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .20% of the next $500 
million of the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets and .19% of that 
portion of the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $1.5 
billion. The Treasury Series pays its proportionate share of the fee based on 
its relative net assets. The Advisor voluntarily waives a portion of its 
advisory fee with respect to the Treasury Series to preserve or enhance the 
performance of the Treasury Series. Such voluntary waiver is not contractual 
and is subject to change. 

   Under the Amended Treasury Advisory Agreement, the Advisor would receive a 
fee from the Fund, calculated daily and paid at the end of each calendar 
month, at the annual rate of .30% of the first $500 million of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets, .26% of the next $500 million of the 
Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .25% of the next $500 million of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .24% of the next $1 billion of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets and .23% of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $2.5 billion. The Treasury 
Series would pay its portion of the foregoing fee based on the proportion of 
its net assets relative to the Fund's net assets. The effect of this change 
is to increase the rate paid by the Treasury Series by .05% on Fund assets up 
to $2.5 billion and .04% on Fund assets in excess of $2.5 billion. The 
Advisor would be able, from time to time, to voluntarily waive a portion of 
its advisory fee with respect to the Treasury Series to preserve or enhance 
the performance of the Treasury Series. Such voluntary waiver would not be 
contractual and would be subject to change. A copy of the Amended Treasury 
Advisory Agreement, as it is proposed to be approved by the Treasury 
Shareholders, is attached hereto as Exhibit B. 

EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION 

   To assist the Directors in their consideration of the Amended Treasury 
Advisory Agreement, the Advisor presented a comparative analysis, under the 
existing and pro forma advisory fees, of the performance and expenses of the 
Fund. The Directors took into account the Advisor's belief that the proposed 
fee structure represents a reasonable return, is in line with acceptable 
profitability levels, is still less than that of competing funds and 
maintains the Fund's competitive performance. In addition, the Directors 
considered the following factors: (1) the nature and quality of the advisory 
services rendered and the results achieved by the Advisor in the management 
of the Fund, giving due consideration to the likely impact of the proposed 
fee on relative performance; (2) the relationship of the proposed advisory 
fee schedule to the fee schedules of comparable mutual funds, the impact of 
the proposed increase in advisory fees on the Fund's expense ratio and the 
relationship of the Fund's pro forma expense ratio to the expense ratios of 
comparable mutual funds; (3) the costs borne by the Advisor in providing 
investment advisory services to the Fund; (4) the profits of the Advisor in 
providing services to the Fund; and (5) the extent to which the economies of 
scale that the Advisor might experience as a result of growth in the Fund's 
assets would be shared with the Fund. With respect to the nature and quality 
of services and the results achieved, the Directors noted the success of the 
Fund since inception (1981) in maintaining a high quality portfolio and 
avoiding credit problems and exotic securities which affected some funds. The 
Directors also noted the Advisor's ability to provide a competitive yield for 
shareholders while emphasizing credit quality. 

DESCRIPTION OF THE CURRENT PRIME AND TREASURY ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   For a description of the Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement, 
Treasury Shareholders are directed to the section entitled "Description of 
the Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement" under Proposal 2 on page 
7. Compensation provisions under the Amended Treasury Advisory Agreement are 
described above. 

THE ADVISOR 

   For information concerning the Advisor, Treasury Shareholders are directed 
to the section entitled "The Advisor" under Proposal 2 on page 8. 

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AMENDED TREASURY ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND THE CURRENT 
PRIME AND TREASURY ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   The terms of the Amended Treasury Advisory Agreement and the Current Prime 
and Treasury Agreement, as applicable to the Treasury Series, are effectively 
the same, except for provisions regarding compensation, as discussed above. 

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   There are currently two classes of the Treasury Series, designated as the 
Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Treasury Shares and the Alex. Brown Cash Reserve 
Treasury Institutional Shares. The Institutional Shares of the Prime and 
Treasury Series are offered primarily to institutions. The following table 
compares the existing fees and expenses of the Treasury Series under the 
Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement and the pro forma fees and 
expenses of the Treasury Series under the Amended Treasury Advisory 
Agreement. The percentage shown below expressing existing Annual Fund 
Operating Expenses are based on the actual expenses of each class of the 
Treasury Series for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. 

                   ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE TREASURY SERIES 



 Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                            Existing      Pro Forma 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------     --------      --------- 
                                                                                      
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchase  ..............................       None           None 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  ..................       None           None 
Deferred Sales Charge  .................................................       None           None 
Redemption Fees  .......................................................       None           None 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as a percentage of average net assets)       Existing      Pro Forma 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------     --------      ---------- 
Advisory Fees (net of fee waivers)  ....................................       .20%*          .26% 
12b-1 Fees  ............................................................       .25%           .25% 
Other Expenses  ........................................................       .10%           .10% 
                                                                               ----           ---- 
Total Fund Operating Expenses (net of fee waivers)  ....................       .55%*          .61% 
                                                                               ====           ====


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* Absent fee waivers for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, Advisory Fees 
  and Total Fund Operating Expenses would have been .21% and .56%, 
  respectively, of the average net assets of the Alex. Brown Cash Reserve 
  Treasury Shares of the Treasury Series. 

Example 

   Assuming a hypothetical investment of $1,000, a 5% annual return and 
redemption at the end of each time period, an investor in Alex. Brown Cash 
Reserve Treasury Shares would have paid transaction and operating expenses at 
the end of each year as follows: 



                                                                             Existing*     Pro Forma 
                                                                             ---------     --------- 
                                                                                        
1 year  ................................................................        $ 6           $ 6 
3 years ................................................................        $18           $20 
5 years ................................................................        $31           $35 
10 years ...............................................................        $71           $79 


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* Absent fee waivers for the one, three, five and ten year periods, expenses 
  would be $6, $18, $32 and $72, respectively. 

THIS EXAMPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR FUTURE 
EXPENSES. ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN. 

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            ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE TREASURY INSTITUTIONAL SHARES 



 Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                            Existing      Pro Forma 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------     --------      ---------- 
                                                                                       
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchase  ..............................       None          None 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  ..................       None          None 
Deferred Sales Charge  .................................................       None          None 
Redemption Fees  .......................................................       None          None 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as a percentage of average net assets)       Existing      Pro Forma 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------     --------      ---------
Advisory Fees (net of fee waivers)  ....................................       .20%*          .26% 
12b-1 Fees  ............................................................       None           None 
Other Expenses  ........................................................       .10%           .10% 
                                                                               ----           ---- 
Total Fund Operating Expenses (net of fee waivers)  ....................       .30%*          .36% 
                                                                               =====          ==== 


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* Absent fee waivers for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, Advisory Fees 
  and Total Fund Operating Expenses would have been .21% and .31%, 
  respectively, of the average net assets of the Alex. Brown Cash Reserve 
  Treasury Shares of the Treasury Series. 

EXAMPLE 

   Assuming a hypothetical investment of $1,000, a 5% annual return and 
redemption at the end of each time period, an investor in Alex. Brown Cash 
Reserve Treasury Institutional Shares would have paid transaction and 
operating expenses at the end of each year as follows: 



                                                                             Existing*     Pro Forma 
                                                                             ---------     ---------- 
                                                                                       
1 year  ................................................................       $ 3           $ 4 
3 years ................................................................       $10           $12 
5 years ................................................................       $17           $20 
10 years ...............................................................       $39           $46 


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* Absent fee waivers for the one, three, five and ten year periods, expenses 
  would be $3, $10, $18 and $41, respectively. 

THIS EXAMPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR FUTURE 
EXPENSES. ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN. 

   For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the Advisor was entitled to 
receive an aggregate fee of $1,246,714 for services on behalf of the Treasury 
Series and from such amount waived a fee of $156,200. If the proposed fee had 
been in effect, the Advisor would have received $1,539,110, which equals a 
23.5% increase. 

SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED TREASURY ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   Approval of the Amended Treasury Advisory Agreement requires the 
affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Treasury 
Series. For purposes of this proposal, "majority of the outstanding shares" 
means the vote of (i) 67% or more of the Treasury Series' outstanding shares 
present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding 
shares of the Treasury Series are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) 
more than 50% of the Treasury Series' outstanding shares, whichever is less. 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE 
TREASURY SERIES VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED TREASURY ADVISORY 
AGREEMENT.           ---

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PROPOSAL 4: TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE AN AMENDED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
            BETWEEN THE FUND AND INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP. WITH 
            RESPECT TO THE TAX-FREE SERIES, INCREASING THE ADVISORY FEE 
GENERAL 

   On June 1, 1995, the Directors unanimously approved, subject to the 
approval of the shareholders of the Tax-Free Series (the "Tax-Free 
Shareholders"), an Amended Investment Advisory Agreement with respect to the 
Tax-Free Series (the "Amended Tax-Free Advisory Agreement") to increase the 
rate of the fee payable to the Advisor. Under the investment advisory 
agreement currently in effect with respect to the Tax-Free Series (the 
"Current Tax-Free Advisory Agreement"), the Advisor receives a fee from the 
Fund, calculated daily and paid at the end of each calendar month, at the 
annual rate of .25% of the first $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets, .21% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate 
average daily net assets, .20% of the next $500 million of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets and .19% of that portion of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $1.5 billion. The Tax-Free 
Series pays its proportional share of the fee based on its relative net 
assets. The Advisor may, from time to time, voluntarily waive a portion of 
its advisory fee with respect to the Tax-Free Series to preserve or enhance 
the performance of such Series. No such waiver was required for the fiscal 
year ended March 31, 1995. Such voluntary waiver is not contractual and is 
subject to change. 

   Under the Amended Tax-Free Advisory Agreement, the Advisor would receive a 
fee from the Fund, calculated daily and paid at the end of each calendar 
month, at the annual rate of .30% of the first $500 million of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets, .26% of the next $500 million of the 
Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .25% of the next $500 million of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .24% of the next $1 billion of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets and .23% of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $2.5 billion. The Tax-Free 
Series would pay its portion of the foregoing fee based on the proportion of 
its net assets relative to the Fund's net assets. In addition, the Advisor 
would be entitled to receive an additional fee with respect to the Tax-Free 
Series, calculated daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate of .03% of the 
Tax-Free Series' average daily net assets. The effect of this change is to 
increase the rate paid by the Tax-Free Series by .08% on Fund assets up to 
$2.5 billion and .07% on Fund assets in excess of $2.5 billion. The Advisor 
may, from time to time, voluntarily waive a portion of its advisory fee with 
respect to any Series to preserve or enhance the performance of the Series. 
Such voluntary waiver would not be contractual and would be subject to 
change. A copy of the Amended Tax-Free Advisory Agreement, as it is proposed 
to be approved by the Tax-Free Shareholders, is attached hereto as Exhibit C. 

EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION 

   To assist the Directors in their consideration of the Amended Tax-Free 
Advisory Agreement, the Advisor presented a comparative analysis, under the 
existing and pro forma advisory fees, of the performance and expenses of the 
Fund. The Directors took into account the Advisor's belief that the proposed 
fee structure represents a reasonable return, is in line with acceptable 
profitability levels, is still less than that of competing funds and 
maintains the Fund's competitive performance. In addition, the Directors 
considered the following factors: (1) the nature and quality of the advisory 
services rendered and the results achieved by the Advisor in the management 
of the Fund, giving due consideration to the likely impact of the proposed 
fee on relative performance; (2) the relationship of the proposed advisory 
fee schedule to the fee schedules of comparable mutual funds, the impact of 
the proposed increase in advisory fees on the Fund's expense ratio and the 
relationship of the Fund's pro forma expense ratio to the expense ratios of 
comparable mutual funds; (3) the costs borne by the Advisor in providing 
investment advisory services to the Fund; (4) the profits of the Advisor in 
providing services to the Fund; and (5) the extent to which the economies of 
scale that the Advisor might experience as a result of growth in the Fund's 
assets would be shared with the Fund. With respect to the nature and quality 
of services and the results achieved, the Directors noted the success of the 
Fund since inception (1981) in maintaining a high quality portfolio and 
avoiding credit problems and exotic securities which affected some funds. The 
Directors also noted the Advisor's ability to provide a competitive yield for 
shareholders while emphasizing credit quality. 

DESCRIPTION OF THE CURRENT TAX-FREE ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   The Current Tax-Free Advisory Agreement was last approved by the Tax-Free 
Shareholders on May 28, 1991. 

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   The Tax-Free Advisory Agreement provides that the Advisor, in return for 
its fee, will (a) supervise and manage the Series' operations; (b) formulate 
and implement continuing programs for the purchases and sales of securities, 
consistent with the investment objective and policies of the Tax-Free Series; 
(c) provide the Fund with such executive, administrative and clerical 
services as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors; (d) 
provide the Fund with, or obtain for it, adequate office space and all 
necessary office equipment and services; (e) obtain and evaluate pertinent 
information about significant developments and economic, statistical and 
financial data, domestic, foreign and otherwise, whether affecting the 
economy generally or the Tax-Free Series, and whether concerning the 
individual issuers whose securities are included in the Tax-Free Series or 
the activities in which they engage, or with respect to securities which the 
Advisor considers desirable for inclusion in the Tax-Free Series; (f) 
determine which issuers and securities shall be represented in the Tax-Free 
Series; (g) take all actions necessary to carry into effect the Fund's 
purchase and sale programs; (h) supervise the operations of the Fund's 
transfer and dividend disbursing agent; (i) provide the Fund with such 
administrative and clerical services for the maintenance of certain 
shareholder records as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors; 
and (j) arrange, but not pay for, the periodic updating of prospectuses and 
supplements thereto, proxy material, tax returns, reports to the Tax-Free 
Shareholders and reports to and filings with the SEC and state Blue Sky 
authorities. Subject to the approval of the Board and the Tax-Free 
Shareholders, the Advisor may delegate certain of its duties enumerated above 
to a sub-advisor and has delegated such duties to PNC Institutional 
Management Corporation. 

   The Current Tax-Free Advisory Agreement also provides for compensation, as 
discussed above. 

   The Current Tax-Free Advisory Agreement provides that the Advisor will 
furnish, at its expense and without cost to the Fund, the services of one or 
more officers of the Fund to the extent that such officers may be required by 
the Fund for the proper conduct of its affairs. The Fund assumes and pays all 
other expenses of the Fund, including, without limitation: payments to the 
Fund's distributor under the Fund's plan of distribution; the charges and 
expenses of any registrar, any custodian or depository appointed by the Fund 
for the safekeeping of its cash, portfolio securities and other property, and 
any transfer, dividend or accounting agent or agents appointed by the Fund; 
brokers' commissions chargeable to the Fund in connection with portfolio 
securities transactions to which the Fund is a party; all taxes, including 
securities issuance and transfer taxes, and fees payable by the Fund to 
federal, state or other governmental agencies; the costs and expenses of 
engraving or printing of certificates representing shares of the Fund; all 
costs and expenses in connection with the registration and maintenance of 
registration of the Fund and its shares with the SEC and various states and 
other jurisdictions (including filing fees, legal fees and disbursements of 
counsel); the costs and expenses of printing, including typesetting, and 
distributing prospectuses and statements of additional information of the 
Fund and supplements thereto to the Fund's shareholders; all expenses of 
shareholders' and Directors' meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing 
of proxy statements and reports to shareholders; fees and travel expenses of 
Directors or Director members of any advisory board or committee; all 
expenses incident to the payment of any dividend, distribution, withdrawal or 
redemption, whether in shares or in cash; charges and expenses of any outside 
service used for pricing of the Fund's shares; charges and expenses of legal 
counsel, including counsel to the Directors of the Fund who are not 
interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund and of 
independent accountants, in connection with any matter relating to the Fund; 
membership dues of industry associations; interest payable on Fund 
borrowings; postage; insurance premiums on property or personnel (including 
officers and Directors) of the Fund which inure to its benefit; extraordinary 
expenses (including but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and 
litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto); and all other 
charges and costs of the Fund's operation unless otherwise explicitly 
provided herein. 

   The Current Tax-Free Advisory Agreement provides for expense limitations. 
In the event the operating expenses of the Fund, including all investment 
advisory and administrative fees, for any fiscal year ending on a date on 
which the agreement is in effect exceed either (i) the expense limitations 
applicable to the Tax-Free Series imposed by the securities laws or 
regulations thereunder of any state in which the Fund's shares are qualified 
for sale, as such limitations may be raised or lowered from time to time, or 
(ii) 1% of the Fund's average daily net assets, the Advisor will reduce its 
investment advisory fee to the extent of its share of such excess expenses 
and, if required pursuant to any such laws or regulations, will reimburse the 
Fund for its share of annual operating expenses in excess of any expense 
limitation that may be applicable. Excluded from such expenses are the 
amounts of any interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary 


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expenses (including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and
litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto) paid or payable by
the Fund. Such reduction, if any, will be computed and accrued daily, will be
settled on a monthly basis and will be based upon the expense limitation
applicable to the Tax-Free Series as at the end of the last business day of
the month. The foregoing expense limitations imposed by the state securities
laws and regulations will be applied to the Tax-Free Series separately unless
the laws or regulations of any state shall require that the expense
limitations be imposed with respect to the Fund as a whole. The foregoing 1%
expense limitation shall be applied to the Fund's Series on a combined basis.

   The services of the Advisor are not to be deemed exclusive, and the 
Advisor and its officers and Directors are free to render investment advisory 
and other services to others, including other investment companies, and to 
engage in other activities, so long as its services under the agreement are 
not impaired thereby. The Advisor's officers or Directors may serve as 
officers or Directors of the Fund, and the Fund's officers or Directors may 
serve as officers or Directors of the Advisor, to the extent permitted by 
law. 

   Following the expiration of its initial two-year term, the Current 
Tax-Free Advisory Agreement continues in force and effect from year to year, 
provided that such continuance is approved at least annually by the Fund's 
Board or by the vote of a majority of the Tax-Free Series' outstanding voting 
securities, and by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors who 
are not parties to the agreement or "interested persons" of a party to the 
agreement (other than as Directors of the Fund) by votes cast in person at a 
meeting specifically called for such purpose. 

   The Current Tax-Free Agreement may be terminated at any time, on waivable 
written notice within sixty days and without any penalty, by vote of the 
Fund's Board, by vote a majority of the Tax-Free Series' outstanding voting 
securities or by the Advisor. The agreement automatically terminates in the 
event of its assignment. 

   The Current Tax-Free Agreement obligates the Advisor to exercise care and 
diligence and to act in good faith and to use its best efforts within 
reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy of all services performed under the 
agreement, but the Advisor is not liable for any act or omission which does 
not constitute willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part 
of the Advisor or its officers, Directors or employees, or reckless disregard 
by the Advisor of its duties under the agreement. 

THE ADVISOR 

   For information concerning the Advisor, Tax-Free Shareholders are directed 
to the section entitled "The Advisor" under Proposal 2 on page 8. 

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AMENDED TAX-FREE ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND THE CURRENT 
TAX-FREE ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   The terms of the Amended Tax-Free Advisory Agreement and the Current 
Tax-Free Advisory Agreement are effectively the same, except for provisions 
regarding compensation, as described above. 

   There is only one class of the Tax-Free Series, designated as the Alex. 
Brown Cash Reserve Tax-Free Shares. The following table compares the existing 
fees and expenses of the Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Tax-Free Shares of the 
Tax-Free Series under the Current Tax-Free Advisory Agreement and the pro 
forma fees and expenses of the Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Tax-Free Shares of 
the Tax-Free Series under the Amended Tax-Free Advisory Agreement. The 
percentages shown below expressing existing Annual Fund Operating Expenses 
are based on the actual expenses of the Tax-Free Series for the fiscal year 
ended March 31, 1995. 

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                   ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE TAX-FREE SHARES 



 Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                            Existing      Pro Forma 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------     --------      ---------- 
                                                                                       
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchase  ..............................       None          None 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  ..................       None          None 
Deferred Sales Charge  .................................................       None          None 
Redemption Fees  .......................................................       None          None 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as a percentage of average net assets)       Existing      Pro Forma 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------     --------      --------- 
Advisory Fees  .........................................................       .21%          .29% 
12b-1 Fees  ............................................................       .25%          .25% 
Other Expenses  ........................................................       .11%          .11% 
                                                                               -----         ---- 
Total Fund Operating Expenses  ..........................................      .57%          .65% 
                                                                               ====          ==== 


EXAMPLE 

   Assuming a hypothetical investment of $1,000, a 5% annual return and 
redemption at the end of each time period, an investor in Alex. Brown Cash 
Reserve Tax-Free Shares would have paid transaction and operating expenses at 
the end of each year as follows: 



                                                                             Existing      Pro Forma 
                                                                             --------      --------- 
                                                                                       
1 year  ................................................................       $ 6            $ 7 
3 years ................................................................       $18            $21 
5 years ................................................................       $32            $37 
10 years ...............................................................       $73            $84 


THIS EXAMPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR FUTURE 
EXPENSES. ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN. 

   For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the aggregate fee paid by the 
Fund to the Advisor for services on behalf of the Tax-Free Series was 
$799,970. If the proposed fee had been in effect, the Advisor would have 
received $1,108,537, which equals a 38.6% increase. 

SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED TAX-FREE ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   Approval of the Amended Tax-Free Advisory Agreement requires the 
affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Tax-Free 
Series. For purposes of this proposal, "majority of the outstanding shares" 
means the vote of (i) 67% or more of the Tax-Free Series' outstanding shares 
present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding 
shares of the Tax-Free Series are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) 
more than 50% of the Tax-Free Series' outstanding shares, whichever is less. 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE TAX-FREE 
SERIES VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED TAX-FREE ADVISORY AGREEMENT. 
            ---
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                            ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 

   Information about the Fund's current Directors and principal executive 
officers, including their names, positions with the Fund, length of service, 
ages, principal occupations or employment during the past five years and 
amount of shares of the Fund beneficially owned, is set forth below. Each 
officer of the Fund will hold such office until a successor has been elected 
by the Board of Directors. 



                                                                    Business Experience          Shares of the Fund 
                                Position With                   during the Past Five Years,      Beneficially Owned 
           Name                    the Fund           Age       including all Directorships     as of June 2, 1995** 
 ------------------------   ----------------------   -----    --------------------------------   -------------------- 
                                                                                    
W. James Price*            Director and Chairman      70     See "Information Regarding                  ***
                           of the Board since                Nominees."
                           1981.                      

Richard T. Hale*           Director and President     49     See "Information Regarding                  ***
                           since 1989.                       Nominees." 
                                                             
James J. Cunnane           Director since 1994.       57     See "Information Regarding                  ***
                                                             Nominees."                                   
                                                          
N. Bruce Hannay            Director since 1984.       74     See "Information Regarding                  *** 
                                                             Nominees."
                                                             
John F. Kroeger            Director since 1981.       70     See "Information Regarding                  *** 
                                                             Nominees."

Louis E. Levy              Director since 1994.       62     See "Information Regarding                  *** 
                                                             Nominees."

Eugene J. McDonald         Director since 1992.       62     See "Information Regarding                  *** 
                                                             Nominees."

Harry Woolf                Director since 1981.       71     See "Information Regarding                  *** 
                                                             Nominees."

Edward J. Veilleux*        Executive Vice             51     Principal, Alex. Brown & Sons               ***
                           President since 1985.             Incorporated; President, 
                                                             Investment Company Capital 
                                                             Corp.; Vice President, Armata 
                                                             Financial Corp.

Paul D. Corbin             Vice President since       42     Principal, Alex. Brown & Sons               ***
                           1992.                             Incorporated, 1991 - Present; 
                                                             Senior Vice President, First 
                                                             National Bank of Maryland.

M. Elliott Randolph, Jr.   Vice President since       53     Principal, Alex. Brown & Sons               ***
                           1992.                             Incorporated, 1991 - Present; 
                                                             Principal, Monument Capital 
                                                             Management, Inc.  

Brian C. Nelson            Vice President and         35     Vice President, Alex. Brown &               ***
                           Secretary since 1989.             Sons Incorporated, Investment 
                                                             Company Capital Corp. and Armata 
                                                             Financial Corp.
 

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                                                                    Business Experience          Shares of the Fund 
                                Position With                   during the Past Five Years,      Beneficially Owned 
           Name                    the Fund           Age       including all Directorships     as of June 2, 1995** 
 ------------------------   ----------------------   -----    --------------------------------   -------------------- 
                                                                                    
Diana M. Ellis             Treasuer since 1993.       42     Manager, Portfolio Accounting               ***
                                                             Department, Investment Company 
                                                             Capital Corp.; Mutual Fund 
                                                             Accounting Department, Alex. 
                                                             Brown & Sons Incorporated, 1991 
                                                             - Present; Formerly, Accounting 
                                                             Manager, Downtown Press Inc. 

Monica M. Hausner          Assistant Vice             33     Vice President, Fixed Income                ***
                           President since 1992.             Management Department, Alex. 
                                                             Brown & Sons Incorporated, 1992 
                                                             - Present; Formerly, Assistant 
                                                             Vice President, First National 
                                                             Bank of Maryland.

Laurie D. DePrine          Assistant Secretary         28    Asset Management Department,                ***
                           since 1992.                       Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, 
                                                             1991 - Present; Formerly, 
                                                             student.



- ------ 
  * "Interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Price will be 
    treated by the Fund as if he could be deemed to be an "interested 
    person". Mr. Hale is a Managing Director of the Distributor. Mr. Veilleux 
    is a Principal of the Distributor and President of the Advisor. 

 ** This information has been provided by each Director and officer of the 
    Fund. 

*** As of June 2, 1995, to Fund management's knowledge, the Directors and 
    executive officers (15 persons) of the Fund, individually and as a group, 
    beneficially owned less than 0.05% of the outstanding shares of the Fund 
    or any Series thereof. 

   Each Director who is not an "interested person" receives an aggregate 
annual fee (plus reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred 
in connection with his attendance at Board and committee meetings) from the 
Fund and all funds in the Fund Complex for which he serves. Payment of such 
fees and expenses are allocated among all such funds described above in 
proportion to their relative net assets. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 
1995, Non-Interested Directors fees attributable to the assets of the Fund 
totalled $132,989. Officers of the Fund receive no direct remuneration in 
such capacity from the Fund. Officers of the Fund who are employees of Alex. 
Brown may be considered to have received remuneration indirectly. As of June 
2, 1995, the Directors and officers of the Fund as a group beneficially owned 
an aggregate of less than 1% of the shares of the Fund. 

   There were four meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal 
year ended March 31, 1995. In such fiscal year, all Directors attended at 
least 75% of the meetings of the Board of Directors held during their 
respective terms. 

   The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee. The Audit Committee makes 
recommendations to the full Board of Directors with respect to the engagement 
of independent accountants and reviews, with the independent accountants, the 
results of the audit engagement and matters having a material effect on the 
Fund's financial operations. The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. 
Cunnane, Hannay, Kroeger, Levy, McDonald and Woolf, each of whom is not an 
"interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The Audit Committee 
met four times during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. In such fiscal 
year, all members attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Audit 
Committee held during their respective terms. 

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   The Board of Directors has a Nominating Committee. The Nominating 
Committee makes recommendations to the full Board of Directors with respect 
to candidates for and policies of the Board of Directors. The members of the 
Nominating Committee are Messrs. Cunnane, Hannay, Kroeger, Levy, McDonald and 
Woolf, each of whom is not an "interested person" within the meaning of the 
1940 Act. The Nominating Committee met twice during the fiscal year ended 
March 31, 1995. In such fiscal year, all members attended all meetings of the 
Nominating Committee held during their respective terms. 

   The Board of Directors has a Compensation Committee. The Compensation 
Committee makes recommendations to the full Board of Directors with respect 
to compensation of Directors. The members of the Compensation Committee are 
Messrs. Cunnane, Hannay, Kroeger, Levy, McDonald and Woolf, each of whom is 
not an "interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The 
Compensation Committee did not meet during the fiscal year ended March 31, 
1995. 

INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS 

   A majority of the Fund's Board of Directors who are not "interested 
persons" of the Fund have selected Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. as the 
independent accountants of the Fund for the fiscal year ending March 31, 
1996. If requested by a shareholder either in writing or by telephone in 
advance of the Meeting, a representative of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. will be 
present at the Meeting to make a statement if desired and to be available to 
respond to appropriate questions from shareholders. Such request should be 
directed to the Fund by writing to the Fund, P.O. Box 17250, Baltimore, 
Maryland, 21203, or by calling the Fund at 1-800-553-8080. 

BENEFICIAL OWNERS 

   To the knowledge of Fund Management, as of May 22, 1995, the following 
were beneficial owners of 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund's 
Series. 



                                                          Amount of                Percent of 
      Name & Address                                Beneficial Ownership     Total Shares Outstanding 
 ------------------------                           --------------------     ------------------------ 
                                                                                 
Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class A Shares
   Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc.                           998,376 shares                   13.26% 
   FBO 242-09111  
   P.O. Box 1346  
   Baltimore, MD 21203 
 
   Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc.                           499,237 shares                    6.63% 
   FBO 201-62090 
   P.O. Box 1346  
   Baltimore, MD 21203  

Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Tax-Free Shares
   Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc.                         44,397,821 shares                   8.89% 
   FBO 0024737688 
   P.O. Box 1346  
   Baltimore, MD 21203  


SUBMISSION OF SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS 

   As a Maryland corporation, the Fund is not required to hold annual 
shareholder meetings, except in certain limited circumstances. Shareholders 
who wish to present a proposal for action at the next meeting or suggestions 
as to nominees for the Board of Directors should submit the proposal or 
suggestions to be considered to the Fund within a reasonable time in advance 
of any such meeting for inclusion in the Fund's proxy statement and form of 
proxy for such meeting as is held. The Nominating Committee of the Board of 
Directors will give consideration to shareholder suggestions as to nominees 
for the Board of Directors. Shareholders retain the right, under limited 
circumstances, to request that a meeting of shareholders be held for the 
purpose of considering the removal of a Director from office, and if such a 
request is made, the Fund will assist with shareholder communications in 
connection with the meeting. 

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OTHER MATTERS 

   No business other than the matters described above is expected to come 
before the Meeting, but should any other matter requiring a vote of 
shareholders arise, including any question as to an adjournment of the 
Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed proxy will vote thereon according 
to their best judgment in the interest of the Fund. 

SHAREHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND WHO 
WISH TO HAVE THEIR SHARES VOTED ARE REQUESTED TO FILL IN, DATE AND SIGN THE 
ENCLOSED PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED 
IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. 

                                            By Order of the Directors, 


                                            Brian C. Nelson 
                                            Secretary 

Dated: June 21, 1995 

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                                                                     EXHIBIT A 
                FORM OF AMENDED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
             ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. -- PRIME SERIES 

   THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the ___ day of _____, 1995 by and between 
ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), and 
INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP., a Maryland corporation (the "Advisor"), 
with respect to the following recital of fact: 

   WHEREAS, the Fund is registered as an open-end, diversified, management 
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 
"1940 Act"); and 

   WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as an investment advisor under the 
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and engages in the business of 
acting as an investment advisor; and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund's Articles of Incorporation authorize the Board of 
Directors of the Fund to classify or reclassify authorized but unissued 
shares of the Fund; and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund's Board of Directors has authorized the issuance of 
three series of shares with a par value of $.001 representing interests in 
three portfolios: the Prime Series, the Treasury Series and the Tax-Free 
Series (each of the existing portfolios and any portfolios hereafter added 
shall be referred to collectively as the "Series"); and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund and the Advisor desire to enter an agreement to provide 
investment advisory and administrative services for the Fund's Prime Series 
(the "Prime Series") on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; 

   NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained 
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby 
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

   1. Appointment of Investment Advisor. The Fund hereby appoints the Advisor 
to act as the investment advisor to the Prime Series. The Advisor shall 
manage the Prime Series' affairs and shall supervise all aspects of the Prime 
Series' operations (except as otherwise set forth herein), including the 
investment and reinvestment of the cash, securities or other properties 
comprising the Prime Series' assets, subject at all times to the policies and 
control of the Fund's Board of Directors. The Advisor shall give the Prime 
Series the benefit of its best judgment, efforts and facilities in rendering 
its services as Advisor. 

   2. Duties of Investment Advisor. In carrying out its obligations under 
section 1 hereof, the Advisor shall: 

       (a) supervise and manage all aspects of the Prime Series' operations; 
       (b) formulate and implement continuing programs for the purchases and 
   sales of securities, consistent with the investment objective and policies 
   of the Prime Series; 
       (c) provide the Prime Series with such executive, administrative and 
   clerical services as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of 
   Directors; 
       (d) provide the Prime Series with, or obtain for it, adequate office 
   space and all necessary office equipment and services, including telephone 
   service, heat, utilities, stationery supplies and similar items for the 
   Fund's principal office; 
       (e) obtain and evaluate pertinent information about significant 
   developments and economic, statistical and financial data, domestic, 
   foreign or otherwise, whether affecting the economy generally or the Prime 
   Series, and whether concerning the individual issuers whose securities are 
   included in the Prime Series or the activities in which they engage, or 
   with respect to securities which the Advisor considers desirable for 
   inclusion in the Prime Series; 
       (f) determine which issuers and securities shall be represented in the 
   Prime Series and regularly report thereon to the Fund's Board of 
   Directors; 
       (g) take all actions necessary to carry into effect the Fund's purchase 
   and sale programs with respect to its Prime Series; 

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       (h) supervise the operations of the Prime Series' transfer and dividend 
   disbursing agent; 
       (i) provide the Prime Series with such administrative and clerical 
   services for the maintenance of certain shareholder records, as are deemed 
   advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors; and, 
       (j) arrange, but not pay for, the periodic updating of prospectuses and 
   supplements thereto, proxy material, tax returns, reports to the 
   shareholders of the Prime Series and reports to and filings with the 
   Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and state Blue Sky 
   authorities, which may be required for the Prime Series. 

   3. Broker-Dealer Relationship. In the event that the Advisor is 
responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities for the Prime Series, 
broker-dealer selection, and negotiation of its brokerage commission rates, 
the Advisor's primary consideration in effecting a security transaction will 
be execution at the most favorable price. The Fund understands that a 
substantial majority of the Prime Series' transactions will be transacted 
with primary market makers acting as principal on a net basis, with no 
brokerage commissions being paid by the Fund. Such principal transactions 
may, however, result in a profit to the market makers. In certain instances 
the Advisor may make purchases of underwritten issues at prices which include 
underwriting fees. In selecting a broker-dealer to execute each particular 
transaction, the Advisor will take the following into consideration: the best 
net price available; the reliability, integrity and financial condition of 
the broker-dealer; the size of and difficulty in executing the order; and the 
value of the expected contribution of the broker-dealer to the investment 
performance of the Prime Series on a continuing basis. Accordingly, the price 
to the Fund in any transaction may be less favorable than that available from 
another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably justified by other 
aspects of the portfolio execution services offered. Subject to such policies 
as the Board of Directors may determine, the Advisor shall not be deemed to 
have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty created by this Agreement 
or otherwise solely by reason of its having caused the Fund to pay a broker 
or dealer that provides brokerage and research services to the Advisor an 
amount of commission for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in 
excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have 
charged for effecting that transaction, if the Advisor determines in good 
faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in relation to the value 
of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer, 
viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the Advisor's 
overall responsibilities with respect to the Prime Series. The Advisor is 
further authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on behalf of the Prime 
Series to such brokers and dealers who also provide research or statistical 
material or other services to the Fund or the Advisor. Such allocation shall 
be in such amounts and proportions as the Advisor shall determine and the 
Advisor will report on said allocation regularly to the Board of Directors of 
the Fund, indicating the brokers to whom such allocations have been made and 
the basis therefor. 

   4. Control by Board of Directors. Any management or supervisory activities 
undertaken by the Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, as well as any other 
activities undertaken by the Advisor on behalf of the Prime Series pursuant 
thereto, shall at all times be subject to any applicable directives of the 
Board of Directors of the Fund. 

   5. Compliance with Applicable Requirements. In carrying out its 
obligations under this Agreement, the Advisor shall at all times conform to: 

       (a) all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and any rules and 
   regulations adopted thereunder; 
       (b) the provisions of the Registration Statement of the Fund under the 
   Securities Act of 1933 and 1940 Act; 
       (c) the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended; 
       (d) the provisions of the By-laws of the Fund, as amended; and 
       (e) any other applicable provisions of state and federal law. 

   6. Expenses. The expenses connected with the Prime Series shall be 
allocable between the Fund and the Advisor as follows: 

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       (a) The Advisor shall furnish, at its expense and without cost to the 
   Fund, the services of one or more officers of the Fund, to the extent that 
   such officers may be required by the Fund for the proper conduct of its 
   affairs. 
       (b) The Fund assumes and shall pay or cause to be paid all other 
   expenses of the Prime Series, including, without limitation the Prime 
   Series' allocable portion of the following expenses: payments to the 
   Fund's distributor under the Prime Series' plans of distribution; the 
   charges and expenses of any registrar, any custodian or depository 
   appointed by the Fund for the safekeeping of its cash, portfolio 
   securities and other property, and any transfer, dividend or accounting 
   agent or agents appointed by the Fund; brokers' commissions chargeable to 
   the Fund in connection with portfolio securities transactions to which the 
   Fund is a party; all taxes, including securities issuance and transfer 
   taxes, and fees payable by the Fund to federal, state or other 
   governmental agencies; the costs and expenses of engraving or printing of 
   certificates representing shares of the Fund; all costs and expenses in 
   connection with the registration and maintenance of registration of the 
   Fund and its shares with the SEC and various states and other 
   jurisdictions (including filing fees, legal fees and disbursements of 
   counsel); the costs and expenses of printing, including typesetting, and 
   distributing prospectuses and statements of additional information of the 
   Fund and supplements thereto to the Fund's shareholders; all expenses of 
   shareholders' and directors' meetings and of preparing, printing and 
   mailing of proxy statements and reports to shareholders; fees and travel 
   expenses of directors or director members of any advisory board or 
   committee; all expenses incident to the payment of any dividend, 
   distribution, withdrawal or redemption, whether in shares or in cash; 
   charges and expenses of any outside service used for pricing of the Fund's 
   shares; charges and expenses of legal counsel, including counsel to the 
   directors of the Fund who are not interested persons (as defined in the 
   1940 Act) of the Fund and of independent accountants, in connection with 
   any matter relating to the Fund; membership dues of industry associations; 
   interest payable on Fund borrowings; postage; insurance premiums on 
   property or personnel (including officers and directors) of the Fund which 
   inure to its benefit; extraordinary expenses (including but not limited 
   to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any 
   indemnification related thereto); and all other charges and costs of the 
   Fund's operation unless otherwise explicitly provided herein. 

   7. Delegation of Responsibilities. 

       (a) Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors and shareholders 
   of the Prime Series, the Advisor may delegate to a sub-advisor certain of 
   its duties enumerated in section 2 hereof provided that the Advisor shall 
   continue to supervise the performance of any such sub-advisor. The Advisor 
   shall not be responsible for the Sub-Advisor's performance under a 
   sub-advisory agreement. 
       (b) The Advisor may, but shall not be under any duty to, perform 
   services on behalf of the Prime Series which are not required by this 
   Agreement upon the request of the Fund's Board of Directors. Such services 
   will be performed on behalf of the Prime Series and the Advisor's charge 
   in rendering such services may be billed monthly to the Fund, subject to 
   examination by the Fund's independent accountants. Payment or assumption 
   by the Advisor of any Fund expense that the Advisor is not required to pay 
   or assume under this Agreement shall not relieve the Advisor of any of its 
   obligations to the Prime Series nor obligate the Advisor to pay or assume 
   any similar Prime Series' expenses on any subsequent occasions. 

   8. Compensation. For the services to be rendered and the expenses assumed 
by the Advisor, the Prime Series shall pay to the Advisor monthly 
compensation at an annual rate derived by: (1) calculating an amount equal to 
 .30% of the first $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily net 
assets, .26% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily 
net assets, .25% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets, .24% of the next $1 billion of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets, .23% of the next $1 billion of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets and .22% of that portion of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets in excess of $3.5 billion; (2) applying to this amount a 
fraction equal to the net assets of the Prime Series divided by the net 
assets of the Fund; and (3) adding an amount calculated daily and paid 
monthly, at the annual rate of .02% of the Prime Series' average daily net 
assets. 

   Except as hereinafter set forth, compensation under this Agreement shall 
be calculated and accrued daily and the amounts of the daily accruals shall 
be paid monthly. If this Agreement becomes effective subsequent to the first 
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for that part of the month this Agreement is in effect shall be prorated in a
manner consistent with the calculation of the fees as set forth above. Subject
to the provisions of section 9 hereof, payment of the Advisor's compensation
for the preceding month shall be made as promptly as possible after completion
of the computations contemplated by section 9 hereof.

   9. Expense Limitation. In the event the operating expenses of the Fund, 
including all investment advisory and administrative fees, for any fiscal 
year ending on a date on which this Agreement is in effect exceed either (i) 
the expense limitations applicable to the Prime Series imposed by the 
securities laws or regulations thereunder of any state in which the Fund's 
shares are qualified for sale, as such limitations may be raised or lowered 
from time to time, or (ii) 1% of the Fund's average daily net assets, the 
Advisor shall reduce its investment advisory fee to the extent of its share 
of such excess expenses and, if required pursuant to any such laws or 
regulations, will reimburse the Fund for its share of annual operating 
expenses in excess of any expense limitation that may be applicable; 
provided, however, there shall be excluded from such expenses the amounts of 
any interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses 
(including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation 
costs and any indemnification related thereto) paid or payable by the Fund. 
Such reduction, if any, shall be computed and accrued daily, shall be settled 
on a monthly basis and shall be based upon the expense limitation applicable 
to the Prime Series as at the end of the last business day of the month. 
Should two or more such expense limitations be applicable as at the end of 
the last business day of the month, that expense limitation which results in 
the largest reduction in the Advisor's fee shall be applicable. For the 
purposes of this paragraph, the Advisor's share of any excess expenses shall 
be computed by multiplying such excess expenses by a fraction, the numerator 
of which is the amount of the investment advisory fee which would otherwise 
be payable to the Advisor for such fiscal year were it not for this section 9 
and the denominator of which is the sum of all investment advisory and 
distribution fees which would otherwise be payable by the Fund were it not 
for the expense limitation provisions of any investment advisory or 
administration agreement to which the Fund is a party. The foregoing expense 
limitations imposed by the state securities laws and regulations shall be 
applied to the Prime Series separately unless the laws or regulations of any 
state shall require that the expense limitations be imposed with respect to 
the Fund as a whole. The foregoing 1% expense limitation shall be applied to 
the Fund's Series on a combined basis. 

   10. Non-Exclusivity. The services of the Advisor to the Fund are not to be 
deemed to be exclusive, and the Advisor shall be free to render investment 
advisory and corporate administrative or other services to others (including 
other investment companies) and to engage in other activities, so long as its 
services under this Agreement are not impaired thereby. It is understood and 
agreed that officers or directors of the Advisor may serve as officers or 
directors of the Fund, and that officers or directors of the Fund may serve 
as officers or directors of the Advisor to the extent permitted by law; and 
that the officers and directors of the Advisor are not prohibited from 
engaging in any other business activity or from rendering services to any 
other person, or from serving as partners, officers, trustees or directors of 
any other firm, trust or corporation, including other investment companies. 

   11. Term. This Agreement shall become effective at the close of business 
on the date hereof and shall continue in force and effect, subject to section 
13 hereof, for two years from the date hereof. 

   12. Renewal. Following the expiration of its initial two-year term, this 
Agreement shall continue in force and effect from year to year, provided that 
such continuance is specifically approved at least annually: 

       (a) (i) by the Fund's Board of Directors or (ii) by the vote of a 
   majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Prime Series (as 
   defined in Section 2(a) (42) of the 1940 Act), and 
       (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors who are not 
   parties to this Agreement or "interested persons" of a party to this 
   Agreement (other than as directors of the Fund) by votes cast in person at 
   a meeting specifically called for such purpose. 

   13. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the 
payment of any penalty, by vote of the Fund's Board of Directors or by vote 
of a majority of the Prime Series' outstanding voting securities (as defined 
in Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act), or by the Advisor, on sixty (60) days' 
written notice to the other party. The notice provided for herein may be 
waived by either party. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the 
event of its assignment, the term "assignment" having the meaning defined in 
Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act. 

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   14. Liability of Advisor. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the 
Advisor shall be obligated to exercise care and diligence and to act in good 
faith and to use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the 
accuracy of all services performed under this Agreement, but the Advisor 
shall not be liable for any act or omission which does not constitute willful 
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Advisor or its 
officers, directors or employees, or reckless disregard by the Advisor of its 
duties under this Agreement. 

   15. Notices. Any notices under this Agreement shall be in writing, 
addressed and delivered or mailed postage paid to the other party at such 
address as such other party may designate for the receipt of such notice. 
Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the 
Fund and the Advisor for this purpose shall be 135 East Baltimore Street, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21202. 

   16. Questions of Interpretation. Any question of interpretation of any 
term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise 
derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act shall be resolved by 
reference to such term or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretations 
thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or, in the absence of any 
controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of 
the SEC issued pursuant to said Act. In addition, where the effect of a 
requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of this Agreement is 
revised by rule, regulation or order of the SEC, such provision shall be 
deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order. 

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be 
executed in duplicate by their respective officers on the day and year first 
above written. 

                                       ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. 
                                       

                                        By 
                                          ------------------------------------- 

Attest: 

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          Secretary 

                                       INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP. 

                                        By 
                                          ------------------------------------- 

Attest: 

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           Secretary 

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                                                                     EXHIBIT B 
                FORM OF AMENDED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
            ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. -- TREASURY SERIES 

   THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the ___ day of _____, 1995 by and between 
ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), and 
INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP., a Maryland corporation (the "Advisor"), 
with respect to the following recital of fact: 

   WHEREAS, the Fund is registered as an open-end, diversified, management 
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 
"1940 Act"); and 

   WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as an investment advisor under the 
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and engages in the business of 
acting as an investment advisor; and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund's Articles of Incorporation authorize the Board of 
Directors of the Fund to classify or reclassify authorized but unissued 
shares of the Fund; and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund's Board of Directors has authorized the issuance of 
three series of shares with a par value of $.001 representing interests in 
three portfolios: the Prime Series, the Treasury Series and the Tax-Free 
Series (each of the existing portfolios and any portfolios hereafter added 
shall be referred to collectively as the "Series"); and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund and the Advisor desire to enter an agreement to provide 
investment advisory and administrative services for the Fund's Treasury 
Series (the "Treasury Series") on the terms and conditions hereinafter set 
forth; 

   NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained 
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby 
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

   1. Appointment of Investment Advisor. The Fund hereby appoints the Advisor 
to act as the investment advisor to the Treasury Series. The Advisor shall 
manage the Treasury Series' affairs and shall supervise all aspects of the 
Treasury Series' operations (except as otherwise set forth herein), including 
the investment and reinvestment of the cash, securities or other properties 
comprising the Treasury Series' assets, subject at all times to the policies 
and control of the Fund's Board of Directors. The Advisor shall give the 
Treasury Series the benefit of its best judgment, efforts and facilities in 
rendering its services as Advisor. 

   2. Duties of Investment Advisor. In carrying out its obligations under 
section 1 hereof, the Advisor shall: 

       (a) supervise and manage all aspects of the Treasury Series' 
   operations; 
       (b) formulate and implement continuing programs for the purchases and 
   sales of securities, consistent with the investment objective and policies 
   of the Treasury Series; 
       (c) provide the Treasury Series with such executive, administrative and 
   clerical services as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of 
   Directors; 
       (d) provide the Treasury Series with, or obtain for it, adequate office 
   space and all necessary office equipment and services, including telephone 
   service, heat, utilities, stationery supplies and similar items for the 
   Fund's principal office; 
       (e) obtain and evaluate pertinent information about significant 
   developments and economic, statistical and financial data, domestic, 
   foreign or otherwise, whether affecting the economy generally or the 
   Treasury Series, and whether concerning the individual issuers whose 
   securities are included in the Treasury Series or the activities in which 
   they engage, or with respect to securities which the Advisor considers 
   desirable for inclusion in the Treasury Series; 
       (f) determine which issuers and securities shall be represented in the 
   Treasury Series and regularly report thereon to the Fund's Board of 
   Directors; 
       (g) take all actions necessary to carry into effect the Fund's purchase 
   and sale programs with respect to its Treasury Series; 

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       (h) supervise the operations of the Treasury Series' transfer and 
   dividend disbursing agent; 
       (i) provide the Treasury Series with such administrative and clerical 
   services for the maintenance of certain shareholder records, as are deemed 
   advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors; and, 
       (j) arrange, but not pay for, the periodic updating of prospectuses and 
   supplements thereto, proxy material, tax returns, reports to the 
   shareholders of the Treasury Series and reports to and filings with the 
   Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and state Blue Sky 
   authorities, which may be required for the Treasury Series. 

   3.  Broker-Dealer Relationship. In the event that the Advisor is 
responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities for the Treasury Series, 
broker-dealer selection, and negotiation of its brokerage commission rates, 
the Advisor's primary consideration in effecting a security transaction will 
be execution at the most favorable price. The Fund understands that a 
substantial majority of the Treasury Series' transactions will be transacted 
with primary market makers acting as principal on a net basis, with no 
brokerage commissions being paid by the Fund. Such principal transactions 
may, however, result in a profit to the market makers. In certain instances 
the Advisor may make purchases of underwritten issues at prices which include 
underwriting fees. In selecting a broker-dealer to execute each particular 
transaction, the Advisor will take the following into consideration: the best 
net price available; the reliability, integrity and financial condition of 
the broker-dealer; the size of and difficulty in executing the order; and the 
value of the expected contribution of the broker-dealer to the investment 
performance of the Treasury Series on a continuing basis. Accordingly, the 
price to the Fund in any transaction may be less favorable than that 
available from another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably 
justified by other aspects of the portfolio execution services offered. 
Subject to such policies as the Board of Directors may determine, the Advisor 
shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty 
created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of its having caused 
the Fund to pay a broker or dealer that provides brokerage and research 
services to the Advisor an amount of commission for effecting a portfolio 
investment transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker 
or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Advisor 
determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in 
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such 
broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or 
the Advisor's overall responsibilities with respect to the Treasury Series. 
The Advisor is further authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on 
behalf of the Treasury Series to such brokers and dealers who also provide 
research or statistical material or other services to the Fund or the 
Advisor. Such allocation shall be in such amounts and proportions as the 
Advisor shall determine and the Advisor will report on said allocation 
regularly to the Board of Directors of the Fund, indicating the brokers to 
whom such allocations have been made and the basis therefor. 

   4.  Control by Board of Directors. Any management or supervisory 
activities undertaken by the Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, as well as 
any other activities undertaken by the Advisor on behalf of the Treasury 
Series pursuant thereto, shall at all times be subject to any applicable 
directives of the Board of Directors of the Fund. 

   5.  Compliance with Applicable Requirements. In carrying out its 
obligations under this Agreement, the Advisor shall at all times conform to: 

       (a) all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and any rules and 
   regulations adopted thereunder; 
       (b) the provisions of the Registration Statement of the Fund under the 
   Securities Act of 1933 and 1940 Act; 
       (c) the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended; 
       (d) the provisions of the By-laws of the Fund, as amended; and 
       (e) any other applicable provisions of state and federal law. 

   6.  Expenses. The expenses connected with the Treasury Series shall be 
allocable between the Fund and the Advisor as follows: 

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       (a) The Advisor shall furnish, at its expense and without cost to the 
   Fund, the services of one or more officers of the Fund, to the extent that 
   such officers may be required by the Fund for the proper conduct of its 
   affairs. 
       (b) The Fund assumes and shall pay or cause to be paid all other 
   expenses of the Treasury Series, including, without limitation the 
   Treasury Series' allocable portion of the following expenses: payments to 
   the Fund's distributor under the Treasury Series' plan of distribution; 
   the charges and expenses of any registrar, any custodian or depository 
   appointed by the Fund for the safekeeping of its cash, portfolio 
   securities and other property, and any transfer, dividend or accounting 
   agent or agents appointed by the Fund; brokers' commissions chargeable to 
   the Fund in connection with portfolio securities transactions to which the 
   Fund is a party; all taxes, including securities issuance and transfer 
   taxes, and fees payable by the Fund to federal, state or other 
   governmental agencies; the costs and expenses of engraving or printing of 
   certificates representing shares of the Fund; all costs and expenses in 
   connection with the registration and maintenance of registration of the 
   Fund and its shares with the SEC and various states and other 
   jurisdictions (including filing fees, legal fees and disbursements of 
   counsel); the costs and expenses of printing, including typesetting, and 
   distributing prospectuses and statements of additional information of the 
   Fund and supplements thereto to the Fund's shareholders; all expenses of 
   shareholders' and directors' meetings and of preparing, printing and 
   mailing of proxy statements and reports to shareholders; fees and travel 
   expenses of directors or director members of any advisory board or 
   committee; all expenses incident to the payment of any dividend, 
   distribution, withdrawal or redemption, whether in shares or in cash; 
   charges and expenses of any outside service used for pricing of the Fund's 
   shares; charges and expenses of legal counsel, including counsel to the 
   directors of the Fund who are not interested persons (as defined in the 
   1940 Act) of the Fund and of independent accountants, in connection with 
   any matter relating to the Fund; membership dues of industry associations; 
   interest payable on Fund borrowings; postage; insurance premiums on 
   property or personnel (including officers and directors) of the Fund which 
   inure to its benefit; extraordinary expenses (including but not limited 
   to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any 
   indemnification related thereto); and all other charges and costs of the 
   Fund's operation unless otherwise explicitly provided herein. 

   7.  Delegation of Responsibilities. 

       (a) Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors and shareholders 
   of the Treasury Series, the Advisor may delegate to a sub-advisor certain 
   of its duties enumerated in section 2 hereof provided that the Advisor 
   shall continue to supervise the performance of any such sub-advisor. The 
   Advisor shall not be responsible for the Sub-advisor's performance under a 
   sub-advisory agreement. 
       (b) The Advisor may, but shall not be under any duty to, perform 
   services on behalf of the Treasury Series which are not required by this 
   Agreement upon the request of the Fund's Board of Directors. Such services 
   will be performed on behalf of the Treasury Series and the Advisor's 
   charge in rendering such services may be billed monthly to the Fund, 
   subject to examination by the Fund's independent accountants. Payment or 
   assumption by the Advisor of any Fund expense that the Advisor is not 
   required to pay or assume under this Agreement shall not relieve the 
   Advisor of any of its obligations to the Treasury Series nor obligate the 
   Advisor to pay or assume any similar Treasury Series' expenses on any 
   subsequent occasions. 

   8.  Compensation. For the services to be rendered and the expenses assumed 
by the Advisor, the Fund shall pay to the Advisor monthly compensation at an 
annual rate derived by: (1) calculating an amount equal to .30% of the first 
$500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .26% of the 
next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .25% of 
the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .24% 
of the next $1 billion of the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets and 
 .23% of that portion of the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets in 
excess of $2.5 billion; and (2) applying to this amount a fraction equal to 
the net assets of the Treasury Series divided by the net assets of the Fund. 

   Except as hereinafter set forth, compensation under this Agreement shall 
be calculated and accrued daily and the amounts of the daily accruals shall 
be paid monthly. If this Agreement becomes effective subsequent to the first 
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for that part of the month this Agreement is in effect shall be prorated in a
manner consistent with the calculation of the fees as set forth above. Subject
to the provisions of section 9 hereof, payment of the Advisor's compensation
for the preceding month shall be made as promptly as possible after completion
of the computations contemplated by section 9 hereof.

   9.  Expense Limitation. In the event the operating expenses of the Fund, 
including all investment advisory and administrative fees, for any fiscal 
year ending on a date on which this Agreement is in effect exceed either (i) 
the expense limitations applicable to the Treasury Series imposed by the 
securities laws or regulations thereunder of any state in which the Fund's 
shares are qualified for sale, as such limitations may be raised or lowered 
from time to time, or (ii) 1% of the Fund's average daily net assets, the 
Advisor shall reduce its investment advisory fee to the extent of its share 
of such excess expenses and, if required pursuant to any such laws or 
regulations, will reimburse the Fund for its share of annual operating 
expenses in excess of any expense limitation that may be applicable; 
provided, however, there shall be excluded from such expenses the amounts of 
any interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses 
(including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation 
costs and any indemnification related thereto) paid or payable by the Fund. 
Such reduction, if any, shall be computed and accrued daily, shall be settled 
on a monthly basis and shall be based upon the expense limitation applicable 
to the Treasury Series as at the end of the last business day of the month. 
Should two or more such expense limitations be applicable as at the end of 
the last business day of the month, that expense limitation which results in 
the largest reduction in the Advisor's fee shall be applicable. For the 
purposes of this paragraph, the Advisor's share of any excess expenses shall 
be computed by multiplying such excess expenses by a fraction, the numerator 
of which is the amount of the investment advisory fee which would otherwise 
be payable to the Advisor for such fiscal year were it not for this section 9 
and the denominator of which is the sum of all investment advisory and 
distribution fees which would otherwise be payable by the Fund were it not 
for the expense limitation provisions of any investment advisory or 
administration agreement to which the Fund is a party. The foregoing expense 
limitations imposed by the state securities laws and regulations shall be 
applied to the Treasury Series separately unless the laws or regulations of 
any state shall require that the expense limitations be imposed with respect 
to the Fund as a whole. The foregoing 1% expense limitation shall be applied 
to the Fund's Series on a combined basis. 

   10.  Non-Exclusivity. The services of the Advisor to the Fund are not to 
be deemed to be exclusive, and the Advisor shall be free to render investment 
advisory and corporate administrative or other services to others (including 
other investment companies) and to engage in other activities, so long as its 
services under this Agreement are not impaired thereby. It is understood and 
agreed that officers or directors of the Advisor may serve as officers or 
directors of the Fund, and that officers or directors of the Fund may serve 
as officers or directors of the Advisor to the extent permitted by law; and 
that the officers and directors of the Advisor are not prohibited from 
engaging in any other business activity or from rendering services to any 
other person, or from serving as partners, officers, trustees or directors of 
any other firm, trust or corporation, including other investment companies. 

   11.  Term. This Agreement shall become effective at the close of business 
on the date hereof and shall continue in force and effect, subject to section 
13 hereof, for two years from the date hereof. 

   12.  Renewal. Following the expiration of its initial two-year term, this 
Agreement shall continue in force and effect from year to year, provided that 
such continuance is specifically approved at least annually: 

       (a) (i) by the Fund's Board of Directors or (ii) by the vote of a 
   majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Treasury Series (as 
   defined in Section 2(a) (42) of the 1940 Act), and 
       (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors who are not 
   parties to this Agreement or "interested persons" of a party to this 
   Agreement (other than as directors of the Fund) by votes cast in person at 
   a meeting specifically called for such purpose. 

   13.  Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without 
the payment of any penalty, by vote of the Fund's Board of Directors or by 
vote of a majority of the Treasury Series' outstanding voting securities (as 
defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act), or by the Advisor, on sixty 
(60) days' written notice to the other party. The notice provided for herein 
may be waived by either party. This Agreement shall automatically terminate 
in the event of its assignment, the term "assignment" having the meaning 
defined in Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act. 

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   14.  Liability of Advisor. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the 
Advisor shall be obligated to exercise care and diligence and to act in good 
faith and to use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the 
accuracy of all services performed under this Agreement, but the Advisor 
shall not be liable for any act or omission which does not constitute willful 
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Advisor or its 
officers, directors or employees, or reckless disregard by the Advisor of its 
duties under this Agreement. 

   15.  Notices. Any notices under this Agreement shall be in writing, 
addressed and delivered or mailed postage paid to the other party at such 
address as such other party may designate for the receipt of such notice. 
Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the 
Fund and the Advisor for this purpose shall be 135 East Baltimore Street, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21202. 

   16.  Questions of Interpretation. Any question of interpretation of any 
term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise 
derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act shall be resolved by 
reference to such term or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretations 
thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or, in the absence of any 
controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of 
the SEC issued pursuant to said Act. In addition, where the effect of a 
requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of this Agreement is 
revised by rule, regulation or order of the SEC, such provision shall be 
deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order. 

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be 
executed in duplicate by their respective officers on the day and year first 
above written. 


                                       ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. 
                                       

                                        By 
                                          ------------------------------------- 

Attest: 

- -------------------------------------
          Secretary 

                                       INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP. 

                                        By 
                                          ------------------------------------- 

Attest: 

- ------------------------------------- 
           Secretary 


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                                                                     EXHIBIT C 
                FORM OF AMENDED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
            ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. -- TAX-FREE SERIES 

   THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the ------ day of ------ , 1995 by and 
between ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the 
"Fund"), and INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP., a Maryland corporation (the 
"Advisor"), with respect to the following recital of fact: 

   WHEREAS, the Fund is registered as an open-end, diversified, management 
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 
"1940 Act"); and 

   WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as an investment advisor under the 
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and engages in the business of 
acting as an investment advisor; and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund's Articles of Incorporation authorize the Board of 
Directors of the Fund to classify or reclassify authorized but unissued 
shares of the Fund; and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund's Board of Directors has authorized the issuance of 
three series of shares with a par value of $.001 representing interests in 
three portfolios: the Prime Series, the Treasury Series and the Tax-Free 
Series (each of the existing portfolios and any portfolio hereafter added 
shall be referred to collectively as the "Series"); and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund and the Advisor desire to enter an agreement to provide 
investment advisory and administrative services for the Fund's Tax-Free 
Series (the "Tax-Free Series") on the terms and conditions hereinafter set 
forth; 

   NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained 
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby 
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

   1. Appointment of Investment Advisor. The Fund hereby appoints the Advisor 
to act as the investment advisor to the Tax-Free Series. The Advisor shall 
manage the affairs of the Tax-Free Series and shall supervise all aspects of 
the Tax-Free Series' operations (except as otherwise set forth herein), 
including the investment and reinvestment of the cash, securities or other 
properties comprising the Tax-Free Series' assets, subject at all times to 
the policies and control of the Fund's Board of Directors. The Advisor shall 
give the Tax-Free Series the benefit of its best judgment, efforts and 
facilities in rendering its services as Advisor. 

   2. Duties of Investment Advisor. In carrying out its obligations under 
section 1 hereof, the Advisor shall: 

     (a) supervise and manage all aspects of the Tax-Free Series' operations; 

     (b) formulate and implement continuing programs for the purchases and 
   sales of securities, consistent with the investment objective and policies 
   of the Tax-Free Series; 

     (c) provide the Tax-Free Series with such executive, administrative and 
   clerical services as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of 
   Directors; 

     (d) provide the Tax-Free Series with, or obtain for it, adequate office 
   space and all necessary office equipment and services, including telephone 
   service, heat, utilities, stationery supplies and similar items for the 
   Fund's principal office; 

     (e) obtain and evaluate pertinent information about significant 
   developments and economic, statistical and financial data, domestic, 
   foreign or otherwise, whether affecting the economy generally or the 
   Tax-Free Series, and whether concerning the individual issuers whose 
   securities are included in the Tax-Free Series or the activities in which 
   they engage, or with respect to securities which the Advisor considers 
   desirable for inclusion in the Tax-Free Series; 

     (f) determine which issuers and securities shall be represented in the 
   Tax-Free Series and regularly report thereon to the Fund's Board of 
   Directors; 

     (g) take all actions necessary to carry into effect the Fund's purchase 
   and sale programs, with respect to its Tax-Free Series; 

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     (h) supervise the operations of the Tax-Free Series' transfer and 
dividend disbursing agent; 

     (i) provide the Tax-Free Series with such administrative and clerical 
   services for the maintenance of certain shareholder records, as are deemed 
   advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors; and, 

     (j) arrange, but not pay for, the periodic updating of prospectuses and 
   supplements thereto, proxy material, tax returns, reports to the 
   shareholders of the Tax-Free Series and reports to and filings with the 
   Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and state Blue Sky 
   authorities, which may be required for the Tax-Free Series. 

   3. Broker-Dealer Relationship. In the event that the Advisor is 
responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities for the Tax-Free Series, 
broker-dealer selection, and negotiation of its brokerage commission rates, 
the Advisor's primary consideration in effecting a security transaction will 
be execution at the most favorable price. The Fund understands that a 
substantial majority of the Tax-Free Series' transactions will be transacted 
with primary market makers acting as principal on a net basis, with no 
brokerage commissions being paid by the Fund. Such principal transactions 
may, however, result in a profit to the market makers. In certain instances 
the Advisor may make purchases of underwritten issues at prices which include 
underwriting fees. In selecting a broker-dealer to execute each particular 
transaction, the Advisor will take the following into consideration: the best 
net price available; the reliability, integrity and financial condition of 
the broker-dealer; the size of and difficulty in executing the order; and the 
value of the expected contribution of the broker-dealer to the investment 
performance of the Tax-Free Series on a continuing basis. Accordingly, the 
price to the Fund in any transaction may be less favorable than that 
available from another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably 
justified by other aspects of the portfolio execution services offered. 
Subject to such policies as the Board of Directors may determine, the Advisor 
shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty 
created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of its having caused 
the Fund to pay a broker or dealer that provides brokerage and research 
services to the Advisor an amount of commission for effecting a portfolio 
investment transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker 
or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Advisor 
determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in 
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such 
broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or 
the Advisor's overall responsibilities with respect to the Tax-Free Series. 
The Advisor is further authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on 
behalf of the Tax-Free Series to such brokers and dealers who also provide 
research or statistical material or other services to the Fund or the 
Advisor. Such allocation shall be in such amounts and proportions as the 
Advisor shall determine and the Advisor will report on said allocation 
regularly to the Board of Directors of the Fund, indicating the brokers to 
whom such allocations have been made and the basis therefor. 

   4. Control by Board of Directors. Any management or supervisory activities 
undertaken by the Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, as well as any other 
activities undertaken by the Advisor on behalf of the Tax-Free Series 
pursuant thereto, shall at all times be subject to any applicable directives 
of the Board of Directors of the Fund. 

   5. Compliance with Applicable Requirements. In carrying out its 
obligations under this Agreement, the Advisor shall at all times conform to: 

     (a) all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and any rules and 
regulations adopted thereunder; 

     (b) the provisions of the Registration Statement of the Fund under the 
   Securities Act of 1933 and 1940 Act; 

     (c) the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended; 

     (d) the provisions of the By-laws of the Fund, as amended; and 

     (e) any other applicable provisions of state and federal law. 

   6. Expenses. The expenses connected with the Tax-Free Series shall be 
allocable between the Fund and the Advisor as follows: 

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     (a) The Advisor shall furnish, at its expense and without cost to the 
   Fund, the services of one or more officers of the Fund to the extent that 
   such officers may be required by the Fund for the proper conduct of its 
   affairs. 

     (b) The Fund assumes and shall pay or cause to be paid all other 
   expenses of the Tax-Free Series, including, without limitation the 
   Tax-Free Series' allocable portion of the following expenses: payments to 
   the Fund's distributor under the Fund's plan of distribution; the charges 
   and expenses of any registrar, any custodian or depository appointed by 
   the Fund for the safekeeping of its cash, portfolio securities and other 
   property, and any transfer, dividend or accounting agent or agents 
   appointed by the Fund; brokers' commissions chargeable to the Fund in 
   connection with portfolio securities transactions to which the Fund is a 
   party; all taxes, including securities issuance and transfer taxes, and 
   fees payable by the Fund to federal, state or other governmental agencies; 
   the costs and expenses of engraving or printing of certificates 
   representing shares of the Fund; all costs and expenses in connection with 
   the registration and maintenance of registration of the Fund and its 
   shares with the SEC and various states and other jurisdictions (including 
   filing fees, legal fees and disbursements of counsel); the costs and 
   expenses of printing, including typesetting, and distributing prospectuses 
   and statements of additional information of the Fund and supplements 
   thereto to the Fund's shareholders; all expenses of shareholders' and 
   directors' meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing of proxy 
   statements and reports to shareholders; fees and travel expenses of 
   directors or director members of any advisory board or committee; all 
   expenses incident to the payment of any dividend, distribution, withdrawal 
   or redemption, whether in shares or in cash; charges and expenses of any 
   outside service used for pricing of the Fund's shares; charges and 
   expenses of legal counsel, including counsel to the directors of the Fund 
   who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund 
   and of independent accountants, in connection with any matter relating to 
   the Fund; membership dues of industry associations; interest payable on 
   Fund borrowings; postage; insurance premiums on property or personnel 
   (including officers and directors) of the Fund which inure to its benefit; 
   extraordinary expenses (including but not limited to, legal claims and 
   liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto); 
   and all other charges and costs of the Fund's operation unless otherwise 
   explicitly provided herein. 

   7. Delegation of Responsibilities. 

     (a) Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors and shareholders 
   of the Tax-Free Series, the Advisor may delegate to a sub-advisor certain 
   of its duties enumerated in section 2 hereof provided that the Advisor 
   shall continue to supervise the performance of any such sub-advisor. The 
   Advisor shall not be responsible for Sub-advisor's performance under a 
   sub-advisory agreement. 

     (b) The Advisor may, but shall not be under any duty to, perform 
   services on behalf of the Tax-Free Series which are not required by this 
   Agreement upon the request of the Fund's Board of Directors. Such services 
   will be performed on behalf of the Tax-Free Series and the Advisor's 
   charge in rendering such services may be billed monthly to the Fund, 
   subject to examination by the Fund's independent accountants. Payment or 
   assumption by the Advisor of any Fund expense that the Advisor is not 
   required to pay or assume under this Agreement shall not relieve the 
   Advisor of any of its obligations to the Tax-Free Series nor obligate the 
   Advisor to pay or assume any similar expenses on any subsequent occasions. 

   8. Compensation. For the services to be rendered and the expenses assumed 
by the Advisor, the Tax-Free Series shall pay to the Advisor monthly 
compensation at an annual rate derived by: (1) calculating an amount equal to 
 .30% of the first $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily net 
assets, .26% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily 
net assets, .25% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets, .24% of the next $1 billion of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets and .23% of that portion of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets in excess of $2.5 billion; (2) applying to this amount a 
fraction equal to the net assets of the Tax-Free Series divided by the net 
assets of the Fund; and (3) adding an amount calculated daily and paid 
monthly, at the annual rate of .03% of the Tax-Free Series' average daily net 
assets. 

   Except as hereinafter set forth, compensation under this Agreement shall 
be calculated and accrued daily and the amounts of the daily accruals shall 
be paid monthly. If this Agreement becomes effective subsequent to the first 
day of a month or shall terminate before the last day of a month, 


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compensation for that part of the month this Agreement is in effect shall be
prorated in a manner consistent with the calculation of the fees as set forth
above. Subject to the provisions of section 9 hereof, payment of the Advisor's
compensation for the preceding month shall be made as promptly as possible
after completion of the computations contemplated by section 9 hereof.

   9. Expense Limitation. In the event the operating expenses of the Fund, 
including all investment advisory and administrative fees, for any fiscal 
year ending on a date on which this Agreement is in effect exceed either (i) 
the expense limitations applicable to the Tax-Free Series imposed by the 
securities laws or regulations thereunder of any state in which the Fund's 
shares are qualified for sale, as such limitations may be raised or lowered 
from time to time, or (ii) 1% of the Fund's average daily net assets, the 
Advisor shall reduce its investment advisory fee to the extent of its share 
of such excess expenses and, if required pursuant to any such laws or 
regulations, will reimburse the Fund for its share of annual operating 
expenses in excess of any expense limitation that may be applicable; 
provided, however, there shall be excluded from such expenses the amounts of 
any interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses 
(including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation 
costs and any indemnification related thereto) paid or payable by the Fund. 
Such reduction, if any, shall be computed and accrued daily, shall be settled 
on a monthly basis and shall be based upon the expense limitation applicable 
to the Tax-Free Series as of the end of the last business day of the month. 
Should two or more such expense limitations be applicable as of the end of 
the last business day of the month, that expense limitation which results in 
the largest reduction in the Advisor's fee shall be applicable. For the 
purposes of this paragraph, the Advisor's share of any excess expenses shall 
be computed by multiplying such excess expenses by a fraction, the numerator 
of which is the amount of the investment advisory fee which would otherwise 
be payable to the Advisor for such fiscal year were it not for this section 9 
and the denominator of which is the sum of all investment advisory and 
distribution fees which would otherwise be payable by the Fund were it not 
for the expense limitation provisions of any investment advisory or 
administration agreement to which the Fund is a party. The foregoing expense 
limitations imposed by the state securities laws and regulations shall be 
applied to the Tax-Free Series separately unless the laws or regulations of 
any state shall require that the expense limitations be imposed with respect 
to the Fund as a whole. The foregoing 1% expense limitation shall be applied 
to the Fund's Series on a combined basis. 

   10. Non-Exclusivity. The services of the Advisor to the Fund are not to be 
deemed to be exclusive, and the Advisor shall be free to render investment 
advisory and corporate administrative or other services to others (including 
other investment companies) and to engage in other activities, so long as its 
services under this Agreement are not impaired thereby. It is understood and 
agreed that officers or directors of the Advisor may serve as officers or 
directors of the Fund, and that officers or directors of the Fund may serve 
as officers or directors of the Advisor to the extent permitted by law; and 
that the officers and directors of the Advisor are not prohibited from 
engaging in any other business activity or from rendering services to any 
other person, or from serving as partners, officers, trustees or directors of 
any other firm, trust or corporation, including other investment companies. 

   11. Term. This Agreement shall become effective at the close of business 
on the date hereof and shall continue in force and effect, subject to section 
13 hereof, for two years from the date hereof. 

   12.  Renewal. Following the expiration of its initial two-year term, this 
Agreement shall continue in force and effect from year to year, provided that 
such continuance is specifically approved at least annually: (a) (i) by the 
Fund's Board of Directors or (ii) by the vote of a majority of the 
outstanding voting securities of the Tax-Free Series (as defined in Section 
2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act), and (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of 
the directors who are not parties to this Agreement or "interested persons" 
of a party to this Agreement (other than as directors of the Fund) by votes 
cast in person at a meeting specifically called for such purpose. 

   13. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the 
payment of any penalty, by vote of the Fund's Board of Directors or by vote 
of a majority of the Tax-Free Series' outstanding voting securities (as 
defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act), or by the Advisor, on sixty 
(60) days' written notice to the other party. The notice provided for herein 
may be waived by either party. This Agreement shall automatically terminate 
in the event of its assignment, the term "assignment" having the meaning 
defined in Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act. 

   14. Liability of Advisor. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the 
Advisor shall be obligated to exercise care and diligence and to act in good 
faith and to use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the

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accuracy of all services performed under this Agreement, but the Advisor shall
not be liable for any act or omission which does not constitute willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Advisor or its
officers, directors or employees, or reckless disregard by the Advisor of its
duties under this Agreement.

   15. Notices. Any notices under this Agreement shall be in writing, 
addressed and delivered or mailed postage paid to the other party at such 
address as such other party may designate for the receipt of such notice. 
Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the 
Fund and the Advisor for this purpose shall be 135 East Baltimore Street, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21202. 

   16. Questions of Interpretation. Any question of interpretation of any 
term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise 
derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act shall be resolved by 
reference to such term or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretations 
thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or, in the absence of any 
controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of 
the SEC issued pursuant to said Act. In addition, where the effect of a 
requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of this Agreement is 
revised by rule, regulation or order of the SEC, such provision shall be 
deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order. 

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be 
executed in duplicate by their respective officers on the day and year first 
above written. 


                                       ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. 
                                       

                                        By 
                                          ------------------------------------- 

Attest: 

- -------------------------------------
          Secretary 

                                       INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP. 

                                        By 
                                          ------------------------------------- 

Attest: 

- ------------------------------------- 
           Secretary 
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             ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. -- PRIME SERIES 
                  PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 
                                July 25, 1995 

          THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ALEX.
                       BROWN CASH RESERVE RESERVE, INC.

   This Proxy is for your use in voting on various matters relating to Alex. 
Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"). The undersigned shareholder(s) of 
the Fund, revoking previous proxies, hereby appoint(s) Edward J. Veilleux, 
Edward J. Stoken and Mary E. Connell and each of them (with full power of 
substitution) the proxy or proxies of the undersigned to attend the Special 
Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the "Meeting") to be held on July 25, 
1995 at 4:00 p.m. (Baltimore Time) and any adjournments thereof, to vote all 
of the shares of the Fund that the signer would be entitled to vote if 
personally present at the Meeting and on any other matters brought before the 
Meeting, all as set forth in the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders. 
Said proxies are directed to vote or refrain from voting pursuant to the 
Proxy Statement as indicated upon the matters set forth below: 

(1) To consider and act upon a proposal to elect a Board of Directors (voted 
on by the shareholders of the Fund as a whole). 

/ / FOR all nominees listed below       / / WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote 
                                            for all nominees listed below. 
/ / FOR all nominees listed below except 
    those whose names have been stricken. 

(Instructions: To withhold authority to vote for any or all of the nominees, 
strike a line through the names of such nominee(s) below.) 

     W. James Price, Richard T. Hale, James J. Cunnane, N. Bruce Hannay,
    John F. Kroeger, Louis E. Levy, Eugene J. McDonald, Rebecca W. Rimel,
                                 Harry Woolf

(2) To approve or disapprove an amended investment advisory agreement between 
    the Fund and Investment Company Capital Corp. with respect to the Prime 
    Series, increasing the advisory fee (voted on by the shareholders of the 
    Prime Series). 

                         / /FOR  / / AGAINST  / / ABSTAIN 

[Proposal (3) Intentionally Omitted.] 

[Proposal (4) Intentionally Omitted.]   
                                  (Continued and to be signed on reverse side). 
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   This Proxy will be voted as indicated above. If no indication is made, 
this Proxy will be voted FOR the proposals set forth above. The undersigned 
acknowledges receipt with this proxy of a copy of the Notice of Special 
Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy Statement of the Board of Directors. 

Please Date: --
                                           Date:_______________________, 1995 

                                           __________________________________
                                               (Signature of Shareholder) 
                                           
                                           __________________________________
                                              (Co-owner signature, if any) 

                                           __________________________________
                                              (Printed Name of Shareholder) 

                                           __________________________________
                                           (Printed name of co-owner, if any) 

                                           Please print and sign your name in
                                           the space provided to authorize the
                                           voting of your shares as indicated
                                           and return promptly. When signing
                                           on behalf of a corporation,
                                           partnership, estate, trust, or in
                                           any other representative capacity,
                                           please sign your name and title.
                                           For joint accounts, each joint
                                           owner must sign.

    PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING THE 
                              ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. 


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            ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. -- TREASURY SERIES 
                  PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 
                                July 25, 1995 

             THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
                    ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE RESERVE, INC.

   This Proxy is for your use in voting on various matters relating to Alex. 
Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"). The undersigned shareholder(s) of 
the Fund, revoking previous proxies, hereby appoint(s) Edward J. Veilleux, 
Edward J. Stoken and Mary E. Connell and each of them (with full power of 
substitution) the proxy or proxies of the undersigned to attend the Special 
Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the "Meeting") to be held on July 25, 
1995 at 4:00 p.m. (Baltimore Time) and any adjournments thereof, to vote all 
of the shares of the Fund that the signer would be entitled to vote if 
personally present at the Meeting and on any other matters brought before the 
Meeting, all as set forth in the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders. 
Said proxies are directed to vote or refrain from voting pursuant to the 
Proxy Statement as indicated upon the matters set forth below: 

(1) To consider and act upon a proposal to elect a Board of Directors (voted 
    on by the shareholders of the Fund as a whole). 

/ / FOR all nominees listed below    / / WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote 
                                         for all nominees listed below. 
/ / FOR all nominees listed below except 
    those whose names have been stricken. 

(Instructions: To withhold authority to vote for any or all of the nominees, 
strike a line through the names of such nominee(s) below.) 

     W. James Price, Richard T. Hale, James J. Cunnane, N. Bruce Hannay,
    John F. Kroeger, Louis E. Levy, Eugene J. McDonald, Rebecca W. Rimel,
                                 Harry Woolf

[Proposal (2) Intentionally Omitted.] 
(3) To approve or disapprove an amended investment advisory agreement between 
    the Fund and Investment Company Capital Corp. with respect to the 
    Treasury Series, increasing the advisory fee (voted on by the 
    shareholders of the Treasury Series). 

                         / / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN 

[Proposal (4) Intentionally Omitted.] 

                                 (Continued and to be signed on reverse side). 
 44

   This Proxy will be voted as indicated above. If no indication is made, 
this Proxy will be voted FOR the proposals set forth above. The undersigned 
acknowledges receipt with this proxy of a copy of the Notice of Special 
Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy Statement of the Board of Directors. 

Please Date: --
                                           Date:_______________________, 1995 

                                           __________________________________
                                               (Signature of Shareholder) 
                                           
                                           __________________________________
                                              (Co-owner signature, if any) 

                                           __________________________________
                                              (Printed Name of Shareholder) 

                                           __________________________________
                                           (Printed name of co-owner, if any) 

                                           Please print and sign your name in
                                           the space provided to authorize the
                                           voting of your shares as indicated
                                           and return promptly. When signing
                                           on behalf of a corporation,
                                           partnership, estate, trust, or in
                                           any other representative capacity,
                                           please sign your name and title.
                                           For joint accounts, each joint
                                           owner must sign.

    PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING THE 
                              ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. 


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            ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. -- TAX-FREE SERIES 
                  PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 
                                July 25, 1995 

             THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
                    ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE RESERVE, INC.

   This Proxy is for your use in voting on various matters relating to Alex. 
Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"). The undersigned shareholder(s) of 
the Fund, revoking previous proxies, hereby appoint(s) Edward J. Veilleux, 
Edward J. Stoken and Mary E. Connell and each of them (with full power of 
substitution) the proxy or proxies of the undersigned to attend the Special 
Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the "Meeting") to be held on July 25, 
1995 at 4:00 p.m. (Baltimore Time) and any adjournments thereof, to vote all 
of the shares of the Fund that the signer would be entitled to vote if 
personally present at the Meeting and on any other matters brought before the 
Meeting, all as set forth in the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders. 
Said proxies are directed to vote or refrain from voting pursuant to the 
Proxy Statement as indicated upon the matters set forth below: 

(1) To consider and act upon a proposal to elect a Board of Directors (voted 
    on by the shareholders of the Fund as a whole). 

/ / FOR all nominees listed below    / / WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote 
                                         for all nominees listed below. 
/ / FOR all nominees listed below except 
    those whose names have been stricken. 

(Instructions: To withhold authority to vote for any or all of the nominees, 
strike a line through the names of such nominee(s) below.) 

     W. James Price, Richard T. Hale, James J. Cunnane, N. Bruce Hannay,
    John F. Kroeger, Louis E. Levy, Eugene J. McDonald, Rebecca W. Rimel,
                                 Harry Woolf

[Proposal (2) Intentionally Omitted.] 

[Proposal (3) Intentionally Omitted.] 

(4) To approve or disapprove an amended investment advisory agreement between 
    the Fund and Investment Company Capital Corp. with respect to the 
    Tax-Free Series, increasing the advisory fee (voted on by the 
    shareholders of the Tax-Free Series). 

                         / / FOR  / / AGAINST  / / ABSTAIN 

                                 (Continued and to be signed on reverse side). 
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   This Proxy will be voted as indicated above. If no indication is made, 
this Proxy will be voted FOR the proposals set forth above. The undersigned 
acknowledges receipt with this proxy of a copy of the Notice of Special 
Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy Statement of the Board of Directors. 


Please Date: --
                                           Date:_______________________, 1995 

                                           __________________________________
                                               (Signature of Shareholder) 
                                           
                                           __________________________________
                                              (Co-owner signature, if any) 

                                           __________________________________
                                              (Printed Name of Shareholder) 

                                           __________________________________
                                           (Printed name of co-owner, if any) 

                                           Please print and sign your name in
                                           the space provided to authorize the
                                           voting of your shares as indicated
                                           and return promptly. When signing
                                           on behalf of a corporation,
                                           partnership, estate, trust, or in
                                           any other representative capacity,
                                           please sign your name and title.
                                           For joint accounts, each joint
                                           owner must sign.

    PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING THE 
                              ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. 
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                       QUALITY CASH RESERVE PRIME SHARES
                 A CLASS OF ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC.
                           135 East Baltimore Street
                           Baltimore, Maryland 21202

                                 --------------

                   NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                 JULY 25, 1995

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF QUALITY CASH RESERVE PRIME SHARES 

   You are cordially invited to a Special Meeting of the Shareholders of 
Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") on Tuesday, July 25, 1995 at 
4:00 p.m. (Baltimore Time) in the Audio-Visual Room of Alex. Brown & Sons 
Incorporated, One Thirty-Five East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 
21202, for the purpose of considering the proposals set forth below and for 
the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the 
meeting: 

   PROPOSAL 1: To consider and act upon a proposal to elect a Board of 
               Directors (voted on by the shareholders of the Fund as a 
               whole); and 

   PROPOSAL 2: To approve or disapprove an amended investment advisory 
               agreement between the Fund and Investment Company Capital 
               Corp. with respect to the Prime Series, increasing the 
               advisory fee (voted on by the shareholders of the Prime 
               Series). 

Quality Cash Reserve Prime Shares are a class of the Prime Series of the 
Fund. Only shareholders of the Fund at the close of business on June 9, 1995 
are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, this meeting or any adjournment 
thereof. 

   WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, PLEASE 
COMPLETE AND PROMPTLY RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD. A POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE 
IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE SO THAT YOU MAY RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD AS 
SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT IS MOST IMPORTANT AND IN YOUR INTEREST FOR YOU TO SIGN 
YOUR PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT SO THAT A QUORUM WILL BE PRESENT AND A MAXIMUM 
NUMBER OF SHARES MAY BE VOTED. THE PROXY IS REVOCABLE AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 
ITS USE. 


                                        Brian C. Nelson 
                                        Secretary 

Dated: June 21, 1995 

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                       QUALITY CASH RESERVE PRIME SHARES
                 A CLASS OF ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC.
                           135 East Baltimore Street
                           Baltimore, Maryland 21202
                                 --------------
                                PROXY STATEMENT
                                 --------------
                        SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                   TO BE HELD
                                 JULY 25, 1995

   This Proxy Statement is furnished by the Directors of Alex. Brown Cash 
Reserve Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") in connection with their solicitation of 
proxies for use at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the 
"Meeting") to be held on Tuesday, July 25, 1995 at 4:00 p.m. (Baltimore 
Time), or at any adjournment thereof, in the Audio-Visual Room of Alex. Brown 
& Sons Incorporated, One Thirty-Five East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, 
Maryland, 21202. It is expected that the Notice of Special Meeting, the Proxy 
Statement and the Proxy Card will be mailed to shareholders on or about June 
21, 1995. 

   If you do not expect to be present at the Meeting and wish your Shares to 
be voted, please date and sign the enclosed Proxy Card ("Proxy") and mail it 
in the enclosed reply envelope, allowing sufficient time for the card to be 
received on or before 4:00 p.m. (Baltimore Time) on July 25, 1995. If the 
accompanying Proxy is executed properly and returned, shares represented by 
it will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the instructions on the 
Proxy. However, if no instructions are specified, shares will be voted for 
the election of the Directors of the Fund (the "Directors") (Proposal 1) and 
for the amended investment advisory agreement with respect to the Prime 
Series (Proposal 2). All shareholders of the Fund are entitled to vote on 
Proposal 1. Proposal 2 requires action by the shareholders of the Prime 
Series. Shareholders may revoke their Proxies at any time prior to the time 
they are voted by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Fund, by 
delivering a subsequently dated Proxy or by attending and voting at the 
Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes are each included in the 
determination of the number of shares present and voting at the Meeting. 

   The close of business on June 9, 1995 has been fixed as the record date 
for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, 
the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. On that date, the Fund had 
2,914,547,907 shares outstanding, consisting of 1,814,843,002 shares 
outstanding of the Prime Series, 565,526,406 shares outstanding of the 
Treasury Series and 534,178,499 shares outstanding of the Tax-Free Series. 
Each full share will be entitled to one vote at the Meeting and each fraction 
of a share will be entitled to the fraction of a vote equal to the proportion 
of a full share represented by the fractional share. 

   The expenses of the Meeting will be borne by the Fund, except that the 
incremental costs associated with Proposal 2 will be borne by Investment 
Company Capital Corp. ("ICC" or the "Advisor"), and will include 
reimbursement to brokerage firms and others for expenses in forwarding proxy 
solicitation material to beneficial owners. The solicitation of Proxies will 
be largely by mail, but may include, without cost to the Fund, telephonic, 
telegraphic or oral communication by regular employees of the Advisor. 

   The Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report for its 
fiscal year ended March 31, 1995 to any shareholder requesting such report. 
Request for the annual report should be made in writing to Alex. Brown Cash 
Reserve Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 17250, Baltimore, Maryland, 21203 or by calling 
1-800-553-8080. 

   The Fund is registered as an open-end diversified management investment 
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") 
and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
The Fund offers three series of shares (each a "Series" and collectively the 
"Series"): Prime Series, Treasury Series and Tax-Free Series. ICC, 135 East 
Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated ("Alex. Brown" or the "Distributor"), acts as 
the Fund's investment advisor to each of the Series pursuant to two separate 
Investment Advisory Agreements currently in effect, one dated as of April 4, 
1990 with respect to the Prime Series and the Treasury Series (the "Current 

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Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement") and one dated as of October 5, 
1990 with respect to the Tax- Free Series. It is proposed that shareholders 
of the Prime Series ("Prime Shareholders"), which includes shareholders of 
Quality Cash Reserve Prime Shares, approve an amended investment advisory 
agreement with respect to the Prime Series (the "Amended Prime Advisory 
Agreement"). The Amended Prime Advisory Agreement, which increases the 
advisory fee, replaces the Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement. 
Shareholders of the Fund's other Series will also be voting at the Meeting on 
proposals to approve amended investment advisory agreements with regard to 
their respective Series, which increase advisory fees, to replace the 
existing advisory agreements. 

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PROPOSAL 1: TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A PROPOSAL TO ELECT A BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

   At the Meeting, it is proposed that nine Directors will be elected to hold 
office until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The persons 
named in the accompanying Proxy intend, in the absence of contrary 
instructions, to vote all proxies on behalf of the shareholders for the 
election of W. James Price, Richard T. Hale, James J. Cunnane, N. Bruce 
Hannay, John F. Kroeger, Louis E. Levy, Eugene J. McDonald, Rebecca W. Rimel 
and Harry Woolf. Messrs. Price, Hale, Cunnane, Hannay, Kroeger, Levy, 
McDonald and Woolf are currently members of the Board of Directors. Messrs. 
Price, Hale, Hannay, Kroeger and Woolf were last elected by shareholders at a 
special meeting held on March 30, 1990. Mr. McDonald was elected by the Board 
on June 17, 1992. Mr. Levy was elected by the Board on June 17, 1994. Mr. 
Cunnane was elected by the Board on December 14, 1994. Alonzo G. Decker 
retired from the Board effective December 31, 1994. Ms. Rimel has not 
previously served on the Board and has not previously been elected by the 
shareholders. 

   The proposal to elect the Board of Directors is being presented for 
shareholder approval pursuant to requirements under the 1940 Act. In 
compliance with the 1940 Act, shareholder meetings must be held within sixty 
days to elect Directors whenever fewer than a majority of the Directors 
holding office have been elected by the shareholders or, if necessary in the 
case of filling vacancies, to assure that at least two-thirds of the 
Directors holding office after such vacancies are filled have been elected by 
the shareholders. Because the addition of Ms. Rimel raises the number of 
Directors to nine, of which five have been elected by shareholders of the 
Fund, a shareholder meeting must be held to elect Ms. Rimel in order for the 
Board of Directors to comply with the two-thirds requirement. The meeting 
also obviates the need to hold shareholder meetings in the future to fill 
vacancies caused by prospective retirements. 

   Because the corporation does not hold regular annual shareholder meetings, 
each nominee, if elected, will hold office until his successor is elected and 
qualified. Under Maryland General Corporation Law, a corporation registered 
under the 1940 Act is not required to hold an annual meeting in any year in 
which the election of Directors is not required to be acted upon under such 
Act. The Fund has availed itself of this provision and achieves cost savings 
by eliminating printing costs, mailing charges and other expenses involved in 
routine annual meetings. 

   Even with the elimination of routine annual meetings, the Board of 
Directors may call special meetings of shareholders for action by shareholder 
vote as may be required by the 1940 Act, or required or permitted by the 
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Fund. As described above, 
shareholder meetings will be held to elect Directors under certain 
circumstances in compliance with the 1940 Act. Shareholder meetings may also 
be held by the Fund in order to approve investment policy changes, a new 
investment advisory agreement or other matters requiring shareholder action 
under the 1940 Act. 

   A meeting may also be called by shareholders holding at least 10% of the 
shares entitled to vote at the meeting for the purpose of voting upon the 
removal of Directors, in which case shareholders may receive assistance in 
communicating with other shareholders as if the provisions contained in 
Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act applied. In addition, Maryland General 
Corporation Law provides for the calling of a special meeting by the written 
request of shareholders holding at least 25% of the shares entitled to vote 
at the meeting. 

   Each of the nominees has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement 
and to serving as a Director if elected. The Fund knows of no reason why any 
nominee would be unable or unwilling to serve if elected. Should any of the 
nominees become unable or unwilling to accept nomination or election, the 
persons named in the Proxy will exercise their voting power to vote for such 
person or persons as the management of the Fund may recommend. Directors will 
be elected by a majority of all votes cast at the Meeting provided that a 
majority of shareholders entitled to vote is present in person or by proxy at 
the Meeting. If you give no voting instructions, your shares will be voted 
for all nominees named herein. 

INFORMATION REGARDING NOMINEES 

   The following information is provided for each nominee. It includes his or 
her name, position with the Fund, length of directorship (if applicable), 
age, principal occupations or employment during the past five years, 
directorships with other companies which file reports periodically with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, number of shares of the Fund beneficially 
owned and percentage of shares of the Fund beneficially owned. 

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                                            Business Experience           Shares of the Fund
    Name and Position                    During the Past Five Years       Beneficially Owned 
      with the Fund       Age            Including all Directorships      as of June 2, 1995  Percentage 
 ----------------------  ----    ---------------------------------------  ------------------   ---------- 
                                                                                   
W. James Price*           70      Managing Director Emeritus, Alex. Brown       113,941             ** 
  Director and Chairman              & Sons Incorporated; Director, Boca 
  of the Board since                 Research, Inc.; Formerly, Director, 
  1981                               CSX Corp. and PHH Corporation. 

Richard T. Hale*          49      Managing Director, Alex. Brown & Sons               0             ** 
  Director and                       Incorporated. 
  President since 1989 

James J. Cunnane          57      Managing Director, CBC Capital;                     0             ** 
  Director since 1994                Formerly, Senior Vice-President and 
                                     Chief Financial Officer, General 
                                     Dynamics Corporation and Director, 
                                     The Arch Fund. 

N. Bruce Hannay           74      Director, Plenum Publishing Corp;               3,347             ** 
  Director since 1984                Formerly, Director, Rohm & Haas 
                                     Company and General Signal Corp. and 
                                     Consultant, SRI International. 

John F. Kroeger           70      Director/Trustee, AIM Funds; Formerly,         43,094             ** 
  Director since 1981                Consultant, Wendell & Stockel 
                                     Associates, Inc. and General 
                                     Manager, Shell Oil Company. 

Louis E. Levy             62      Director, Kimberly-Clark Corporation                0             ** 
  Director since 1994                and Household International; 
                                     Chairman of the Quality Control 
                                     Inquiry Committee, American 
                                     Institute of Certified Public 
                                     Accountants; Formerly, Trustee, 
                                     Merrill Lynch Funds for 
                                     Institutions, Adjunct Professor, 
                                     Columbia University- Graduate School 
                                     of Business, and Partner, KPMG Peat 
                                     Marwick. 

Eugene J. McDonald        62      President, Duke Management Company;                 0             ** 
  Director since 1992                Executive Vice President, Duke 
                                     University. 

Rebecca W. Rimel*         44      President and Chief Executive Officer,              0             ** 
  Nominee for Director               The Pew Charitable Trusts; Director 
                                     and Executive Vice President, The 
                                     Glenmede Trust Company; Formerly, 
                                     Executive Director, The Pew 
                                     Charitable Trusts. 

Harry Woolf               71      Professor-at-Large Emeritus, Institute         56,176             ** 
  Director since 1981                for Advanced Study; Director, 
                                     Merrill Lynch Cluster C Funds, ATL 
                                     and Spacelabs Medical Corp. and 
                                     Family Health International. 



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 * "Interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Price and Ms. 
   Rimel will be treated by the Fund as if they could each be deemed to be an 
   "interested person." Mr. Hale is a Managing Director of Alex. Brown & Sons 
   Incorporated, the Fund's Distributor ("Alex. Brown" or the "Distributor"). 

** As of June 2, 1995, Directors and nominees of the Fund beneficially owned 
   less than 1% of the shares of the Fund. 

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   The aggregate compensation paid by the Fund to each of the Fund's 
Directors serving during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995 is set forth in 
the compensation table below. The aggregate compensation paid to such 
Directors during calendar year 1994 by all registered investment companies to 
which the Advisor or an affiliated person of the Advisor provides investment 
advisory services (collectively, the "Fund Complex") is also set forth in the 
compensation table below. 

                              COMPENSATION TABLE 



                                                               Total Compensation   Number of Funds in 
                                                                From the Fund and      Fund Complex 
                               Aggregate                          Fund Complex              for 
                             Compensation        Deferred            Paid to               Which 
 Name                        from the Fund     Compensation         Directors         Director Serves 
 ------------------------   ---------------   --------------    ------------------   ------------------ 
                                                                         
Richard T. Hale*  .......       $     0          $     0             $     0                12 
W. James Price*  ........             0                0                   0                 8 
James J. Cunnane**  .....             0            6,321               9,750                13 
N. Bruce Hannay  ........        18,308            6,223              39,000                13 
John F. Kroeger  ........        26,982                0              42,900                13 
Louis E. Levy**  ........         8,757            9,750              29,250                13 
Eugene J. McDonald  .....        11,987           12,544              39,000                13 
Harry Woolf  ............        11,987           12,544              39,000                13 



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 * "Interested person," within the meaning of the 1940 Act, of the Fund and 
   all other U.S. registered investment companies in the Fund Complex for 
   which he serves as a director. Mr. Price will be treated by the Fund as if 
   he could be deemed to be an "interested person". Mr. Hale is a Managing 
   Director of the Distributor. 

** Mr. Levy and Mr. Cunnane became Directors in June, 1994 and December, 
   1994, respectively. 

   The Fund Complex has adopted a Retirement Plan (the "Retirement Plan") for 
Directors who are not employees of the Fund, the Fund's Advisor or their 
respective affiliates (the "Participants"). After completion of five years of 
service, each Participant will be entitled to receive an annual retirement 
benefit equal to a percentage of the fees earned by him in his last year of 
service. Upon retirement, each Participant will receive annually 10% of such 
fee for each year that he served after completion of the first five years, up 
to a maximum annual benefit of 50% of the fee earned by him in his last year 
of service. The fee will be paid quarterly, for life, by each fund for which 
he serves. The Retirement Plan is unfunded and unvested. Messrs. Hannay, 
Kroeger and Woolf have qualified but have not received benefits, and no such 
benefits are being accrued for them since they have not yet retired. The Fund 
has one Participant, a Director who retired effective December 31, 1994, who 
has qualified for the Retirement Plan by serving thirteen years as Director 
in the Fund Complex and who will be paid a quarterly fee of $4,875 by the 
Fund Complex for the rest of his life. Such fee is allocated to each fund in 
the Fund Complex based upon the relative net assets of such fund to the Fund 
Complex. 

BOARD APPROVAL OF THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS 

   By meeting of the Board of Directors dated June 1, 1995, the Board 
approved setting the number of Directors at nine and recommended that 
shareholders vote for each of the nominees for Director named herein. In 
recommending that shareholders elect the nominees as Directors of the Fund, 
the Board considered the nominees' experience and qualifications. 

SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS 

   The election of the Directors requires the favorable vote of a majority of 
all votes cast at the Meeting provided that a majority of shareholders 
entitled to vote is present in person or by proxy at the Meeting. If the 
Directors are not approved by the shareholders of the Fund, the Board will 
consider alternative nominations. 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND 
VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE DIRECTORS. 
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PROPOSAL 2: TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE AN AMENDED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
            BETWEEN THE FUND AND INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP. WITH 
            RESPECT TO THE PRIME SERIES, INCREASING THE ADVISORY FEE 

GENERAL 

   On June 1, 1995, the Directors unanimously approved, subject to the 
approval of Prime Shareholders, an Amended Investment Advisory Agreement with 
respect to the Prime Series (the "Amended Prime Advisory Agreement") to 
increase the rate of the fee payable to the Advisor. Under the Current Prime 
and Treasury Advisory Agreement, the Advisor receives a fee from the Fund, 
calculated daily and paid at the end of each calendar month, at the annual 
rate of .25% of the first $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily 
net assets, .21% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets, .20% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate 
average daily net assets and .19% of that portion of the Fund's aggregate 
average daily net assets in excess of $1.5 billion. The Prime Series pays its 
proportional share of the fee based on its relative net assets. The Advisor 
may, from time to time, voluntarily waive a portion of its advisory fee with 
respect to the Prime Series to preserve or enhance the performance of such 
Series. No such waiver was required for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. 
Such voluntary waiver is not contractual and is subject to change. 

   Under the Amended Prime Advisory Agreement, the Advisor would receive a 
fee from the Fund, calculated daily and paid at the end of each calendar 
month, at the annual rate of .30% of the first $500 million of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets, .26% of the next $500 million of the 
Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .25% of the next $500 million of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .24% of the next $1 billion of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets, .23% of the next $1 billion of 
the Fund's aggregate average daily net assets and .22% of the Fund's 
aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $3.5 billion. The Prime 
Series would pay its portion of the foregoing fee based on the proportion of 
its net assets relative to the Fund's net assets. In addition, the Advisor 
would be entitled to receive an additional fee with respect to the Prime 
Series, calculated daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate of .02% of the 
Prime Series' average daily net assets. The effect of this change is to 
increase the rate paid by the Prime Series by .07% on Fund assets up to $2.5 
billion, .06% on Fund assets from $2.5 billion up to $3.5 billion, and .05% 
on Fund assets in excess of $3.5 billion. The Advisor would be able, from 
time to time, to voluntarily waive a portion of its advisory fee with respect 
to the Prime Series to preserve or enhance the performance of the Prime 
Series. Such voluntary waiver would not be contractual and would be subject 
to change. A copy of the Amended Prime Advisory Agreement, as it is proposed 
to be approved by the Prime Shareholders, is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION 

   To assist the Directors in their consideration of the Amended Prime 
Advisory Agreement, the Advisor presented a comparative analysis, under the 
existing and pro forma advisory fees, of the performance and expenses of the 
Fund. The Directors took into account the Advisor's belief that the proposed 
fee structure represents a reasonable return, is in line with acceptable 
profitability levels, is still less than that of competing funds and 
maintains the Fund's competitive performance. In addition, the Directors 
considered the following factors: (1) the nature and quality of the advisory 
services rendered and the results achieved by the Advisor in the management 
of the Fund, giving due consideration to the likely impact of the proposed 
fee on relative performance; (2) the relationship of the proposed advisory 
fee schedule to the fee schedules of comparable mutual funds, the impact of 
the proposed increase in advisory fees on the Fund's expense ratio and the 
relationship of the Fund's pro forma expense ratio to the expense ratios of 
comparable mutual funds; (3) the costs borne by the Advisor in providing 
investment advisory services to the Fund; (4) the profits of the Advisor in 
providing services to the Fund; and (5) the extent to which the economies of 
scale that the Advisor might experience as a result of growth in the Fund's 
assets would be shared with the Fund. With respect to the nature and quality 
of services and the results achieved, the Directors noted the success of the 
Fund since inception (1981) in maintaining a high quality portfolio and 
avoiding credit problems and exotic securities which affected some funds. The 
Directors also noted the Advisor's ability to provide a competitive yield for 
shareholders while emphasizing credit quality. 

DESCRIPTION OF THE CURRENT PRIME AND TREASURY ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement was last approved by the 
Prime Shareholders on April 4, 1990. 

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   The Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement provides that the Advisor, in 
return for its fee, will (a) supervise and manage the Series' operations; (b) 
formulate and implement continuing programs for the purchases and sales of 
securities, consistent with the investment objective and policies of the 
Prime Series; (c) provide the Fund with such executive, administrative and 
clerical services as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors; 
(d) provide the Fund with, or obtain for it, adequate office space and all 
necessary office equipment and services; (e) obtain and evaluate pertinent 
information about significant developments and economic, statistical and 
financial data, domestic, foreign and otherwise, whether affecting the 
economy generally or the Prime Series, and whether concerning the individual 
issuers whose securities are included in the Prime Series or the activities 
in which they engage, or with respect to securities which the Advisor 
considers desirable for inclusion in the Prime Series; (f) determine which 
issuers and securities shall be represented in the Prime Series; (g) take all 
actions necessary to carry into effect the Fund's purchase and sale programs; 
(h) supervise the operations of the Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing 
agent; (i) provide the Fund with such administrative and clerical services 
for the maintenance of certain shareholder records as are deemed advisable by 
the Fund's Board of Directors; and (j) arrange, but not pay for, the periodic 
updating of prospectuses and supplements thereto, proxy materials, tax 
returns, reports to the Prime Shareholders and reports to and filings with 
the SEC and state Blue Sky authorities. Subject to the approval of the Board 
and the Prime Shareholders, the Advisor may delegate certain of its duties 
enumerated above to a sub-advisor. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement also provides for 
compensation, as discussed above. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement provides that the 
Advisor will furnish, at its expense and without cost to the Fund, the 
services of one or more officers of the Fund to the extent that such officers 
may be required by the Fund for the proper conduct of its affairs. The Fund 
assumes and pays all other expenses of the Fund, including, without 
limitation: payments to the Fund's distributor under the Fund's plan of 
distribution; the charges and expenses of any registrar, any custodian or 
depository appointed by the Fund for the safekeeping of its cash, portfolio 
securities and other property, and any transfer, dividend or accounting agent 
or agents appointed by the Fund; brokers' commissions chargeable to the Fund 
in connection with portfolio securities transactions to which the Fund is a 
party; all taxes, including securities issuance and transfer taxes, and fees 
payable by the Fund to federal, state or other governmental agencies; the 
costs and expenses of engraving or printing of certificates representing 
shares of the Fund; all costs and expenses in connection with the 
registration and maintenance of registration of the Fund and its shares with 
the SEC and various states and other jurisdictions (including filing fees, 
legal fees and disbursements of counsel); the costs and expenses of printing, 
including typesetting, and distributing prospectuses and statements of 
additional information of the Fund and supplements thereto to the Fund's 
shareholders; all expenses of shareholders' and Directors' meetings and of 
preparing, printing and mailing of proxy statements and reports to 
shareholders; fees and travel expenses of Directors or Director members of 
any advisory board or committee; all expenses incident to the payment of any 
dividend, distribution, withdrawal or redemption, whether in shares or in 
cash; charges and expenses of any outside service used for pricing of the 
Fund's shares; charges and expenses of legal counsel, including counsel to 
the Directors of the Fund who are not interested persons (as defined in the 
1940 Act) of the Fund and of independent accountants, in connection with any 
matter relating to the Fund; membership dues of industry associations; 
interest payable on Fund borrowings; postage; insurance premiums on property 
or personnel (including officers and Directors) of the Fund which inure to 
its benefit; extraordinary expenses (including but not limited to, legal 
claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related 
thereto); and all other charges and costs of the Fund's operation unless 
otherwise explicitly provided herein. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Advisory Agreement provides for expense 
limitations. In the event the operating expenses of the Fund, including all 
investment advisory and administrative fees, for any fiscal year ending on a 
date on which the agreement is in effect exceed either (i) the expense 
limitations applicable to the Prime Series imposed by the securities laws or 
regulations thereunder of any state in which the Fund's shares are qualified 
for sale, as such limitations may be raised or lowered from time to time, or 
(ii) 1% of the Fund's average daily net assets, the Advisor will reduce its 
investment advisory fee to the extent of its share of such excess expenses 
and, if required pursuant to any such laws or regulations, will reimburse the 
Fund for its share of annual operating expenses in excess of any expense 
limitation that may be applicable. Excluded from such expenses are the 
amounts of any interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary 
expenses (including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and 
litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto) paid or payable by 
the Fund. Such reduction, if any, will be computed and accrued daily, will be 

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settled on a monthly basis and will be based upon the expense limitation
applicable to the Prime Series as at the end of the last business day of the
month. The foregoing expense limitations imposed by the state securities laws
and regulations will be applied to the Prime Series separately unless the laws
or regulations of any state shall require that the expense limitations be
imposed with respect to the Fund as a whole. The foregoing 1% expense limitation
shall be applied to the Fund's Series on a combined basis.

   The services of the Advisor are not to be deemed exclusive, and the 
Advisor and its officers and Directors are free to render investment advisory 
and other services to others, including other investment companies, and to 
engage in other activities, so long as its services under the agreement are 
not impaired thereby. The Advisor's officers or Directors may serve as 
officers or Directors of the Fund, and the Fund's officers or Directors may 
serve as officers or Directors of the Advisor, to the extent permitted by 
law. 

   Following the expiration of its initial two-year term, the Current Prime 
and Treasury Advisory Agreement continues in force and effect from year to 
year, provided that such continuance is approved at least annually by the 
Fund's Board or by the vote of a majority of the Prime Series' outstanding 
voting securities, and by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors 
who are not parties to the agreement or "interested persons" of a party to 
the agreement (other than as Directors of the Fund) by votes cast in person 
at a meeting specifically called for such purpose. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Agreement may be terminated at any time, on 
waivable written notice within sixty days and without any penalty, by vote of 
the Fund's Board, by vote of a majority of the Prime Series' outstanding 
voting securities or by the Advisor. The agreement automatically terminates 
in the event of its assignment. 

   The Current Prime and Treasury Agreement obligates the Advisor to exercise 
care and diligence and to act in good faith and to use its best efforts 
within reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy of all services performed 
under the agreement, but the Advisor is not liable for any act or omission 
which does not constitute willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence 
on the part of the Advisor or its officers, Directors or employees, or 
reckless disregard by the Advisor of its duties under the agreement. 

THE ADVISOR 

   The Advisor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alex. Brown, which is located 
at 135 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. Alex. Brown is a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of Alex. Brown Incorporated, which is also located at 
135 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. 

   The following information is provided for each Director and the principal 
executive officer of the Advisor. It includes his name, position with the 
Advisor, address and principal occupation. 



      Name and Position 
       with the Advisor                      Address                    Principal Occupation 
     -------------------                     -------                    --------------------          
                                                             
Alvin B. Krongard                  135 East Baltimore Street       Chairman and Chief Executive 
  Director                         Baltimore, Maryland 21202       Officer, Alex. Brown Incorporated 

Mayo A. Shattuck III               135 East Baltimore Street       President, Alex. Brown 
  Director                         Baltimore, Maryland 21202       Incorporated 

Benjamin Howell Griswold, IV       135 East Baltimore Street       Chairman Emeritus, Alex. Brown 
  Director                         Baltimore, Maryland 21202       Incorporated 

Edward J. Veilleux President       135 East Baltimore Street       Principal, Alex. Brown & Sons 
                                   Baltimore, Maryland 21202       Incorporated; Vice President, 
                                                                   Armata Financial Corp. 



   As of June 1, 1995, Mr. Price, Chairman of the Fund, beneficially owned 
71,876 shares of Alex. Brown Incorporated. As of June 1, 1995, Mr. Hale, a 
Director of the Fund, beneficially owned 76,406 shares of Alex. Brown 
Incorporated. Mr. Veilleux, Executive Vice President of the Fund, is 
President of the Advisor and as of June 1, 1995, owned 500 shares of Alex. 
Brown Incorporated. Mr. Nelson, Vice President and Secretary of the Fund, is 
Vice President of the Advisor. 

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   For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the Fund paid the Advisor an 
aggregate fee (net of a voluntary fee waiver of $156,200 for the Treasury 
Series) of $4,941,395 for advisory services. For such fiscal year, the Fund 
also paid the Advisor aggregate fees of $58,826 for transfer agency services 
provided to the Fund and $90,083 for accounting services provided to the 
Treasury Series. For the period from November 10, 1994 to March 31, 1995, the 
Fund paid the Advisor $58,826 for accounting services provided to the Prime 
Series. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the Fund paid the 
Distributor an aggregate distribution fee of $6,302,116. 

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AMENDED PRIME ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND THE CURRENT PRIME 
AND TREASURY ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   The terms of the Amended Prime Advisory Agreement and the Current Prime 
and Treasury Agreement, as applicable to the Prime Series, are effectively 
the same, except for provisions regarding compensation, as discussed above. 

   There are currently five classes of the Prime Series, designated as the 
Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Prime Shares, the Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime 
Class A Shares, the Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares, the 
Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Prime Institutional Shares and the Quality Cash 
Reserve Prime Shares. Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class B Shares are 
available only through the exchange of shares of other funds in the Flag 
Investors family of funds and are subject to a contingent deferred sales 
charge as described in the Prospectus for the shares. The Quality Cash 
Reserve Prime Shares are offered primarily to broker-dealers that have 
correspondent relationships with Alex. Brown. 

   The following table compares the existing fees and expenses of the Quality 
Cash Reserve Prime Shares under the Current Prime and Treasury Advisory 
Agreement and the pro forma fees and expenses of the class under the Amended 
Prime Advisory Agreement. The percentages shown below expressing existing 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses are based on the actual expenses of each class 
of the Prime Series for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. 

                      QUALITY CASH RESERVE PRIME SHARES 



Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                              Existing       Pro Forma 
- --------------------------------                                              --------       ---------   
                                                                                      
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchase  ................................       None           None 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  ....................       None           None 
Deferred Sales Charge  ...................................................       None           None 
Redemption Fees  .........................................................       None           None 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as a percentage of average net assets)         Existing       Pro Forma 
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------         --------       ---------  
Advisory Fees  ...........................................................        .21%           .28% 
12b-1 Fees  ..............................................................        .60%           .60% 
Other Expenses  ..........................................................        .15%           .15% 
                                                                                  ---           ----      
Total Fund Operating Expenses  ...........................................        .96%          1.03% 
                                                                                  ===           ====      


EXAMPLE 

   Assuming a hypothetical investment of $1,000, a 5% annual return and 
redemption at the end of each time period, an investor in Quality Cash 
Reserve Prime Shares would have paid transaction and operating expenses at 
the end of each year as follows: 



                                                                               Existing       Pro Forma 
                                                                               --------       ----------  
                                                                                      
1 year  ..................................................................       $ 10           $ 11 
3 years  .................................................................       $ 31           $ 33 
5 years  .................................................................       $ 54           $ 58 
10 years  ................................................................       $124           $133 



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THIS EXAMPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR FUTURE 
EXPENSES. ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN. 

   For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the aggregate fee paid by the 
Fund to the Advisor for services on behalf of the Prime Series was 
$3,050,911. If the proposed fee had been in effect, the Advisor would have 
received $4,076,335, which equals a 33.6% increase. 

SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED PRIME ADVISORY AGREEMENT 

   Approval of the Amended Prime Advisory Agreement requires the affirmative 
vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Prime Series. For 
purposes of this proposal, "majority of the outstanding shares" means the 
vote of (i) 67% or more of the Prime Series' outstanding shares present at 
the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the 
Prime Series are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of 
the Prime Series' outstanding shares, whichever is less. 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE PRIME SERIES 
VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED PRIME ADVISORY AGREEMENT. 
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                            ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 

   Information about the Fund's current Directors and principal executive 
officers, including their names, positions with the Fund, length of service, 
ages, principal occupations or employment during the past five years and 
amount of shares of the Fund beneficially owned, is set forth below. Each 
officer of the Fund will hold such office until a successor has been elected 
by the Board of Directors. 



                                                                 Business Experience          Shares of the Fund 
                              Position With                  during the Past Five Years,      Beneficially Owned 
          Name                   the Fund           Age      including all Directorships     as of June 2, 1995** 
          ----                -------------        -----     ---------------------------     --------------------  
                                                                                 
W. James Price*          Director and Chairman      70    See "Information Regarding                   *** 
                         of the Board since               Nominees." 
                         1981. 
Richard T. Hale*         Director and President     49    See "Information Regarding                   *** 
                         since 1989.                      Nominees." 
James J. Cunnane         Director since 1994.       57    See "Information Regarding                   *** 
                                                          Nominees." 
N. Bruce Hannay          Director since 1984.       74    See "Information Regarding                   *** 
                                                          Nominees." 
John F. Kroeger          Director since 1981.       70    See "Information Regarding                   *** 
                                                          Nominees." 
Louis E. Levy            Director since 1994.       62    See "Information Regarding                   *** 
                                                          Nominees." 
Eugene J. McDonald       Director since 1992.       62    See "Information Regarding                   *** 
                                                          Nominees." 
Harry Woolf              Director since 1981.       71    See "Information Regarding                   *** 
                                                          Nominees." 
Edward J. Veilleux*      Executive Vice             51    Principal, Alex. Brown & Sons                *** 
                         President since 1985.            Incorporated; President, 
                                                          Investment Company Capital 
                                                          Corp.; Vice President, Armata 
                                                          Financial Corp. 


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                                                                 Business Experience          Shares of the Fund 
                              Position With                  during the Past Five Years,      Beneficially Owned 
          Name                   the Fund           Age      including all Directorships     as of June 2, 1995** 
          ----                -------------        -----     ---------------------------     --------------------  
                                                                                 
Paul D. Corbin           Vice President since       42    Principal, Alex. Brown & Sons                *** 
                         1992.                            Incorporated, 1991 - Present; 
                                                          Senior Vice President, First 
                                                          National Bank of Maryland. 
M. Elliott Randolph,     Vice President since       53    Principal, Alex. Brown & Sons                *** 
  Jr.                    1992.                            Incorporated, 1991 - Present; 
                                                          Principal, Monument Capital 
                                                          Management, Inc. 
Brian C. Nelson          Vice President and         35    Vice President, Alex. Brown &                *** 
                         Secretary since 1989.            Sons Incorporated, Investment 
                                                          Company Capital Corp. and Armata 
                                                          Financial Corp. 
Diana M. Ellis           Treasurer since 1993.      42    Manager, Portfolio Accounting                *** 
                                                          Department, Investment Company 
                                                          Capital Corp.; Mutual Fund 
                                                          Accounting Department, Alex. 
                                                          Brown & Sons Incorporated, 1991 
                                                          - Present; Formerly, Accounting 
                                                          Manager, Downtown Press Inc. 
Monica M. Hausner        Assistant Vice             33    Vice President, Fixed Income                 *** 
                         President since 1992.            Management Department, Alex. 
                                                          Brown & Sons Incorporated, 1992 
                                                          - Present; Formerly, Assistant 
                                                          Vice President, First National 
                                                          Bank of Maryland. 
Laurie D. DePrine        Assistant Secretary        28    Asset Management Department,                 *** 
                         since 1992.                      Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, 
                                                          1991 - Present; Formerly, 
                                                          student. 



- ------------
  * "Interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Price will be 
    treated by the Fund as if he could be deemed to be an "interested 
    person". Mr. Hale is a Managing Director of the Distributor. Mr. Veilleux 
    is a Principal of the Distributor and President of the Advisor. 

 ** This information has been provided by each Director and officer of the 
    Fund. 

*** As of June 2, 1995, to Fund management's knowledge, the Directors and 
    executive officers (15 persons) of the Fund, individually and as a group, 
    beneficially owned less than 0.05% of the outstanding shares of the Fund 
    or any Series thereof. 

   Each Director who is not an "interested person" receives an aggregate 
annual fee (plus reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred 
in connection with his attendance at Board and committee meetings) from the 
Fund and all funds in the Fund Complex for which he serves. Payment of such 
fees and expenses are allocated among all such funds described above in 
proportion to their relative net assets. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 
1995, Non-Interested Directors fees attributable to the assets of the Fund 
totalled $132,989. Officers of the Fund receive no direct remuneration in 
such capacity from the Fund. Officers of the Fund who are employees of Alex. 
Brown may be considered to have received remuneration indirectly. As of June 
2, 1995, the Directors and officers of the Fund as a group beneficially owned 
an aggregate of less than 1% of the shares of the Fund. 

   There were four meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal 
year ended March 31, 1995. In such fiscal year, all Directors attended at 
least 75% of the meetings of the Board of Directors held during their 
respective terms. 

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   The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee. The Audit Committee makes 
recommendations to the full Board of Directors with respect to the engagement 
of independent accountants and reviews, with the independent accountants, the 
results of the audit engagement and matters having a material effect on the 
Fund's financial operations. The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. 
Cunnane, Hannay, Kroeger, Levy, McDonald and Woolf, each of whom is not an 
"interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The Audit Committee 
met four times during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. In such fiscal 
year, all members attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Audit 
Committee held during their respective terms. 

   The Board of Directors has a Nominating Committee. The Nominating 
Committee makes recommendations to the full Board of Directors with respect 
to candidates for and policies of the Board of Directors. The members of the 
Nominating Committee are Messrs. Cunnane, Hannay, Kroeger, Levy, McDonald and 
Woolf, each of whom is not an "interested person" within the meaning of the 
1940 Act. The Nominating Committee met twice during the fiscal year ended 
March 31, 1995. In such fiscal year, all members attended all meetings of the 
Nominating Committee held during their respective terms. 

   The Board of Directors has a Compensation Committee. The Compensation 
Committee makes recommendations to the full Board of Directors with respect 
to compensation of Directors. The members of the Compensation Committee are 
Messrs. Cunnane, Hannay, Kroeger, Levy, McDonald and Woolf, each of whom is 
not an "interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The 
Compensation Committee did not meet during the fiscal year ended March 31, 
1995. 

INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS 

   A majority of the Fund's Board of Directors who are not "interested 
persons" of the Fund have selected Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. as the 
independent accountants of the Fund for the fiscal year ending March 31, 
1996. If requested by a shareholder either in writing or by telephone in 
advance of the Meeting, a representative of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. will be 
present at the Meeting to make a statement if desired and to be available to 
respond to appropriate questions from shareholders. Such request should be 
directed to the Fund by writing to the Fund, P.O. Box 17250, Baltimore, 
Maryland, 21203, or by calling the Fund at 1-800-553-8080. 

BENEFICIAL OWNERS 

   To the knowledge of Fund Management, as of May 22, 1995, the following 
were beneficial owners of 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund's 
Series. 



                                                Amount of                          Percent of 
          Name & Address                  Beneficial Ownership              Total Shares Outstanding 
          --------------                  --------------------              ------------------------     
                                                                      
Flag Investors Cash Reserve Prime Class A Shares 

   Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc.                   998,376 shares                         13.26% 
   FBO 242-09111 
   P.O. Box 1346 
   Baltimore, MD 21203 

   Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc.                   499,237 shares                          6.63% 
   FBO 201-62090 
   P.O. Box 1346 
   Baltimore, MD 21203 

Alex. Brown Cash Reserve Tax-Free Shares 

   Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc.                44,397,821 shares                          8.89% 
   FBO 0024737688 
   P.O. Box 1346 
   Baltimore, MD 21203 



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SUBMISSION OF SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS 

   As a Maryland corporation, the Fund is not required to hold annual 
shareholder meetings, except in certain limited circumstances. Shareholders 
who wish to present a proposal for action at the next meeting or suggestions 
as to nominees for the Board of Directors should submit the proposal or 
suggestions to be considered to the Fund within a reasonable time in advance 
of any such meeting for inclusion in the Fund's proxy statement and form of 
proxy for such meeting as is held. The Nominating Committee of the Board of 
Directors will give consideration to shareholder suggestions as to nominees 
for the Board of Directors. Shareholders retain the right, under limited 
circumstances, to request that a meeting of shareholders be held for the 
purpose of considering the removal of a Director from office, and if such a 
request is made, the Fund will assist with shareholder communications in 
connection with the meeting. 

OTHER MATTERS 

   No business other than the matters described above is expected to come 
before the Meeting, but should any other matter requiring a vote of 
shareholders arise, including any question as to an adjournment of the 
Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed proxy will vote thereon according 
to their best judgment in the interest of the Fund. 

SHAREHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND WHO 
WISH TO HAVE THEIR SHARES VOTED ARE REQUESTED TO FILL IN, DATE AND SIGN THE 
ENCLOSED PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED 
IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. 

                              By Order of the Directors,


 
                              Brian C. Nelson 
                              Secretary 

Dated: June 21, 1995 

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                                                                     EXHIBIT A 
                FORM OF AMENDED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
             ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. -- PRIME SERIES 

   THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the ___ day of _____, 1995 by and between 
ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), and 
INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP., a Maryland corporation (the "Advisor"), 
with respect to the following recital of fact: 

   WHEREAS, the Fund is registered as an open-end, diversified, management 
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 
"1940 Act"); and 

   WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as an investment advisor under the 
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and engages in the business of 
acting as an investment advisor; and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund's Articles of Incorporation authorize the Board of 
Directors of the Fund to classify or reclassify authorized but unissued 
shares of the Fund; and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund's Board of Directors has authorized the issuance of 
three series of shares with a par value of $.001 representing interests in 
three portfolios: the Prime Series, the Treasury Series and the Tax-Free 
Series (each of the existing portfolios and any portfolios hereafter added 
shall be referred to collectively as the "Series"); and 

   WHEREAS, the Fund and the Advisor desire to enter an agreement to provide 
investment advisory and administrative services for the Fund's Prime Series 
(the "Prime Series") on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; 

   NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained 
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby 
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

   1. Appointment of Investment Advisor. The Fund hereby appoints the Advisor 
to act as the investment advisor to the Prime Series. The Advisor shall 
manage the Prime Series' affairs and shall supervise all aspects of the Prime 
Series' operations (except as otherwise set forth herein), including the 
investment and reinvestment of the cash, securities or other properties 
comprising the Prime Series' assets, subject at all times to the policies and 
control of the Fund's Board of Directors. The Advisor shall give the Prime 
Series the benefit of its best judgment, efforts and facilities in rendering 
its services as Advisor. 

   2. Duties of Investment Advisor. In carrying out its obligations under 
section 1 hereof, the Advisor shall: 

       (a) supervise and manage all aspects of the Prime Series' operations; 

       (b) formulate and implement continuing programs for the purchases and 
   sales of securities, consistent with the investment objective and policies 
   of the Prime Series; 

       (c) provide the Prime Series with such executive, administrative and 
   clerical services as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of 
   Directors; 

       (d) provide the Prime Series with, or obtain for it, adequate office 
   space and all necessary office equipment and services, including telephone 
   service, heat, utilities, stationery supplies and similar items for the 
   Fund's principal office; 

       (e) obtain and evaluate pertinent information about significant 
   developments and economic, statistical and financial data, domestic, 
   foreign or otherwise, whether affecting the economy generally or the Prime 
   Series, and whether concerning the individual issuers whose securities are 
   included in the Prime Series or the activities in which they engage, or 
   with respect to securities which the Advisor considers desirable for 
   inclusion in the Prime Series; 

       (f) determine which issuers and securities shall be represented in the 
   Prime Series and regularly report thereon to the Fund's Board of 
   Directors; 

       (g) take all actions necessary to carry into effect the Fund's purchase 
   and sale programs with respect to its Prime Series; 

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       (h) supervise the operations of the Prime Series' transfer and dividend 
   disbursing agent; 

       (i) provide the Prime Series with such administrative and clerical 
   services for the maintenance of certain shareholder records, as are deemed 
   advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors; and, 

       (j) arrange, but not pay for, the periodic updating of prospectuses and 
   supplements thereto, proxy material, tax returns, reports to the 
   shareholders of the Prime Series and reports to and filings with the 
   Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and state Blue Sky 
   authorities, which may be required for the Prime Series. 

   3. Broker-Dealer Relationship.  In the event that the Advisor is 
responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities for the Prime Series, 
broker-dealer selection, and negotiation of its brokerage commission rates, 
the Advisor's primary consideration in effecting a security transaction will 
be execution at the most favorable price. The Fund understands that a 
substantial majority of the Prime Series' transactions will be transacted 
with primary market makers acting as principal on a net basis, with no 
brokerage commissions being paid by the Fund. Such principal transactions 
may, however, result in a profit to the market makers. In certain instances 
the Advisor may make purchases of underwritten issues at prices which include 
underwriting fees. In selecting a broker-dealer to execute each particular 
transaction, the Advisor will take the following into consideration: the best 
net price available; the reliability, integrity and financial condition of 
the broker-dealer; the size of and difficulty in executing the order; and the 
value of the expected contribution of the broker-dealer to the investment 
performance of the Prime Series on a continuing basis. Accordingly, the price 
to the Fund in any transaction may be less favorable than that available from 
another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably justified by other 
aspects of the portfolio execution services offered. Subject to such policies 
as the Board of Directors may determine, the Advisor shall not be deemed to 
have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty created by this Agreement 
or otherwise solely by reason of its having caused the Fund to pay a broker 
or dealer that provides brokerage and research services to the Advisor an 
amount of commission for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in 
excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have 
charged for effecting that transaction, if the Advisor determines in good 
faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in relation to the value 
of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer, 
viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the Advisor's 
overall responsibilities with respect to the Prime Series. The Advisor is 
further authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on behalf of the Prime 
Series to such brokers and dealers who also provide research or statistical 
material or other services to the Fund or the Advisor. Such allocation shall 
be in such amounts and proportions as the Advisor shall determine and the 
Advisor will report on said allocation regularly to the Board of Directors of 
the Fund, indicating the brokers to whom such allocations have been made and 
the basis therefor. 

   4. Control by Board of Directors.  Any management or supervisory activities 
undertaken by the Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, as well as any other 
activities undertaken by the Advisor on behalf of the Prime Series pursuant 
thereto, shall at all times be subject to any applicable directives of the 
Board of Directors of the Fund. 

   5. Compliance with Applicable Requirements.  In carrying out its 
obligations under this Agreement, the Advisor shall at all times conform to: 

       (a) all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and any rules and 
   regulations adopted thereunder; 

       (b) the provisions of the Registration Statement of the Fund under the 
   Securities Act of 1933 and 1940 Act; 

       (c) the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended; 

       (d) the provisions of the By-laws of the Fund, as amended; and 

       (e) any other applicable provisions of state and federal law. 

   6. Expenses.  The expenses connected with the Prime Series shall be 
allocable between the Fund and the Advisor as follows: 

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       (a) The Advisor shall furnish, at its expense and without cost to the 
   Fund, the services of one or more officers of the Fund, to the extent that 
   such officers may be required by the Fund for the proper conduct of its 
   affairs. 

       (b) The Fund assumes and shall pay or cause to be paid all other 
   expenses of the Prime Series, including, without limitation the Prime 
   Series' allocable portion of the following expenses: payments to the 
   Fund's distributor under the Prime Series' plans of distribution; the 
   charges and expenses of any registrar, any custodian or depository 
   appointed by the Fund for the safekeeping of its cash, portfolio 
   securities and other property, and any transfer, dividend or accounting 
   agent or agents appointed by the Fund; brokers' commissions chargeable to 
   the Fund in connection with portfolio securities transactions to which the 
   Fund is a party; all taxes, including securities issuance and transfer 
   taxes, and fees payable by the Fund to federal, state or other 
   governmental agencies; the costs and expenses of engraving or printing of 
   certificates representing shares of the Fund; all costs and expenses in 
   connection with the registration and maintenance of registration of the 
   Fund and its shares with the SEC and various states and other 
   jurisdictions (including filing fees, legal fees and disbursements of 
   counsel); the costs and expenses of printing, including typesetting, and 
   distributing prospectuses and statements of additional information of the 
   Fund and supplements thereto to the Fund's shareholders; all expenses of 
   shareholders' and directors' meetings and of preparing, printing and 
   mailing of proxy statements and reports to shareholders; fees and travel 
   expenses of directors or director members of any advisory board or 
   committee; all expenses incident to the payment of any dividend, 
   distribution, withdrawal or redemption, whether in shares or in cash; 
   charges and expenses of any outside service used for pricing of the Fund's 
   shares; charges and expenses of legal counsel, including counsel to the 
   directors of the Fund who are not interested persons (as defined in the 
   1940 Act) of the Fund and of independent accountants, in connection with 
   any matter relating to the Fund; membership dues of industry associations; 
   interest payable on Fund borrowings; postage; insurance premiums on 
   property or personnel (including officers and directors) of the Fund which 
   inure to its benefit; extraordinary expenses (including but not limited 
   to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any 
   indemnification related thereto); and all other charges and costs of the 
   Fund's operation unless otherwise explicitly provided herein. 

   7. Delegation of Responsibilities. 

       (a) Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors and shareholders 
   of the Prime Series, the Advisor may delegate to a sub-advisor certain of 
   its duties enumerated in section 2 hereof provided that the Advisor shall 
   continue to supervise the performance of any such sub-advisor. The Advisor 
   shall not be responsible for the Sub-Advisor's performance under a 
   sub-advisory agreement. 

       (b) The Advisor may, but shall not be under any duty to, perform 
   services on behalf of the Prime Series which are not required by this 
   Agreement upon the request of the Fund's Board of Directors. Such services 
   will be performed on behalf of the Prime Series and the Advisor's charge 
   in rendering such services may be billed monthly to the Fund, subject to 
   examination by the Fund's independent accountants. Payment or assumption 
   by the Advisor of any Fund expense that the Advisor is not required to pay 
   or assume under this Agreement shall not relieve the Advisor of any of its 
   obligations to the Prime Series nor obligate the Advisor to pay or assume 
   any similar Prime Series' expenses on any subsequent occasions. 

   8. Compensation.  For the services to be rendered and the expenses assumed 
by the Advisor, the Prime Series shall pay to the Advisor monthly 
compensation at an annual rate derived by: (1) calculating an amount equal to 
 .30% of the first $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily net 
assets, .26% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average daily 
net assets, .25% of the next $500 million of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets, .24% of the next $1 billion of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets, .23% of the next $1 billion of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets and .22% of that portion of the Fund's aggregate average 
daily net assets in excess of $3.5 billion; (2) applying to this amount a 
fraction equal to the net assets of the Prime Series divided by the net 
assets of the Fund; and (3) adding an amount calculated daily and paid 
monthly, at the annual rate of .02% of the Prime Series' average daily net 
assets. 

   Except as hereinafter set forth, compensation under this Agreement shall 
be calculated and accrued daily and the amounts of the daily accruals shall 
be paid monthly. If this Agreement becomes effective subsequent to the first 
day of a month or shall terminate before the last day of a month, 
compensation for that part of the month this Agreement is in effect shall be 

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prorated in a manner consistent with the calculation of the fees as set forth
above. Subject to the provisions of section 9 hereof, payment of the Advisor's
compensation for the preceding month shall be made as promptly as possible after
completion of the computations contemplated by section 9 hereof.

   9. Expense Limitation.  In the event the operating expenses of the Fund, 
including all investment advisory and administrative fees, for any fiscal 
year ending on a date on which this Agreement is in effect exceed either (i) 
the expense limitations applicable to the Prime Series imposed by the 
securities laws or regulations thereunder of any state in which the Fund's 
shares are qualified for sale, as such limitations may be raised or lowered 
from time to time, or (ii) 1% of the Fund's average daily net assets, the 
Advisor shall reduce its investment advisory fee to the extent of its share 
of such excess expenses and, if required pursuant to any such laws or 
regulations, will reimburse the Fund for its share of annual operating 
expenses in excess of any expense limitation that may be applicable; 
provided, however, there shall be excluded from such expenses the amounts of 
any interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses 
(including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation 
costs and any indemnification related thereto) paid or payable by the Fund. 
Such reduction, if any, shall be computed and accrued daily, shall be settled 
on a monthly basis and shall be based upon the expense limitation applicable 
to the Prime Series as at the end of the last business day of the month. 
Should two or more such expense limitations be applicable as at the end of 
the last business day of the month, that expense limitation which results in 
the largest reduction in the Advisor's fee shall be applicable. For the 
purposes of this paragraph, the Advisor's share of any excess expenses shall 
be computed by multiplying such excess expenses by a fraction, the numerator 
of which is the amount of the investment advisory fee which would otherwise 
be payable to the Advisor for such fiscal year were it not for this section 9 
and the denominator of which is the sum of all investment advisory and 
distribution fees which would otherwise be payable by the Fund were it not 
for the expense limitation provisions of any investment advisory or 
administration agreement to which the Fund is a party. The foregoing expense 
limitations imposed by the state securities laws and regulations shall be 
applied to the Prime Series separately unless the laws or regulations of any 
state shall require that the expense limitations be imposed with respect to 
the Fund as a whole. The foregoing 1% expense limitation shall be applied to 
the Fund's Series on a combined basis. 

   10. Non-Exclusivity.  The services of the Advisor to the Fund are not to be 
deemed to be exclusive, and the Advisor shall be free to render investment 
advisory and corporate administrative or other services to others (including 
other investment companies) and to engage in other activities, so long as its 
services under this Agreement are not impaired thereby. It is understood and 
agreed that officers or directors of the Advisor may serve as officers or 
directors of the Fund, and that officers or directors of the Fund may serve 
as officers or directors of the Advisor to the extent permitted by law; and 
that the officers and directors of the Advisor are not prohibited from 
engaging in any other business activity or from rendering services to any 
other person, or from serving as partners, officers, trustees or directors of 
any other firm, trust or corporation, including other investment companies. 

   11. Term.  This Agreement shall become effective at the close of business 
on the date hereof and shall continue in force and effect, subject to section 
13 hereof, for two years from the date hereof. 

   12. Renewal.  Following the expiration of its initial two-year term, this 
Agreement shall continue in force and effect from year to year, provided that 
such continuance is specifically approved at least annually: 

       (a) (i) by the Fund's Board of Directors or (ii) by the vote of a 
   majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Prime Series (as 
   defined in Section 2(a) (42) of the 1940 Act), and 

       (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors who are not 
   parties to this Agreement or "interested persons" of a party to this 
   Agreement (other than as directors of the Fund) by votes cast in person at 
   a meeting specifically called for such purpose. 

   13. Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the 
payment of any penalty, by vote of the Fund's Board of Directors or by vote 
of a majority of the Prime Series' outstanding voting securities (as defined 
in Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act), or by the Advisor, on sixty (60) days' 
written notice to the other party. The notice provided for herein may be 
waived by either party. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the 
event of its assignment, the term "assignment" having the meaning defined in 
Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act. 

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   14. Liability of Advisor.  In the performance of its duties hereunder, the 
Advisor shall be obligated to exercise care and diligence and to act in good 
faith and to use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the 
accuracy of all services performed under this Agreement, but the Advisor 
shall not be liable for any act or omission which does not constitute willful 
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Advisor or its 
officers, directors or employees, or reckless disregard by the Advisor of its 
duties under this Agreement. 

   15. Notices.  Any notices under this Agreement shall be in writing, 
addressed and delivered or mailed postage paid to the other party at such 
address as such other party may designate for the receipt of such notice. 
Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the 
Fund and the Advisor for this purpose shall be 135 East Baltimore Street, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21202. 

   16. Questions of Interpretation.  Any question of interpretation of any 
term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise 
derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act shall be resolved by 
reference to such term or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretations 
thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or, in the absence of any 
controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of 
the SEC issued pursuant to said Act. In addition, where the effect of a 
requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of this Agreement is 
revised by rule, regulation or order of the SEC, such provision shall be 
deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order. 

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be 
executed in duplicate by their respective officers on the day and year first 
above written. 

                                 ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE FUND, INC. 

                                 By _________________________________________
                               

Attest: 


________________________________  
            Secretary 


                                 INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORP. 

                                 By _________________________________________
                            

Attest: 

________________________________  
            Secretary 

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                      QUALITY CASH RESERVE PRIME SHARES 
                  PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 
                                July 25, 1995 

              THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
                     ALEX. BROWN CASH RESERVE RESERVE, INC.

   This Proxy is for your use in voting on various matters relating to Alex. 
Brown Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"). The undersigned shareholder(s) of 
the Fund, revoking previous proxies, hereby appoint(s) Edward J. Veilleux, 
Edward J. Stoken and Mary E. Connell and each of them (with full power of 
substitution) the proxy or proxies of the undersigned to attend the Special 
Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the "Meeting") to be held on July 25, 
1995 at 4:00 p.m. (Baltimore Time) and any adjournments thereof, to vote all 
of the shares of the Fund that the signer would be entitled to vote if 
personally present at the Meeting and on any other matters brought before the 
Meeting, all as set forth in the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders. 
Said proxies are directed to vote or refrain from voting pursuant to the 
Proxy Statement as indicated upon the matters set forth below: 

(1) To consider and act upon a proposal to elect a Board of Directors (voted 
    on by the shareholders of the Fund as a whole). 

| | FOR all nominees  | | WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote    | | FOR all nominees
    listed below          for all nominees listed           listed below except
                          below.                            those whose names 
                                                            have been stricken. 

(Instructions: To withhold authority to vote for any or all of the nominees, 
strike a line through the names of such nominee(s) below.) 

      W. James Price, Richard T. Hale, James J. Cunnane, N. Bruce Hannay,
              John F. Kroeger, Louis E. Levy, Eugene J. McDonald,
                         Rebecca W. Rimel, Harry Woolf

(2) To approve or disapprove an amended investment advisory agreement between 
    the Fund and Investment Company Capital Corp. with respect to the Prime 
    Series, increasing the advisory fee (voted on by the shareholders of the 
    Prime Series). 

                    | | FOR     | | AGAINST     | | ABSTAIN

                                 (Continued and to be signed on reverse side). 


   This Proxy will be voted as indicated above. If no indication is made, 
this Proxy will be voted FOR the proposals set forth above. The undersigned 
acknowledges receipt with this proxy of a copy of the Notice of Special 
Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy Statement of the Board of Directors. 

Please Date: ->                  Date:___________________________________, 1995 


                                 ______________________________________________
                                           (Signature of Shareholder) 

                                 ______________________________________________
                                          (Co-owner signature, if any) 

                                 ______________________________________________
                                          (Printed Name of Shareholder) 

                                 ______________________________________________
                                       (Printed name of co-owner, if any) 

                                 Please print and sign your name in the space
                                 provided to authorize the voting of your shares
                                 as indicated and return promptly. When signing
                                 on behalf of a corporation, partnership,
                                 estate, trust, or in any other representative
                                 capacity, please sign your name and title. For
                                 joint accounts, each joint owner must sign.


    PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING THE 
                              ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.