EXHIBIT 25.1

                                                    Registration No.
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM T-1

         STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
                  OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(B)(2)

                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
               (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                         51-0055023
(State of incorporation)                 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

                               Rodney Square North
                            1100 North Market Street
                           Wilmington, Delaware 19890
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                               Cynthia L. Corliss
                        Vice President and Trust Counsel
                            Wilmington Trust Company
                               Rodney Square North
                           Wilmington, Delaware 19890
                                 (302) 651-8516
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)


                          WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                            WEBSTER CAPITAL TRUST II
               (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                       06-1187536
        Delaware                                    To be applied for
(State of incorporation                     (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
     or formation)

        Webster Plaza
     Waterbury, Connecticut                              06702
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)

             Exchange Capital Securities of Webster Capital Trust II
                       (Title of the indenture securities)
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ITEM 1.    GENERAL INFORMATION.

           Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

     (a)   Name and address of each examining or supervising authority
           to which it is subject.

           Federal Deposit Insurance Co.      State Bank Commissioner
           Five Penn Center                   Dover, Delaware
           Suite #2901
           Philadelphia, PA

     (b)   Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

           The  trustee  is  authorized  to  exercise  corporate  trust powers.

ITEM 2.    AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.

           If  the  obligor  is an  affiliate  of  the  trustee,  describe  each
           affiliation:

           Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and
           upon  information  furnished  by the  obligor,  the obligor is not an
           affiliate of the trustee.

ITEM 3.  LIST OF EXHIBITS.

          List below all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility
     and Qualification.

     A.   Copy of the Charter of Wilmington  Trust  Company,  which includes the
          certificate  of  authority  of  Wilmington  Trust  Company to commence
          business and the authorization of Wilmington Trust Company to exercise
          corporate trust powers.
     B.   Copy of By-Laws of Wilmington Trust Company.
     C.   Consent of Wilmington Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of 
          Trust Indenture Act.
     D.   Copy of most recent Report of Condition of  Wilmington  Trust Company.

     Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Trust  Indenture  Act of 1939,  the
trustee,  Wilmington Trust Company,  a corporation  organized and existing under
the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of
Wilmington and State of Delaware on the 25th day of September, 1998.

[SEAL]                                   WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY


Attest:/s/ Donald G. MacKelcan        By:/s/ Norma P. Closs
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       Assistant Secretary               Name: Norma P. Closs
                                         Title:  Vice President



                                    EXHIBIT A

                                 AMENDED CHARTER

                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                              WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

                           AS EXISTING ON MAY 9, 1987



                                 AMENDED CHARTER

                                       OR

                              ACT OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

     WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,  originally incorporated by an Act of the General
Assembly of the State of Delaware,  entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Delaware
Guarantee and Trust Company", approved March 2, A.D. 1901, and the name of which
company was changed to "WILMINGTON  TRUST COMPANY" by an amendment  filed in the
Office of the Secretary of State on March 18, A.D.  1903, and the Charter or Act
of Incorporation of which company has been from time to time amended and changed
by merger  agreements  pursuant to the corporation law for state banks and trust
companies of the State of  Delaware,  does hereby alter and amend its Charter or
Act of  Incorporation  so that the same as so altered and  amended  shall in its
entirety read as follows:

     FIRST: - The name of this corporation is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY.

     SECOND:  - The location of its principal office in the State of Delaware is
     at Rodney Square North,  in the City of  Wilmington,  County of New Castle;
     the name of its resident agent is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY whose address is
     Rodney Square North,  in said City. In addition to such  principal  office,
     the said  corporation  maintains and operates branch offices in the City of
     Newark,  New  Castle  County,  Delaware,  the Town of  Newport,  New Castle
     County,  Delaware, at Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware, at Greenville,
     New Castle County Delaware,  and at Milford Cross Roads, New Castle County,
     Delaware,  and shall be  empowered  to open,  maintain  and operate  branch
     offices at Ninth and Shipley  Streets,  418  Delaware  Avenue,  2120 Market
     Street, and 3605 Market Street,  all in the City of Wilmington,  New Castle
     County,  Delaware,  and such other branch  offices or places of business as
     may be  authorized  from  time to time by the  agency  or  agencies  of the
     government of the State of Delaware empowered to confer such authority.

     THIRD:  - (a) The  nature of the  business  and the  objects  and  purposes
     proposed to be transacted,  promoted or carried on by this  Corporation are
     to do any or all of the things  herein  mentioned  as fully and to the same
     extent as natural  persons  might or could do and in any part of the world,
     viz.:

         (1) To sue and be sued,  complain  and  defend  in any  Court of law or
         equity  and to make  and use a  common  seal,  and  alter  the  seal at
         pleasure, to hold, 



         purchase,  convey,  mortgage  or  otherwise  deal in real and  personal
         estate and  property,  and to appoint  such  officers and agents as the
         business  of  the  Corporation  shall  require,  to  make  by-laws  not
         inconsistent  with the  Constitution or laws of the United States or of
         this State,  to discount  bills,  notes or other  evidences of debt, to
         receive  deposits of money,  or securities  for money,  to buy gold and
         silver  bullion and foreign  coins,  to buy and sell bills of exchange,
         and  generally  to use,  exercise  and  enjoy all the  powers,  rights,
         privileges and franchises incident to a corporation which are proper or
         necessary for the transaction of the business of the Corporation hereby
         created.

         (2) To insure  titles to real and personal  property,  or any estate or
         interests therein,  and to guarantee the holder of such property,  real
         or  personal,  against  any claim or claims,  adverse  to his  interest
         therein, and to prepare and give certificates of title for any lands or
         premises in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere.

         (3) To  act as  factor,  agent,  broker  or  attorney  in the  receipt,
         collection,  custody,  investment  and  management  of  funds,  and the
         purchase,   sale,   management   and   disposal   of  property  of  all
         descriptions,  and to  prepare  and  execute  all  papers  which may be
         necessary or proper in such business.

         (4)  To  prepare  and  draw  agreements,   contracts,   deeds,  leases,
         conveyances,  mortgages,  bonds and legal papers of every  description,
         and to carry on the business of conveyancing in all its branches.

         (5) To receive  upon deposit for  safekeeping  money,  jewelry,  plate,
         deeds,  bonds and any and all other personal property of every sort and
         kind,  from  executors,  administrators,  guardians,  public  officers,
         courts, receivers,  assignees,  trustees, and from all fiduciaries, and
         from all  other  persons  and  individuals,  and from all  corporations
         whether  state,  municipal,  corporate  or private,  and to rent boxes,
         safes, vaults and other receptacles for such property.

         (6) To act as  agent  or  otherwise  for the  purpose  of  registering,
         issuing,  certificating,  countersigning,  transferring or underwriting
         the stock, bonds or other obligations of any corporation,  association,
         state or  municipality,  and may receive  and manage any  sinking  fund
         therefor on such terms as may be agreed upon  between the two  parties,
         and  in  like  manner  may  act as  Treasurer  of  any  corporation  or
         municipality.

         (7) To act as Trustee under any deed of trust, mortgage,  bond or other
         instrument   issued  by  any   state,   municipality,   body   politic,
         corporation,

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         association or person,  either alone or in  conjunction  with any other
         person or persons, corporation or corporations.

         (8) To guarantee the validity, performance or effect of any contract or
         agreement, and the fidelity of persons holding places of responsibility
         or trust; to become surety for any person, or persons, for the faithful
         performance of any trust, office,  duty, contract or agreement,  either
         by  itself  or in  conjunction  with  any  other  person,  or  persons,
         corporation, or corporations,  or in like manner become surety upon any
         bond, recognizance,  obligation, judgment, suit, order, or decree to be
         entered  in any  court  of  record  within  the  State of  Delaware  or
         elsewhere, or which may now or hereafter be required by any law, judge,
         officer or court in the State of Delaware or elsewhere.

         (9) To act by any and every method of appointment  as trustee,  trustee
         in bankruptcy,  receiver,  assignee, assignee in bankruptcy,  executor,
         administrator,  guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity in the
         receiving,  holding, managing, and disposing of any and all estates and
         property, real, personal or mixed, and to be appointed as such trustee,
         trustee in  bankruptcy,  receiver,  assignee,  assignee in  bankruptcy,
         executor,   administrator,   guardian   or  bailee   by  any   persons,
         corporations, court, officer, or authority, in the State of Delaware or
         elsewhere; and whenever this Corporation is so appointed by any person,
         corporation,  court,  officer or  authority  such  trustee,  trustee in
         bankruptcy,  receiver,  assignee,  assignee  in  bankruptcy,  executor,
         administrator,  guardian,  bailee,  or in any other trust capacity,  it
         shall not be required to give bond with surety,  but its capital  stock
         shall be taken and held as security for the  performance  of the duties
         devolving upon it by such appointment.

         (10) And for its care,  management and trouble, and the exercise of any
         of its powers hereby given, or for the performance of any of the duties
         which  it may  undertake  or be  called  upon  to  perform,  or for the
         assumption of any  responsibility  the said Corporation may be entitled
         to receive a proper compensation.

         (11) To purchase,  receive, hold and own bonds, mortgages,  debentures,
         shares of capital stock, and other securities,  obligations,  contracts
         and  evidences of  indebtedness,  of any  private,  public or municipal
         corporation  within  and  without  the  State  of  Delaware,  or of the
         Government of the United States, or of any state, territory, colony, or
         possession  thereof,  or of  any  foreign  government  or  country;  to
         receive,  collect, receipt for, and dispose of interest,  dividends and
         income upon and from any of the bonds,  mortgages,  debentures,  notes,
         shares of capital stock, securities,  obligations, contracts, evidences
         of  indebtedness and

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         other  property held and owned by it, and to exercise in respect of all
         such bonds,  mortgages,  debentures,  notes,  shares of capital  stock,
         securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other
         property,  any and all the rights,  powers and privileges of individual
         owners thereof, including the right to vote thereon; to invest and deal
         in and with any of the moneys of the  Corporation  upon such securities
         and in such  manner as it may think  fit and  proper,  and from time to
         time to vary or realize such investments; to issue bonds and secure the
         same by pledges or deeds of trust or  mortgages of or upon the whole or
         any part of the property held or owned by the Corporation,  and to sell
         and  pledge  such  bonds,  as and when the  Board  of  Directors  shall
         determine,  and in the  promotion  of its said  corporate  business  of
         investment  and to the extent  authorized  by law, to lease,  purchase,
         hold,  sell,  assign,  transfer,  pledge,  mortgage and convey real and
         personal  property  of any name and nature  and any estate or  interest
         therein.

     (b) In furtherance  of, and not in limitation,  of the powers  conferred by
     the laws of the State of Delaware, it is hereby expressly provided that the
     said Corporation shall also have the following powers:

         (1) To do any or all of the things herein set forth, to the same extent
         as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of the world.

         (2) To acquire the good will,  rights,  property and  franchises and to
         undertake  the whole or any part of the assets and  liabilities  of any
         person,  firm,  association or corporation,  and to pay for the same in
         cash, stock of this Corporation,  bonds or otherwise; to hold or in any
         manner  to  dispose  of the  whole  or any  part  of  the  property  so
         purchased; to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of any
         business so  acquired,  and to  exercise  all the powers  necessary  or
         convenient in and about the conduct and management of such business.

         (3) To take,  hold,  own, deal in,  mortgage or otherwise  lien, and to
         lease, sell, exchange,  transfer,  or in any manner whatever dispose of
         property, real, personal or mixed, wherever situated.

         (4) To enter into, make,  perform and carry out contracts of every kind
         with any person, firm,  association or corporation,  and, without limit
         as to amount, to draw, make,  accept,  endorse,  discount,  execute and
         issue promissory notes,  drafts,  bills of exchange,  warrants,  bonds,
         debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

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         (5)  To  have  one  or  more  offices,  to  carry  on all or any of its
         operations and  businesses,  without  restriction to the same extent as
         natural persons might or could do, to purchase or otherwise acquire, to
         hold, own, to mortgage,  sell, convey or otherwise dispose of, real and
         personal  property,  of every  class  and  description,  in any  State,
         District,  Territory or Colony of the United States, and in any foreign
         country or place.

         (6) It is the intention that the objects, purposes and powers specified
         and clauses  contained in this paragraph  shall (except where otherwise
         expressed  in said  paragraph)  be  nowise  limited  or  restricted  by
         reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or
         any other paragraph in this charter, but that the objects, purposes and
         powers  specified  in each of the  clauses of this  paragraph  shall be
         regarded as independent objects, purposes and powers.

     FOURTH:  - (a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the
     Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000)
     shares, consisting of:

         (1) One million (1,000,000) shares of Preferred stock, par value $10.00
         per share (hereinafter referred to as "Preferred Stock"); and

         (2) Forty million  (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00
         per share (hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock").

     (b)  Shares of  Preferred  Stock may be issued  from time to time in one or
     more  series  as may  from  time to  time be  determined  by the  Board  of
     Directors  each of said series to be distinctly  designated.  All shares of
     any one  series  of  Preferred  Stock  shall be alike in every  particular,
     except  that there may be  different  dates from which  dividends,  if any,
     thereon shall be cumulative, if made cumulative.  The voting powers and the
     preferences and relative, participating,  optional and other special rights
     of each such series,  and the  qualifications,  limitations or restrictions
     thereof,  if any,  may differ from those of any and all other series at any
     time  outstanding;  and,  subject to the  provisions of  subparagraph  1 of
     Paragraph  (c) of this  Article  FOURTH,  the  Board  of  Directors  of the
     Corporation is hereby expressly  granted  authority to fix by resolution or
     resolutions  adopted  prior to the  issuance of any shares of a  particular
     series  of  Preferred  Stock,  the  voting  powers  and  the  designations,
     preferences  and  relative,  optional  and other  special  rights,  and the
     qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such series, including, but
     without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

         (1) The  distinctive  designation  of,  and the  number  of  shares  of
         Preferred Stock which shall constitute such series, which number may be
         increased  (except where otherwise  provided by the Board of Directors)
         or  decreased  (but  not

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         below the number of shares thereof then  outstanding) from time to time
         by like action of the Board of Directors;

         (2) The rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions on which,
         dividends, if any, on Preferred Stock of such series shall be paid, the
         extent of the preference or relation,  if any, of such dividends to the
         dividends payable on any other class or classes,  or series of the same
         or other class of stock and whether such dividends  shall be cumulative
         or non-cumulative;

         (3) The right, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series
         to convert the same into or exchange the same for,  shares of any other
         class or  classes  or of any  series of the same or any other  class or
         classes of stock of the  Corporation  and the terms and  conditions  of
         such conversion or exchange;

         (4) Whether or not  Preferred  Stock of such series shall be subject to
         redemption, and the redemption price or prices and the time or times at
         which,  and the terms and conditions on which,  Preferred Stock of such
         series may be redeemed.

         (5) The  rights,  if any,  of the  holders of  Preferred  Stock of such
         series  upon  the  voluntary  or   involuntary   liquidation,   merger,
         consolidation,   distribution   or  sale  of  assets,   dissolution  or
         winding-up, of the Corporation.

         (6) The terms of the sinking fund or redemption or purchase account, if
         any, to be provided for the Preferred Stock of such series; and

         (7) The  voting  powers,  if any,  of the  holders  of such  series  of
         Preferred  Stock which may,  without  limiting  the  generality  of the
         foregoing  include  the  right,  voting  as a series  or by  itself  or
         together  with  other  series  of  Preferred  Stock  or all  series  of
         Preferred  Stock as a  class,  to elect  one or more  directors  of the
         Corporation  if there  shall  have been a  default  in the  payment  of
         dividends  on any one or more series of  Preferred  Stock or under such
         circumstances  and on such  conditions  as the Board of  Directors  may
         determine.

     (c) (1) After the  requirements  with respect to preferential  dividends on
     the Preferred Stock (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b)
     of this  Article  FOURTH),  if any,  shall  have  been  met and  after  the
     Corporation  shall have  complied with all the  requirements,  if any, with
     respect to the  setting  aside of sums as sinking  funds or  redemption  or
     purchase  accounts  (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b)
     of this Article FOURTH), and subject further to any conditions which may be
     fixed in  accordance  with the  provisions  of section (b) of this  Article
     FOURTH,  then and not

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     otherwise  the holders of Common  Stock  shall be entitled to receive  such
     dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.

         (2) After  distribution  in full of the  preferential  amount,  if any,
         (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article
         FOURTH),  to be  distributed  to the holders of Preferred  Stock in the
         event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation,  distribution or sale of
         assets,  dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation,  the holders of
         the Common  Stock shall be  entitled  to receive  all of the  remaining
         assets of the  Corporation,  tangible and intangible,  of whatever kind
         available for distribution to stockholders ratably in proportion to the
         number of shares of Common Stock held by them respectively.

         (3) Except as may otherwise be required by law or by the  provisions of
         such  resolution  or  resolutions  as may be  adopted  by the  Board of
         Directors  pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH,  each holder
         of Common  Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of Common
         Stock held on all matters voted upon by the stockholders.

     (d) No  holder  of any of the  shares of any class or series of stock or of
     options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of any class or series
     of  stock  or of  other  securities  of  the  Corporation  shall  have  any
     preemptive  right to purchase or subscribe  for any  unissued  stock of any
     class or  series  or any  additional  shares  of any  class or series to be
     issued by reason of any  increase of the  authorized  capital  stock of the
     Corporation of any class or series, or bonds, certificates of indebtedness,
     debentures or other  securities  convertible into or exchangeable for stock
     of the  Corporation  of any  class or  series,  or  carrying  any  right to
     purchase  stock  of any  class or  series,  but any  such  unissued  stock,
     additional  authorized  issue of  shares of any class or series of stock or
     securities  convertible  into or  exchangeable  for stock,  or carrying any
     right to  purchase  stock,  may be  issued  and  disposed  of  pursuant  to
     resolution of the Board of Directors to such persons,  firms,  corporations
     or associations, whether such holders or others, and upon such terms as may
     be deemed  advisable  by the Board of Directors in the exercise of its sole
     discretion.

     (e) The relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of Preferred
     Stock in relation to the relative  powers,  preferences  and rights of each
     other series of Preferred  Stock shall, in each case, be as fixed from time
     to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions  adopted
     pursuant to authority granted in section (b) of this Article FOURTH and the
     consent,  by class or series vote or  otherwise,  of the holders of such of
     the series of Preferred  Stock as are from time to time  outstanding  shall
     not be required  for the  issuance by the Board of  Directors  of any other
     series of Preferred Stock whether or not the powers, preferences and rights
     of such other series shall be

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     fixed by the Board of  Directors  as senior  to, or on a parity  with,  the
     powers,  preferences and rights of such outstanding series, or any of them;
     provided,  however,  that  the  Board  of  Directors  may  provide  in  the
     resolution  or  resolutions  as to any series of  Preferred  Stock  adopted
     pursuant  to section  (b) of this  Article  FOURTH  that the consent of the
     holders  of a  majority  (or such  greater  proportion  as shall be therein
     fixed) of the  outstanding  shares of such series  voting  thereon shall be
     required for the issuance of any or all other series of Preferred Stock.

     (f)  Subject  to the  provisions  of section  (e),  shares of any series of
     Preferred  Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of  Directors
     of the  Corporation  shall  determine  and  on  such  terms  and  for  such
     consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

     (g) Shares of Common  Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of
     Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such
     consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

     (h) The authorized  amount of shares of Common Stock and of Preferred Stock
     may, without a class or series vote, be increased or decreased from time to
     time by the  affirmative  vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of
     the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.

     FIFTH: - (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted
     and managed by a Board of Directors.  The number of directors  constituting
     the entire Board shall be not less than five nor more than  twenty-five  as
     fixed from time to time by vote of a majority of the whole Board, provided,
     however, that the number of directors shall not be reduced so as to shorten
     the term of any director at the time in office, and provided further,  that
     the number of directors  constituting  the whole Board shall be twenty-four
     until otherwise fixed by a majority of the whole Board.

     (b) The Board of Directors  shall be divided into three classes,  as nearly
     equal in number as the then  total  number of  directors  constituting  the
     whole Board  permits,  with the term of office of one class  expiring  each
     year. At the annual meeting of stockholders in 1982, directors of the first
     class  shall be elected  to hold  office  for a term  expiring  at the next
     succeeding  annual meeting,  directors of the second class shall be elected
     to hold office for a term expiring at the second  succeeding annual meeting
     and directors of the third class shall be elected to hold office for a term
     expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting. Any vacancies in the Board
     of Directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships  resulting
     from  any  increase  in the  directors,  may be  filled  by  the  Board  of
     Directors,  acting by a majority of the directors then in office,  although
     less than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold

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     office until the next annual election of directors.  At such election,  the
     stockholders  shall elect a successor to such director to hold office until
     the next  election  of the class for which  such  director  shall have been
     chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.  No decrease
     in the  number  of  directors  shall  shorten  the  term  of any  incumbent
     director.

     (c)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  this  Charter  or  Act of
     Incorporation  or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and  notwithstanding  the
     fact that some lesser  percentage  may be specified by law, this Charter or
     Act of  Incorporation or the By-Laws of the  Corporation),  any director or
     the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation may be removed at any time
     without  cause,  but  only  by  the  affirmative  vote  of the  holders  of
     two-thirds  or more of the  outstanding  shares  of  capital  stock  of the
     Corporation  entitled  to  vote  generally  in the  election  of  directors
     (considered  for  this  purpose  as one  class)  cast at a  meeting  of the
     stockholders called for that purpose.

     (d)  Nominations  for the election of directors may be made by the Board of
     Directors  or by any  stockholder  entitled  to vote  for the  election  of
     directors.  Such nominations shall be made by notice in writing,  delivered
     or mailed by first  class  United  States  mail,  postage  prepaid,  to the
     Secretary  of the  Corporation  not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days
     prior  to any  meeting  of the  stockholders  called  for the  election  of
     directors;  provided,  however,  that if less  than 21 days'  notice of the
     meeting is given to stockholders, such written notice shall be delivered or
     mailed,  as prescribed,  to the Secretary of the Corporation not later than
     the  close of the  seventh  day  following  the day on which  notice of the
     meeting  was  mailed  to  stockholders.  Notice  of  nominations  which are
     proposed by the Board of Directors shall be given by the Chairman on behalf
     of the Board.

     (e) Each notice  under  subsection  (d) shall set forth (i) the name,  age,
     business address and, if known,  residence address of each nominee proposed
     in such notice, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such nominee
     and (iii)  the  number  of  shares  of stock of the  Corporation  which are
     beneficially owned by each such nominee.

     (f) The Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts  warrant,  determine  and
     declare to the meeting that a nomination  was not made in  accordance  with
     the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare
     to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

     (g) No action  required  to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or
     special  meeting of  stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a
     meeting,  and the power of  stockholders  to consent in writing,  without a
     meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied.

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     SIXTH: - The Directors  shall choose such  officers,  agent and servants as
     may be provided in the By-Laws as they may from time to time find necessary
     or proper.

     SEVENTH:  - The Corporation hereby created is hereby given the same powers,
     rights and privileges as may be conferred upon corporations organized under
     the Act entitled "An Act  Providing a General  Corporation  Law",  approved
     March 10, 1899, as from time to time amended.

     EIGHTH: - This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a private Act.

     NINTH: - This Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

     TENTH: - The Board of Directors,  by resolution passed by a majority of the
     whole Board,  may  designate any of their number to constitute an Executive
     Committee,  which Committee, to the extent provided in said resolution,  or
     in the  By-Laws  of the  Company,  shall have and may  exercise  all of the
     powers of the Board of  Directors  in the  management  of the  business and
     affairs of the  Corporation,  and shall have power to authorize the seal of
     the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

     ELEVENTH:  - The private property of the  stockholders  shall not be liable
     for the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever.

     TWELFTH: - The Corporation may transact business in any part of the world.

     THIRTEENTH:  - The  Board of  Directors  of the  Corporation  is  expressly
     authorized  to make,  alter or repeal the By-Laws of the  Corporation  by a
     vote of the majority of the entire Board.  The stockholders may make, alter
     or repeal any By-Law whether or not adopted by them, provided however, that
     any such additional  By-Laws,  alterations or repeal may be adopted only by
     the  affirmative  vote  of  the  holders  of  two-thirds  or  more  of  the
     outstanding  shares of capital  stock of the  Corporation  entitled to vote
     generally in the election of directors  (considered for this purpose as one
     class).

     FOURTEENTH: - Meetings of the Directors may be held outside
     of the  State  of  Delaware  at such  places  as may be  from  time to time
     designated  by the  Board,  and the  Directors  may keep  the  books of the
     Company outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time
     to time designated by them.

     FIFTEENTH:  - (a) In addition to any affirmative  vote required by law, and
     except as  otherwise  expressly  provided in  sections  (b) and (c) of this
     Article FIFTEENTH:

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         (A) any merger or  consolidation  of the  Corporation or any Subsidiary
         (as  hereinafter  defined) with or into (i) any Interested  Stockholder
         (as hereinafter  defined) or (ii) any other corporation (whether or not
         itself  an  Interested  Stockholder),   which,  after  such  merger  or
         consolidation,  would be an Affiliate  (as  hereinafter  defined) of an
         Interested Stockholder, or

         (B) any sale,  lease,  exchange,  mortgage,  pledge,  transfer or other
         disposition (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to
         or with any  Interested  Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested
         Stockholder of any assets of the  Corporation or any Subsidiary  having
         an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or

         (C) the issuance or transfer by the  Corporation  or any Subsidiary (in
         one transaction or a series of related  transactions) of any securities
         of the  Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested  Stockholder or
         any  Affiliate  of any  Interested  Stockholder  in exchange  for cash,
         securities  or other  property  (or a  combination  thereof)  having an
         aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or

         (D) the  adoption  of any  plan or  proposal  for  the  liquidation  or
         dissolution of the Corporation, or

         (E) any  reclassification  of securities  (including  any reverse stock
         split),  or  recapitalization  of the  Corporation,  or any  merger  or
         consolidation  of the Corporation  with any of its  Subsidiaries or any
         similar transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving
         an  Interested   Stockholder)   which  has  the  effect,   directly  or
         indirectly,  of increasing the  proportionate  share of the outstanding
         shares  of  any  class  of  equity  or  convertible  securities  of the
         Corporation or any Subsidiary  which is directly or indirectly owned by
         any  Interested  Stockholder,   or  any  Affiliate  of  any  Interested
         Stockholder,

shall require the affirmative  vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the
outstanding  shares  of  capital  stock  of the  Corporation  entitled  to  vote
generally  in the  election  of  directors,  considered  for the purpose of this
Article FIFTEENTH as one class ("Voting Shares"). Such affirmative vote shall be
required  notwithstanding  the fact that no vote may be  required,  or that some
lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national
securities exchange or otherwise.

                   (2) The term "business  combination"  as used in this Article
                   FIFTEENTH shall mean any transaction which is referred to any
                   one or more of clauses (A) through (E) of  paragraph 1 of the
                   section (a).

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                   (b) The  provisions of section (a) of this Article  FIFTEENTH
                   shall  not  be   applicable   to  any   particular   business
                   combination and such business  combination shall require only
                   such  affirmative  vote as is  required  by law and any other
                   provisions of the Charter or Act of  Incorporation of By-Laws
                   if such business  combination has been approved by a majority
                   of the whole Board.

                   (c) For the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH:

         (1) A "person"  shall mean any  individual  firm,  corporation or other
         entity.

         (2)  "Interested  Stockholder"  shall mean,  in respect of any business
         combination,  any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary)
         who  or  which  as  of  the  record  date  for  the   determination  of
         stockholders  entitled  to  notice  of and to  vote  on  such  business
         combination,  or  immediately  prior  to the  consummation  of any such
         transaction:

                   (A) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,  of more
                   than 10% of the Voting Shares, or

                   (B) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within
                   two years prior thereto was the beneficial owner, directly or
                   indirectly,  of not less  than  10% of the  then  outstanding
                   voting Shares, or

                   (C) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded in any share
                   of capital  stock of the  Corporation  which were at any time
                   within  two years  prior  thereto  beneficially  owned by any
                   Interested  Stockholder,  and such  assignment  or succession
                   shall have occurred in the course of a transaction  or series
                   of  transactions  not involving a public  offering within the
                   meaning of the Securities Act of 1933.

         (3) A person shall be the "beneficial owner" of any Voting Shares:

                   (A) which such person or any of its Affiliates and Associates
                   (as  hereafter   defined)   beneficially   own,  directly  or
                   indirectly, or

                   (B) which such person or any of its  Affiliates or Associates
                   has  (i)  the  right  to  acquire   (whether  such  right  is
                   exercisable  immediately  or only after the passage of time),
                   pursuant to any agreement,  arrangement or  understanding  or
                   upon the  exercise of  conversion  rights,  exchange  rights,
                   warrants or options, or

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                   otherwise,  or  (ii)  the  right  to  vote  pursuant  to  any
                   agreement, arrangement or understanding, or

                   (C) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly,  by
                   any other  person with which such first  mentioned  person or
                   any  of its  Affiliates  or  Associates  has  any  agreement,
                   arrangement  or  understanding  for the purpose of acquiring,
                   holding,  voting or disposing of any shares of capital  stock
                   of the Corporation.

         (4) The  outstanding  Voting Shares shall  include  shares deemed owned
         through  application  of paragraph  (3) above but shall not include any
         other Voting Shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, or
         upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise.

         (5)  "Affiliate"  and  "Associate"  shall have the respective  meanings
         given those terms in Rule 12b-2 of the  General  Rules and  Regulations
         under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31,
         1981.

         (6) "Subsidiary"  shall mean any corporation of which a majority of any
         class of equity  security  (as  defined in Rule  3a11-1 of the  General
         Rules and Regulations under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as in
         effect in December 31, 1981) is owned,  directly or indirectly,  by the
         Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition
         of  Investment  Stockholder  set forth in paragraph (2) of this section
         (c), the term  "Subsidiary"  shall mean only a  corporation  of which a
         majority  of each  class of  equity  security  is  owned,  directly  or
         indirectly, by the Corporation.

                   (d) majority of the  directors  shall have the power and duty
                   to determine  for the  purposes of this Article  FIFTEENTH on
                   the basis of  information  known to them,  (1) the  number of
                   Voting Shares  beneficially owned by any person (2) whether a
                   person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (3) whether a
                   person has an agreement,  arrangement or  understanding  with
                   another as to the  matters  referred to in  paragraph  (3) of
                   section  (c),  or  (4)  whether  the  assets  subject  to any
                   business  combination or the  consideration  received for the
                   issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation, or any
                   Subsidiary  has an aggregate  fair market value of $1,000,000
                   or more.

                   (e) Nothing  contained  in this  Article  FIFTEENTH  shall be
                   construed  to relieve  any  Interested  Stockholder  from any
                   fiduciary obligation imposed by law.

         SIXTEENTH:  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Charter or Act
         of  Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and in addition to
         any other  vote that may be  required  by law,  this  Charter or Act of
         Incorporation  by the By-Laws),  the

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         affirmative  vote  of  the  holders  of  at  least  two-thirds  of  the
         outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation  entitled to
         vote  generally  in the  election  of  directors  (considered  for this
         purpose as one class)  shall be required to amend,  alter or repeal any
         provision of Articles FIFTH, THIRTEENTH, FIFTEENTH or SIXTEENTH of this
         Charter or Act of Incorporation.

         SEVENTEENTH:  (a) a Director of this Corporation shall not be liable to
         the Corporation or its  stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
         fiduciary duty as a Director,  except to the extent such exemption from
         liability or  limitation  thereof is not  permitted  under the Delaware
         General  Corporation  Laws  as the  same  exists  or may  hereafter  be
         amended.

                   (b) Any repeal or  modification  of the  foregoing  paragraph
                   shall  not  adversely  affect  any right or  protection  of a
                   Director of the Corporation  existing  hereunder with respect
                   to any act or  omission  occurring  prior to the time of such
                   repeal or modification."


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                                    EXHIBIT B

                                     BY-LAWS

                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                              WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

                         AS EXISTING ON JANUARY 16, 1997




                       BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                                    ARTICLE I
                             STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS

     Section 1. The Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  shall be held on the third
Thursday  in April each year at the  principal  office at the Company or at such
other date,  time,  or place as may be  designated by resolution by the Board of
Directors.

     Section 2. Special  meetings of all  stockholders may be called at any time
by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President.

     Section 3.  Notice of all  meetings of the  stockholders  shall be given by
mailing to each  stockholder at least ten (10) days before said meeting,  at his
last known  address,  a written or printed  notice  fixing the time and place of
such meeting.

     Section 4. A majority  in the amount of the  capital  stock of the  Company
issued  and  outstanding  on  the  record  date,  as  herein  determined,  shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of  stockholders  for the transaction of any
business,  but the holders of a small number of shares may adjourn, from time to
time,  without  further  notice,  until a quorum is  secured.  At each annual or
special meeting of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote,
either  in  person  or by proxy,  for each  shares  of stock  registered  in the
stockholder's  name on the books of the  Company on the record date for any such
meeting as determined herein.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                    DIRECTORS

     Section 1. The number and classification of the Board of Directors shall be
as set forth in the Charter of the Bank.

     Section 2. No person who has  attained  the age of  seventy-two  (72) years
shall be  nominated  for  election  to the Board of  Directors  of the  Company,
provided,  however,  that this limitation  shall not apply to any person who was
serving as director of the Company on September 16, 1971.

     Section 3. The class of  Directors  so elected  shall hold office for three
years or until their successors are elected and qualified.

     Section 4. The  affairs and  business  of the Company  shall be managed and
conducted by the Board of Directors.



         Section 5. The Board of Directors shall meet at the principal office of
the Company or elsewhere in its  discretion  at such times to be determined by a
majority  of its  members,  or at the  call  of the  Chairman  of the  Board  of
Directors or the President.

     Section 6. Special  meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any
time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the President, and shall be
called upon the written request of a majority of the directors.

     Section 7. A majority  of the  directors  elected  and  qualified  shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum for the  transaction of business at any meeting
of the Board of Directors.

     Section 8.  Written  notice  shall be sent by mail to each  director of any
special  meeting  of the Board of  Directors,  and of any  change in the time or
place of any regular meeting,  stating the time and place of such meeting, which
shall be mailed not less than two days before the time of holding such meeting.

     Section 9. In the event of the death,  resignation,  removal,  inability to
act, or disqualification of any director, the Board of Directors,  although less
than a quorum, shall have the right to elect the successor who shall hold office
for the  remainder  of the full  term of the  class of  directors  in which  the
vacancy  occurred,  and until  such  director's  successor  shall have been duly
elected and qualified.

     Section 10. The Board of Directors at its first  meeting after its election
by the stockholders shall appoint an Executive Committee, a Trust Committee,  an
Audit  Committee  and a  Compensation  Committee,  and shall  elect from its own
members a Chairman of the Board of Directors and a President who may be the same
person.  The Board of Directors shall also elect at such meeting a Secretary and
a  Treasurer,  who may be the same  person,  may  appoint at any time such other
committees  and elect or appoint such other  officers as it may deem  advisable.
The Board of  Directors  may also elect at such  meeting  one or more  Associate
Directors.

     Section 11. The Board of Directors may at any time remove,  with or without
cause, any member of any Committee  appointed by it or any associate director or
officer elected by it and may appoint or elect his successor.

     Section 12. The Board of Directors may designate an officer to be in charge
of such of the departments or division of the Company as it may deem advisable.

                                   ARTICLE III
                                   COMMITTEES

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     Section 1. Executive Committee

         (A) The  Executive  Committee  shall be  composed of not more than nine
members who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members and
who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board.

         (B) The Executive  Committee  shall have all the powers of the Board of
Directors  when it is not in session to transact  all business for and in behalf
of the Company that may be brought before it.

         (C) The Executive  Committee shall meet at the principal  office of the
Company or  elsewhere  in its  discretion  at such times to be  determined  by a
majority  of its  members,  or at the  call  of the  Chairman  of the  Executive
Committee or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The majority
of its members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the  transaction of
business.  Special  meetings of the Executive  Committee may be held at any time
when a quorum is present.

         (D) Minutes of each meeting of the  Executive  Committee  shall be kept
and submitted to the Board of Directors at its next meeting.

         (E)  The  Executive   Committee   shall  advise  and   superintend  all
investments  that may be made of the funds of the Company,  and shall direct the
disposal of the same, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Board
of Directors from time to time make.

         (F) In the  event of a state of  disaster  of  sufficient  severity  to
prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company by
its  directors and officers as  contemplated  by these By-Laws any two available
members of the  Executive  Committee as  constituted  immediately  prior to such
disaster  shall  constitute a quorum of that  Committee for the full conduct and
management  of the affairs and  business of the Company in  accordance  with the
provisions  of Article III of these  By-Laws;  and if less than three members of
the Trust Committee is constituted  immediately  prior to such disaster shall be
available for the  transaction of its business,  such Executive  Committee shall
also be empowered to exercise all of the powers  reserved to the Trust Committee
under Article III Section 2 hereof. In the event of the unavailability,  at such
time,  of a  minimum  of two  members  of such  Executive  Committee,  any three
available  directors  shall  constitute  the  Executive  Committee  for the full
conduct and  management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance
with the foregoing  provisions of this Section.  This By-Law shall be subject to
implementation  by Resolutions of the Board of Directors  presently  existing or
hereafter passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these
By-Laws (other than this Section) and any



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resolutions  which are contrary to the provisions of this Section or to
the provisions of any such  implementary  Resolutions  shall be suspended during
such a disaster  period until it shall be  determined  by any interim  Executive
Committee  acting under this  section  that it shall be to the  advantage of the
Company to resume the conduct and  management of its affairs and business  under
all of the other provisions of these By-Laws.

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     Section 2. Trust Committee

         (A) The Trust  Committee  shall be composed  of not more than  thirteen
members  who shall be  selected  by the Board of  Directors,  a majority of whom
shall be members of the Board of Directors  and who shall hold office during the
pleasure of the Board.

         (B) The Trust Committee shall have general  supervision  over the Trust
Department and the  investment of trust funds,  in all matters,  however,  being
subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

         (C) The  Trust  Committee  shall  meet at the  principal  office of the
Company or  elsewhere  in its  discretion  at such times to be  determined  by a
majority  of its  members  or at the call of its  chairman.  A  majority  of its
members  shall be  necessary  to  constitute  a quorum  for the  transaction  of
business.

         (D) Minutes of each  meeting of the Trust  Committee  shall be kept and
promptly submitted to the Board of Directors.

         (E) The Trust  Committee  shall  have the power to  appoint  Committees
and/or  designate  officers or employees of the Company to whom supervision over
the investment of trust funds may be delegated  when the Trust  Committee is not
in session.

     Section 3. Audit Committee

         (A) The Audit  Committee shall be composed of five members who shall be
selected by the Board of Directors  from its own members,  none of whom shall be
an officer of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board.

         (B) The Audit Committee shall have general  supervision  over the Audit
Division  in all  matters  however  subject  to the  approval  of the  Board  of
Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer
in charge of the Audit  Division,  review  all  reports  of  examination  of the
Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for
that  purpose,  and make such  recommendations  to the Board of  Directors  with
respect thereto or with respect to any other matters  pertaining to auditing the
Company as it shall deem desirable.

         (C) The Audit  Committee  shall meet whenever and wherever the majority
of its members shall deem it to be proper for the  transaction  of its business,
and a majority of its Committee shall constitute a quorum.

     Section 4. Compensation Committee

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         (A) The Compensation  Committee shall be composed of not more than five
(5) members who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members
who are not  officers  of the  Company  and who shall  hold  office  during  the
pleasure of the Board.

         (B) The Compensation Committee shall in general advise upon all matters
of policy  concerning the Company brought to its attention by the management and
from time to time review the  management  of the Company,  major  organizational
matters,  including  salaries  and  employee  benefits  and  specifically  shall
administer the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan.

         (C) Meetings of the Compensation Committee may be called at any time by
the  Chairman  of the  Compensation  Committee,  the  Chairman  of the  Board of
Directors, or the President of the Company.

     Section 5. Associate Directors

         (A) Any person who has served as a director may be elected by the Board
of  Directors  as an  associate  director,  to serve  during the pleasure of the
Board.

         (B) An  associate  director  shall be entitled to attend all  directors
meetings and  participate in the discussion of all matters brought to the Board,
with the exception  that he would have no right to vote.  An associate  director
will be  eligible  for  appointment  to  Committees  of the  Company,  with  the
exception  of  the  Executive   Committee,   Audit  Committee  and  Compensation
Committee, which must be comprised solely of active directors.

     Section 6. Absence or Disqualification of Any Member of a Committee

         (A) In the absence or  disqualification  of any member of any Committee
created under Article III of the By-Laws of this Company,  the member or members
thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting,  whether or not
he or they constitute a quorum,  may  unanimously  appoint another member of the
Board of  Directors  to act at the  meeting in the place of any such  absence or
disqualified member.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    OFFICERS

     Section 1. The  Chairman  of the Board of  Directors  shall  preside at all
meetings of the Board and shall have such further authority and powers and shall
perform such duties as the

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Board of  Directors  may from time to time  confer  and  direct.  He shall  also
exercise  such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be agreed
upon between himself and the President of the Company.

     Section 2. The Vice  Chairman of the Board.  The Vice Chairman of the Board
of  Directors  shall  preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which
the  Chairman  of the Board  shall not be present  and shall  have such  further
authority  and powers and shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors or
the Chairman of the Board may from time to time confer and direct.

     Section 3. The President shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the
office of the President  conferred or imposed upon him by statute or assigned to
him by the Board of  Directors  in the absence of the  Chairman of the Board the
President shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board.

     Section 4. The  Chairman  of the Board of  Directors  or the  President  as
designated  by the  Board of  Directors,  shall  carry  into  effect  all  legal
directions of the Executive  Committee and of the Board of Directors,  and shall
at all  times  exercise  general  supervision  over the  interest,  affairs  and
operations of the Company and perform all duties incident to his office.

     Section 5. There may be one or more Vice Presidents, however denominated by
the  Board of  Directors,  who may at any time  perform  all the  duties  of the
Chairman of the Board of Directors  and/or the  President  and such other powers
and  duties  as may  from  time to  time be  assigned  to them by the  Board  of
Directors,  the Executive Committee,  the Chairman of the Board or the President
and by the  officer in charge of the  department  or  division to which they are
assigned.

     Section 6. The  Secretary  shall attend to the giving of notice of meetings
of the  stockholders  and the  Board  of  Directors,  as well as the  Committees
thereof,  to the  keeping  of  accurate  minutes  of all  such  meetings  and to
recording the same in the minute books of the Company.  In addition to the other
notice  requirements  of  these  By-Laws  and as may be  practicable  under  the
circumstances,  all such notices  shall be in writing and mailed well in advance
of the  scheduled  date of any  other  meeting.  He shall  have  custody  of the
corporate  seal  and  shall  affix  the  same to any  documents  requiring  such
corporate seal and to attest the same.

     Section 7. The Treasurer shall have general supervision over all assets and
liabilities  of the Company.  He shall be custodian of and  responsible  for all
monies, funds and valuables of the Company and for the keeping of proper records
of the evidence of property or indebtedness  and of all the  transactions of the
Company.  He shall have general  supervision of the  expenditures of the Company
and shall  report to the  Board of  Directors  at each  regular  

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meeting of the condition of the Company, and perform such other duties as may be
assigned  to him from time to time by the Board of  Directors  of the  Executive
Committee.

     Section 8. There may be a Controller who shall exercise general supervision
over the internal  operations of the Company,  including  accounting,  and shall
render to the Board of Directors at appropriate  times a report  relating to the
general condition and internal operations of the Company.

     There may be one or more  subordinate  accounting  or  controller  officers
however  denominated,  who may  perform  the duties of the  Controller  and such
duties as may be prescribed by the Controller.

     Section 9. The officer designated by the Board of Directors to be in charge
of the Audit  Division of the Company  with such title as the Board of Directors
shall prescribe,  shall report to and be directly  responsible only to the Board
of Directors.

     There  shall be an  Auditor  and there may be one or more  Audit  Officers,
however  denominated,  who may  perform  all the duties of the  Auditor and such
duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the Audit Division.

     Section 10. There may be one or more  officers,  subordinate in rank to all
Vice Presidents with such functional  titles as shall be determined from time to
time by the Board of Directors,  who shall ex officio hold the office  Assistant
Secretary of this  Company and who may perform such duties as may be  prescribed
by the  officer  in  charge  of the  department  or  division  to whom  they are
assigned.

     Section  11. The powers and  duties of all other  officers  of the  Company
shall be those usually  pertaining to their respective  offices,  subject to the
direction of the Board of Directors,  the Executive  Committee,  Chairman of the
Board of Directors or the President and the officer in charge of the  department
or division to which they are assigned.

                                    ARTICLE V
                          STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES

     Section  1.  Shares  of stock  shall be  transferrable  on the books of the
Company and a transfer  book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall
be recorded.

     Section 2.  Certificate  of stock shall bear the signature of the President
or any  Vice  President,  however  denominated  by the  Board of  Directors  and
countersigned by the Secretary or Treasurer or an Assistant  Secretary,  and the
seal of the corporation shall be engraved 

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thereon.  Each certificate  shall recite that the stock  represented  thereby is
transferrable  only upon the books of the  Company by the holder  thereof or his
attorney,  upon surrender of the certificate properly endorsed.  Any certificate
of stock  surrendered to the Company shall be cancelled at the time of transfer,
and before a new  certificate or  certificates  shall be issued in lieu thereof.
Duplicate  certificates  of stock shall be issued only upon giving such security
as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.

     Section 3. The Board of  Directors of the Company is  authorized  to fix in
advance a record  date for the  determination  of the  stockholders  entitled to
notice of,  and to vote at, any  meeting  of  stockholders  and any  adjournment
thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend,  or to any allotment or
rights,  or to  exercise  any  rights in respect of any  change,  conversion  or
exchange  of capital  stock,  or in  connection  with  obtaining  the consent of
stockholders  for any  purpose,  which record date shall not be more than 60 nor
less than 10 days proceeding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date
for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the
date when any change or  conversion  or exchange of capital  stock shall go into
effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                      SEAL

     Section 1. The  corporate  seal of the  Company  shall be in the  following
form:

                Between  two  concentric  circles  the words
                "Wilmington Trust Company" within the  inner
                circle  the  words   "Wilmington, Delaware."

                                   ARTICLE VII
                                   FISCAL YEAR

     Section 1. The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                     EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE COMPANY

     Section 1. The Chairman of the Board,  the President or any Vice President,
however  denominated  by the  Board of  Directors,  shall  have  full  power and
authority to enter into, make, sign, execute, acknowledge and/or deliver and the
Secretary  or any  Assistant  Secretary


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shall have full power and  authority to attest and affix the  corporate  seal of
the Company to any and all deeds, conveyances, assignments, releases, contracts,
agreements,  bonds, notes,  mortgages and all other instruments  incident to the
business  of this  Company or in acting as  executor,  administrator,  guardian,
trustee,  agent or in any other fiduciary or representative  capacity by any and
every method of appointment or by whatever person, corporation, court officer or
authority  in  the  State  of  Delaware,  or  elsewhere,  without  any  specific
authority,  ratification,  approval or confirmation by the Board of Directors or
the Executive  Committee,  and any and all such instruments  shall have the same
force and  validity as though  expressly  authorized  by the Board of  Directors
and/or the Executive Committee.

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                                   ARTICLE IX
               COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES

     Section 1.  Directors  and associate  directors of the Company,  other than
salaried  officers of the Company,  shall be paid such  reasonable  honoraria or
fees for attending  meetings of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors
may from time to time determine.  Directors and associate directors who serve as
members of committees,  other than salaried  employees of the Company,  shall be
paid such reasonable  honoraria or fees for services as members of committees as
the Board of  Directors  shall from time to time  determine  and  directors  and
associate  directors may be employed by the Company for such special services as
the Board of  Directors  may from time to time  determine  and shall be paid for
such special services so performed reasonable  compensation as may be determined
by the Board of Directors.

                                    ARTICLE X
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

     Section 1. (A) The Corporation  shall  indemnify and hold harmless,  to the
fullest  extent  permitted  by  applicable  law as it  presently  exists  or may
hereafter be amended,  any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made
a party or is  otherwise  involved in any action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether
civil,  criminal,  administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by reason of
the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was
a director,  officer,  employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving
at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or
agent  of  another  corporation  or  of a  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust,
enterprise  or  non-profit  entity,  including  service with respect to employee
benefit plans,  against all liability and loss suffered and expenses  reasonably
incurred by such person.  The Corporation shall indemnify a person in connection
with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was authorized
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

          (B) The Corporation  shall pay the expenses  incurred in defending any
proceeding  in advance of its final  disposition,  provided,  however,  that the
payment of expenses incurred by a Director officer in his capacity as a Director
or officer in advance of the final  disposition of the proceeding  shall be made
only upon  receipt of an  undertaking  by the  Director  or officer to repay all
amounts  advanced if it should be  ultimately  determined  that the  Director or
officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

          (C) If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses,  under this
Article X is not paid in full within ninety days after a written claim  therefor
has been received by the  Corporation  the claimant may file suit to recover the
unpaid  amount of such claim and,

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if successful  in whole or in part,  shall be entitled to be paid the expense of
prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden
of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the  requested  indemnification
of payment of expenses under applicable law.

          (D) The rights  conferred on any person by this Article X shall not be
exclusive of any other  rights  which such person may have or hereafter  acquire
under any  statute,  provision  of the  Charter or Act of  Incorporation,  these
By-Laws,   agreement,   vote  of  stockholders  or  disinterested  Directors  or
otherwise.

          (E) Any repeal or  modification  of the  foregoing  provisions of this
Article X shall not adversely  affect any right or  protection  hereunder of any
person in respect  of any act or  omission  occurring  prior to the time of such
repeal or modification.

                                   ARTICLE XI
                            AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS

     Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered,  amended or repealed,  in whole or
in part, and any new By-Law or By-Laws adopted at any regular or special meeting
of the Board of  Directors  by a vote of the  majority of all the members of the
Board of Directors then in office.

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                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                             SECTION 321(B) CONSENT

     Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust  Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
Wilmington  Trust  Company  hereby  consents  that  reports of  examinations  by
Federal,  State,  Territorial or District  authorities  may be furnished by such
authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor.

                                    WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY


Dated: September 25, 1998       By: /s/ Norma P. Closs
                                    ---------------------
                                    Name: Norma P. Closs
                                    Title: Vice President



                                    EXHIBIT D

                                     NOTICE

         This form is intended to assist state nonmember banks and savings banks
         with state  publication  requirements.  It has not been approved by any
         state  banking  authorities.  Refer to your  appropriate  state banking
         authorities for your state publication requirements.

R E P O R T   O F   C O N D I T I O N

Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the

           WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY                        of     WILMINGTON
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                 Name of Bank                                          City

in the State of   DELAWARE  , at the close of business on June 30, 1998.
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ASSETS

                                                                                               Thousands of dollars
                                                                                               --------------------

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
            Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins.............................................232,976
            Interest-bearing balances ............................................................................0
Held-to-maturity securities .............................................................................   195,579
Available-for-sale securities.............................................................................1,416,957
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell......................................150,100
Loans and lease financing receivables:
            Loans and leases, net of unearned income............ 3,978,706
            LESS:  Allowance for loan and lease losses .........    63,164
            LESS:  Allocated transfer risk reserve .............         0
            Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve..............................3,915,542
Assets held in trading accounts...................................................................................0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)....................................................135,596
Other real estate owned ......................................................................................1,696
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies...........................................1,066
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding......................................................0
Intangible assets............................................................................................55,759
Other assets................................................................................................103,586
Total assets..............................................................................................6,208,857


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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices.......................................................................................4,568,934
            Noninterest-bearing.................... 838,655
            Interest-bearing..................... 3,730,279
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under agreements to repurchase................................. 418,382
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury.....................................................................99,350
Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)..........................................................................0
Other borrowed money:.......................................................................................///////
            With original maturity of one year or less......................................................524,000
            With original maturity of more than one year.....................................................43,000
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding..........................................................0
Subordinated notes and debentures.................................................................................0
Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)....................................................................   91,728
Total liabilities.........................................................................................5,745,394


EQUITY CAPITAL

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.....................................................................0
Common Stock....................................................................................................500
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock).....................................................62,118
Undivided profits and capital reserves......................................................................394,325
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities........................................6,520
Total equity capital........................................................................................463,463
Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital.......................................6,208,857


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