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Bylaws

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DNP Select Income Fund Inc.; Federal National Mortgage Association

Date:

2003

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                         DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.

(formerly known as DUFF & PHELPS UTILITIES INCOME INC.)

BYLAWS

(as amended through February 21, 2003)


ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Principal office. The principal office of the corporation
in the State of Maryland shall be located in the City of Baltimore.

Section 1.02. Other offices. The corporation may also have offices at
such other places both within and without the State of Maryland as the board
of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the
corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Place of meetings. All meetings of the stockholders shall
be held at such place in the United States as shall be designated from time to
time by the board of directors.

Section 2.02. Annual meeting. Beginning with the annual meeting of
stockholders to be held in 2003, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be
held on the third Tuesday of April or at such date and time between April 15
and May 15 of each year as shall be designated from time to time by the board
of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect
a board of directors and transact such other business as may properly be
brought before the meeting.

Section 2.03. Special meetings. Special meetings of stockholders, for
any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the
charter of the corporation, may be called at any time by the chairman, the
president or the board of directors. Special meetings of stockholders shall be
called by the secretary upon the written request of stockholders entitled to
cast at least 25 percent of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting,
provided that (a) such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the
meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at it; and (b) the
stockholders requesting the meeting shall have paid to the corporation the
reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing the notice thereof, which
the secretary shall determine and specify to such stockholders. Upon payment
of these costs to the corporation, the secretary shall notify each stockholder
entitled to notice of the meeting. Unless requested by stockholders entitled
to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting, a
special meeting need not be called to consider any matter which is
substantially the same as a matter voted on at any special meeting of
stockholders held during the preceding twelve months.



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Section 2.04. Stockholders entitled to vote; number of votes. If a record
date has been fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice
of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, each stockholder of the
corporation shall be entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, each share of
stock (or fraction thereof) registered in his name on the books of the
corporation outstanding at the close of business on such record date, with one
vote (or fraction of a vote) for each share (or fraction thereof) so
outstanding.

Section 2.05. Notice of meetings. Written notice of each meeting of
stockholders stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in the case
of a special meeting or if otherwise required by law, the purpose or purposes
for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than 10 nor more than
90 days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote
at such meeting.

Section 2.06. Quorum; adjournment. The holders of a majority of the stock
entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at the meeting for the
transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
charter of the corporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or
represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote
thereat present in person or represented by proxy shall have the power to
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement
at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At any
adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any
business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally notified. If the adjourned meeting is more than 120 days after the
original record date, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed
for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to
each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 2.07. Voting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote
of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in
person or represented by proxy and voting on the question shall decide any
question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which,
by express provision of any statute or the charter of the corporation or these
bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision
shall govern and control the decision of such question.

Section 2.08. Proxies. No proxy shall be valid more than eleven months
after its date, unless it provides for a longer period.

Section 2.09. Stock ledger. The secretary of the corporation shall cause
an original or duplicate stock ledger to be maintained at the office of the
corporation's transfer agent.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES

Section 3.01. Function and powers. The business and affairs of the
corporation shall be managed under the direction of its board of directors.
All powers of the corporation may be exercised by or under the authority of
the board of directors except as conferred on or reserved to the stockholders
by statute or the charter of the corporation or these bylaws.



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Section 3.02. Number. The board of directors shall consist of 3
directors, which number may be increased or decreased by a resolution of a
majority of the entire board of directors, provided that the number of
directors shall not be less than 3 or more than 15.

Section 3.03. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors
for any cause other than by reason of an increase in the number of directors
may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the board of
directors, although such majority is less than a quorum; provided, however,
that no vacancy shall be so filled unless immediately thereafter at least
two-thirds of the directors then holding office shall have been elected to
such office by the stockholders, and provided further that if at any time
(other than prior to the first annual meeting of stockholders) less than a
majority of the directors holding office at that time were elected by the
stockholders, a meeting of the stockholders shall be held promptly and in any
event within 60 days for the purpose of electing directors to fill any
existing vacancy in the board of directors, unless the Securities and Exchange
Commission shall by order extend such period under the authority granted by
section 16(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. A director elected to
fill a vacancy shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting
of stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualifies.

Section 3.04. Annual and regular meetings. The first meeting of each
newly elected board of directors shall be held immediately after the
adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders, or at such other time or
place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for
special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a
written waiver signed by any director who is not present at the meeting. The
board of directors from time to time may provide for the holding of regular
meetings of the board and fix their time and place.

Section 3.05. Special meetings. Special meetings of the board may be
called by the chairman on three days' notice to each director, either
personally or by mail or by telegram. Special meetings shall be called by the
chairman or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request
of a majority of the directors or a majority of the members of the executive
committee.

Section 3.06. Quorum and voting. At all meetings of the board the act of
a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum
shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by statute or the charter of the corporation or these
bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of
directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
shall be present.

Section 3.07. Telephone meetings. Members of the board of directors or
any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such board or committee
by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by
means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at
the same time, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in
person at the meeting, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by
statute or the charter of the corporation or these bylaws.



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Section 3.08. Action without meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by
statute or the charter of the corporation or these bylaws, any action required
or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or of any
committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if a unanimous written
consent which sets forth the action is signed by each member of the board or
committee, as the case may be, and filed with the minutes of proceedings of
the board or committee.

Section 3.09. Committees. The board of directors may, by resolution
passed by a majority of the entire board, designate an executive committee and
other committees, each committee to consist of two or more directors of the
corporation. In the absence of a member of a committee, the members thereof
present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may appoint
another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of
any such absent member.

Section 3.10. Executive committee. Unless otherwise provided by
resolution of the board of directors, the executive committee shall have and
may exercise all powers of the board of directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the corporation that may lawfully be exercised by an
executive committee, except the power to: (i) declare dividends or
distributions on stock; (ii) issue stock; (iii) recommend to the stockholders
any action which requires stockholder approval; (iv) amend the bylaws; or (v)
approve any merger or share exchange which does not require stockholder
approval.

Section 3.11. Other committees. To the extent provided by resolution of
the board of directors, other committees of the board shall have and may
exercise any of the powers that may lawfully be granted to the executive
committee.

Section 3.12. Minutes of committee meetings. Each committee shall keep
regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors
when required.

Section 3.13. Expenses and compensation of directors. The directors may
be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of
directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the
board of directors or a stated salary as director, or both. No such payment
shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity
and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees
may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

Section 3.14. Retirement of directors. Effective with the elections of
directors to be held at the annual meeting of stockholders in 1992, no person
shall stand for election or reelection as a director of the Fund if that
person would be 75 years old or older at the date of the proxy statement for
the meeting of stockholders at which such election would take place, unless
such person's candidacy shall have been approved by a unanimous vote of all of
the directors then in office (other than any director whose candidacy is being
approved).


 

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