EXHIBIT (a)(iv)
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY DATED 01/18/2000

                            USLIFE INCOME FUND, INC.
                             ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

USLIFE Income Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

FIRST: Under a power contained in Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the Maryland General
Corporation Law (the "MGCL"), the Corporation, by resolutions of its Board of
Directors (the "Board of Directors"), duly adopted at a meeting duly called and
held on January 18, 2000, elected to become subject to Sections 3-804 and 3-805
of the MGCL.

SECOND: The resolutions described above provide that, notwithstanding any other
provision in the charter or Bylaws of the Corporation to the contrary, subject
to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the
Corporation elects to be subject to Sections 3-804 and 3-805 of the MGCL, the
repeal of which may be effected only by the means authorized by Section
3-802(b)(3) of the MGCL.

THIRD: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of Directors
in the manner and by the vote required by law.

FOURTH: The undersigned President of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles
Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters
or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned President
acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these
matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is
made under the penalties for perjury.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to
be executed under seal in its name and on its behalf by its President and
attested to by its Secretary on this 18th day of January, 2000.

ATTEST:                                   USLIFE INCOME FUND, INC.
/s/ Cynthia Toles                         BY: /s/ Alice T. Kane
Secretary                                 President