Exhibit (l)(13)


                              Purchase Agreement


          Firstar Funds, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), and
Quasar Distributors, LLC ("Quasar") hereby agree as follows:

          1.   The Company hereby offers Quasar and Quasar hereby purchases, in
consideration for the payment set forth on Exhibit 1 hereto, one share of
beneficial interest of the Conning Money Market Fund.

          2.   Quasar acknowledges that the share purchased hereunder has not
been registered under the federal securities laws and that the Company is
relying on certain exemptions from such registration requirements.  Quasar
represents and warrants that it is acquiring such share solely for investment
purposes and that Quasar has no present intention to redeem, sell or otherwise
dispose of the share.

          3.   This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of
Wisconsin.  Firstar Funds is a corporation organized under the laws of Wisconsin
and under Articles of Incorporation, to which reference is hereby made and a
copy of which is on file at the office of the Secretary of State of Wisconsin as
required by law, and to any and all amendments thereto so filed or hereafter
filed.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the 27th day of June, 2001.

(SEAL)
                              FIRSTAR FUNDS, INC.


                              By:
                                 Name:  /s/ Joseph Neuburger
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                                 Title: Assistant Treasurer
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                              QUASAR DISTRIBUTORS, LLC



                              By:
                                 Name:  /s/ James Schoenike
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                                 Title: President
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                                   Exhibit 1
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              (Payment for One Share by Quasar Distributors, LLC)


Conning Money Market Fund                                             $1.00