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COHEN & STEERS REIT AND PREFERRED INCOME FUND, INC.

	ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

	Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred 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 Article FIFTH of the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and supplemented (the "Charter"),
the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board"), by resolutions duly
adopted, has reclassified and designated 29,040 authorized but unissued shares
of auction market preferred stock as shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock
(as defined in the Charter), with the preferences, rights, voting powers,
restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications or terms and
conditions of or rights to require redemption of Common Stock generally set
forth in the Charter.

SECOND:  The Shares have been reclassified and designated by the Board under
the authority contained in the Charter.

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

FOURTH:  The undersigned President 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 signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its
Assistant Secretary on this 10th day of December, 2009.

ATTEST:					COHEN & STEERS REIT AND 							PREFERRED INCOME FUND, INC.



/s/ Tina M. Payne				By: /s/ Adam M. Derechin
Tina M. Payne								Adam M. Derechin
Assistant Secretary					President

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