**EXHIBIT 31****CERTIFICATION**I, Mike Ulrich, certify that:     1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of LL&E Royalty Trust, for which TheBank of New York Trust Company, N.A. acts as Trustee;     2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this quarterly report;     3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, cashearnings and distributions and changes in trust corpus of the registrant as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report;     4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)), or for causing such controlsand procedures to be established and maintained, for the registrant and have:     a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating tothe registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;     b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assuranceregarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with the basis of accounting described in Note 4;     c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and     d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materiallyaffected or is reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and     5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors:     a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and     b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves any persons who have a significant rolein the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.     In giving the foregoing certifications in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 above, I have relied to theextent I consider reasonable on information provided to me by the Working Interest Owner and theManaging General Partner of LL&E Royalty Partnership, in which the registrant owns a 99% interest.     6. I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes ininternal controls or in other factors that would significantly affect internal controls subsequentto the date of my most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard tosignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses.         /s/ MIKE ULRICH   Mike Ulrich   Vice President and Trust Officer