**Exhibit      31.1**

**PRINCIPAL      EXECUTIVE OFFICERS**

**CERTIFICATION**

**PURSUANT      TO**

**SECTION      302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

**(18      U.S.C. 1350)**

| 1. | We                have reviewed this quarterly report for the fiscal quarter ended                March 25,                2006 on Form 10-Q of The Money Tree Inc.; |
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| 2. | based                on our knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement                of a                material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order                to make                the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such                statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered                by                the report; |
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| 3. | based                on our knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial                information included in this report, fairly present in all material                respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash                flows of                the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in the report; |
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| 4. | The                registrant’s other certifying officer and we are responsible for                establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as                defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15e) for the registrant                and                have; |
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|   | a. | designed                such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to                ensure                that material information relating to the registrant, including its                consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those                entities, particularly during the period in which this report is                being                prepared; |
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|   | b. | evaluated                the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures                and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness                of                the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period                covered                by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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|   | c. | disclosed                in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over                financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent                fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely                to                materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial                reporting; and |
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| 5. | The                registrant’s other certifying officer and we have disclosed, based on our                most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,                to                the registrant’s auditors and to the board of directors (or persons                performing the equivalent                functions): |
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|   | a. | all                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal control over financial reporting, which are                reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,                process, summarize, and report financial information; and |
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|   | b. | any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control                over financial reporting. |
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| Date: 5/9/06  | By:                            | /s/ Vance              R.              Martin |
|                    | Vance              R. Martin             |
|                    | Principal              Executive Officer |
|                    | (through              April 15, 2006)    |

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| Date: 5/9/06  | By:                            | /s/ W.              Derek              Martin |
|                    | W.              Derek Martin             |
|                    | Principal              Executive Officer |
|                    | (as              of April 16, 2006)      |