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EXHIBIT 4.3
                                                  TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                             CENTURYTEL, INC.

       FORM OF RESOLUTION TO BE ADOPTED BY SPECIAL PRICING COMMITTEE
              (to be used in connection with authorizing the
             issuance of any series of senior debt securities
                   under the below-mentioned Indenture)

     WHEREAS,  the  Board  of Directors of CenturyTel, Inc. (the "Company")
has previously authorized (i)  the  appropriate  officers of the Company to
take various actions necessary to permit the Company to register, issue and
sell various securities of the Company, including  senior  debt securities,
with an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $2 billion  and (ii)
the  Special  Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors to establish  the
specific terms  and  conditions  of any one or more series of the Company's
senior debt securities to be issued and sold from time to time; and

     WHEREAS,  the  Special Pricing  Committee,  acting  pursuant  to  such
authorization, deems  it  desirable and in the best interest of the Company
and its shareholders to authorize  the  issuance  of $___,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of senior debt securities of the Company;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

                I.     AUTHORIZATION OF TERMS OF SECURITIES

RESOLVED THAT:

          The Company shall create and issue $___,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its senior debt securities, consisting of $___,000,000
aggregate principal amount of senior notes designated as the "CenturyTel,
Inc. _____% Senior Notes, Series __, Due ____" (the "New Senior Notes"), at
the prices described below and in accordance with the Indenture dated as of
March 31, 1994 ("Indenture"), between the Company and Regions Bank
(successor to First American Bank & Trust of Louisiana and Regions Bank of
Louisiana), as Trustee ("Trustee"), all on the terms and conditions set
forth below:

               (a)  The New Senior Notes will mature on _____________.

               (b)  The New Senior Notes shall bear interest from
_____________, 200__ until the principal thereof becomes due and payable at
the rate of ____% per annum, payable semi-annually on _____________ and
_____________ of each year commencing _____________, and any overdue
principal and (to the extent that the payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) any overdue installment of interest
thereon shall bear interest at the same rate per annum; the principal of
and the interest on the New Senior Notes shall be payable in any coin or
currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, at the office or
agency of the Company maintained in accordance with the Indenture.  The
regular record date with respect to any interest payment date for the New
Senior Notes shall be _____________ or _____________, as the case may be,
immediately preceding such interest payment date, whether or not such date
is a business day.

          (c)  The New Senior Notes will not be redeemable prior to
maturity.

                                    OR

               The New Senior Notes may not be redeemed prior to
__________.  The New Senior Notes may be redeemed from time to time on not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice given as provided in the
Indenture, as a whole or in part, at the option of the Company, on any date
or dates on or after ________, and prior to maturity, at the applicable
percentage of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed as set forth
below under the heading "Redemption Price" during the respective twelve
month periods beginning ____ of the years shown below:

               YEAR                     REDEMPTION PRICE

                                                  %

and thereafter at 100% of the principal amount, together, in each case,
with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date
fixed for redemption is an interest payment date, the interest installment
payable on such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close
of business on the applicable record date).

                                    OR

               The New Senior Notes will be redeemable, as a whole or in
part, at the option of the Company at any time, at a redemption price equal
to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such series to be
redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled
Payments (as hereinafter defined) thereon discounted to the redemption date
on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) at the Treasury Rate (as hereinafter defined) plus ____ basis
points for the New Senior Notes, together with accrued interest (if any) on
the principal amount being redeemed to the redemption date.

               "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date,
     the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to
     maturity (computed as of the second business day immediately preceding
     such redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a
     price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of
     its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
     redemption date.

               "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury
     security selected by an Independent Investment Banker that would be
     utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
     financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities
     of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the New Senior Notes.
     "Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury
     Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

               "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any
     redemption date, (i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the
     Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of
     its principal amount) on the third business day preceding such
     redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any
     successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
     and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government
     Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
     published or does not contain such prices on such business day, (A)
     the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
     redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference
     Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than
     four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all
     such Quotations.  "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with
     respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the
     average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
     the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage
     of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
     Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m. New York time on the third
     business day preceding such redemption date.

               "Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of
     __________________, ___________________, and ____________________, and
     their respective successors; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any of the
     foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities
     dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company
     shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

               "Remaining Scheduled Payments" means the remaining scheduled
     payments of the principal of the New Senior Notes to be redeemed and
     interest thereon that would be due after the related redemption date
     but for such redemption; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such redemption
     date is not an interest payment date with respect to such New Senior
     Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment
     thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon (if
     any) to such redemption date.

               Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but
no more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the New
Senior Notes to be redeemed.

               Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption
price, on and after the applicable redemption date interest will cease to
accrue on the New Senior Notes, as applicable, or portions thereof called
for redemption.  (If Applicable)

          (d)  There will be no mandatory sinking fund payments for any
series of the New Senior Notes.

          (e)  The New Senior Notes will be issued in the form of fully
registered global securities ("Global Securities") which will be deposited
with, or on behalf of, The Depositary Trust Company, New York, New York
("DTC"), and registered in the name of DTC's nominee.  The New Senior Notes
may only be transferred, in whole and not in part, to another nominee of
DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee, unless the New Senior Notes
are subsequently issued in definitive form in the limited circumstances
described below.  So long as a nominee of DTC is a registered owner of the
New Senior Notes, such nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder
of the New Senior Notes for all purposes under the Indenture.  Except as
provided below, owners of beneficial interests will not be entitled to have
New Senior Notes registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled
to receive physical delivery of New Senior Notes in definitive form and
will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Indenture.
If DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary and a
successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the
Company will issue New Senior Notes in definitive form in exchange for the
Global Securities.  In addition, the Company may at any time determine not
to have the New Senior Notes represented by Global Securities and, in such
event, will issue New Senior Notes in definitive form in exchange for the
Global Securities.  In either instance, an owner of a beneficial interest
in the Global Securities will be entitled to have New Senior Notes equal in
principal amount to such beneficial interest registered in its name and
will be entitled to physical delivery of such New Senior Notes in
definitive form.  New Senior Notes so issued in definitive form will be
issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof and will
be issued in registered form only, without coupons.

                 II.   AUTHORIZATION OF FORM OF SECURITIES

RESOLVED THAT:

          (1)  The New Senior Notes and the Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the
following form:

                        (FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY)

     THIS SECURITY IS A REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY AND IS REGISTERED IN THE
     NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"),
     OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR
     IN PART FOR A SECURITY IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, AND NO TRANSFER
     OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
     ANY PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
     CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED ELSEWHERE HEREIN.

     UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
     DTC TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
     TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
     REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
     REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
     MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
     AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE
     HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH
     AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

     No._____________                                   $_____________
                                        CUSIP NO.________________

                             CENTURYTEL, INC.
                  ____% Senior Notes, Series __, Due ____

          CenturyTel, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under
     the laws of the State of Louisiana (herein referred to as the
     "Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
     _____________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
     _____________ Dollars on _____________ and to pay interest on said
     principal sum from the most recent interest payment date to which
     interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no interest has
     been paid or duly provided for, from _______, semi-annually on
     _____________ and _____________ in each year, commencing
     _____________, at the rate of ____% per annum until the principal
     hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue principal
     and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
     applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same
     rate per annum.  The interest installment so payable, and punctually
     paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date will, as
     provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the
     person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
     Securities, as defined in such Indenture) is registered at the close
     of business on the regular record date for such interest installment,
     which shall be the _____________ or _____________, as the case may be
     (whether or not a business day), immediately preceding such interest
     payment date.  Any such interest installment not so punctually paid or
     duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
     registered holder on such regular record date, and may be paid to the
     person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
     Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record
     date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted
     interest, notice of which shall be given to the registered holders of
     this series of Securities not more than 15 days and not less than 10
     days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in
     any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
     securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon
     such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
     provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to.  The principal of
     and the interest on this Security shall be payable in any coin or
     currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment
     is legal tender for payment of public and private debt, at the office
     or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of
     Monroe and State of Louisiana, or the Borough of Manhattan, the City
     and State of New York.

          This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
     Indenture hereinafter referred to, or be valid or become obligatory
     for any purpose, until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall
     have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

          The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side
     hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the
     same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
     executed.

                              Dated_______________________________________

                              CENTURYTEL, INC.

                              By__________________________________________

                                        [President/Vice President]

     Attest:

                              By__________________________________________

                                          [Secretary/Assistant Secretary]

                  (FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)

                       CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

          This is one of the Securities of the above-designated series
     therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

                               Regions Bank
                   as Trustee, Authenticating Agent and
                            Security Registrar

                       By _________________________
                            Authorized Officer

                  (FORM OF ADDITIONAL TERMS  OF SECURITY)

          This Security is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of
     the  Company (herein sometimes referred to as the  "Securities"),  all
     issued  or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an
     Indenture  dated  as  of  March  31,  1994 duly executed and delivered
     between the Company and Regions Bank, an  Alabama  banking corporation
     organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  State of  Alabama
     (successor  to  First American Bank & Trust of Louisiana  and  Regions
     Bank of Louisiana),  as  Trustee (herein referred to as the "Trustee")
     (such Indenture hereinafter  referred to as the "Indenture"), to which
     Indenture reference is hereby  made  for  a description of the rights,
     limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of
     the Trustee, the Company and the holders of  the  Securities.   By the
     terms  of  the  Indenture, the Securities are issuable in series which
     may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other
     respects as in the  Indenture  provided.  This Security (herein called
     the "Security") is one of the series  designated  on  the  face hereof
     (herein called the "Series") limited in aggregate principal  amount to
     $___,000,000.

          In  case  an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture,  with
     respect to the Series  shall  have  occurred  and  be  continuing, the
     principal of all of the Securities of the Series may be  declared, and
     upon  such  declaration shall become, due and payable, in the  manner,
     with  the effect  and  subject  to  the  conditions  provided  in  the
     Indenture.

          The  Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
     Trustee, with  the  consent of the holders of not less than a majority
     in  aggregate principal  amount  of  the  Securities  of  each  series
     affected  at  the  time  Outstanding,  as defined in the Indenture, to
     execute  supplemental  indentures  for  the   purpose  of  adding  any
     provisions  to  or changing in any manner or eliminating  any  of  the
     provisions of the  Indenture  or  of  any supplemental indenture or of
     modifying in any manner the rights of the  holders  of the Securities;
     PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  that  no  such supplemental indenture  shall  (i)
     extend the fixed maturity of any  Securities  or any series, or reduce
     the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
     payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium  payable  upon  the
     redemption thereof, without the consent of the holder of each Security
     so affected or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the
     holders  of  which  are  required  to consent to any such supplemental
     indenture, without the consent of the  holders  of  each Security then
     Outstanding  and  affected  thereby.   The  Indenture  also   contains
     provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
     amount  of  the  Securities of any series at the time Outstanding,  on
     behalf of the holders  of Securities of such series, to waive any past
     default in the performance  of  any  of the covenants contained in the
     Indenture, or established pursuant to  the  Indenture  with respect to
     such series, and its consequences, except a default in the  payment of
     the  principal  of,  or  premium,  if  any,  or interest on any of the
     Securities  of  such  series.   Any  such  consent or  waiver  by  the
     registered holder of this Security (unless revoked  as provided in the
     Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such  holder  and upon
     all  future  holders  and  owners of this Security and of any Security
     issued in exchange hereof or  in place hereof (whether by registration
     of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation
     of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

          No reference herein to the  Indenture  and  no  provision of this
     Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the  obligation  of
     the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal
     of  and  interest  on  this Security at the times and place and at the
     rate and in the currency herein prescribed.

          [The Securities are  issuable  as  registered  Securities without
     coupons  in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple  thereof.
     Securities  may  be  exchanged,  upon  presentation  thereof  for that
     purpose, at the office or agency of the Company in the City of  Monroe
     and   State   of   Louisiana,   for  other  Securities  of  authorized
     denominations, and for a like aggregate  principal  amount and series,
     and  upon  payment  of  a  sum  sufficient to cover any tax  or  other
     governmental charge in relation thereto.] [DELETE IF GLOBAL SECURITIES
     ARE TO BE ISSUED.]

          The Securities will not be redeemable prior to maturity.

                                    OR

          The  Securities may not be redeemed  prior  to  __________.   The
     Securities  may  be redeemed from time to time on not less than 30 nor
     more than 60 days' prior notice given as provided in the Indenture, as
     a whole or in part, at the option of the Company, on any date or dates
     on  or after ________,  and  prior  to  maturity,  at  the  applicable
     percentage of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed as set forth
     below  under  the  heading  "Redemption  Price"  during the respective
     twelve month periods beginning ____ of the years shown below:

          YEAR                     REDEMPTION PRICE

                                             %

     and  thereafter  at  100% of the principal amount, together,  in  each
     case, with accrued interest  to  the date fixed for redemption (but if
     the  date  fixed  for  redemption is an  interest  payment  date,  the
     interest installment payable  on  such  date  shall  be payable to the
     registered  holder  at the close of business on the applicable  record
     date).

                                    OR

          The Securities of this Series are subject to redemption, as a
     whole or in part, at any time, at the option of the Company, upon not
     less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice by mail, at a redemption
     price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the
     Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of
     the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as hereinafter defined) thereon
     discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a
     360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate
     (as hereinafter defined) plus [       ] basis points, together with
     accrued interest (if any) on the principal amount being redeemed to
     the redemption date.

               "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date,
          the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to
          maturity (computed as of the second Business Day immediately
          preceding such redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
          assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as
          a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
          Treasury Price for such redemption date.

               "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury
          security selected by an Independent Investment Banker that would
          be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
          customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
          debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of
          this Security.  "Independent Investment Banker" means one of the
          Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after
          consultation with the Company.

               "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any
          redemption date, (i) the average of the bid and asked prices for
          the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a
          percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day
          preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily
          statistical release (or any successor release) published by the
          Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30
          p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or (ii) if such
          release (or any successor release) is not published or does not
          contain such prices on such Business Day, (A) the average of the
          Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date,
          after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury
          Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four
          such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all
          such Quotations.  "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means,
          with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption
          date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and
          asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each
          case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing
          to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m. New
          York time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption
          date.

               "Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of _____________,
          ____________, and ________________, and their respective
          successors; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any of the foregoing shall
          cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New
          York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall
          substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

               "Remaining Scheduled Payments" means the remaining scheduled
          payments of the principal of this Security to be redeemed and
          interest thereon that would be due after the related redemption
          date but for such redemption; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such
          redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to
          this Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled
          interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of
          interest accrued thereon (if any) to such redemption date.

          Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but no
     more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of
     Securities to be redeemed.

          Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price,
     on and after the applicable redemption date interest will cease to
     accrue on this Security, or portions thereof called for redemption.
     (If Applicable)

          [As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
     therein set forth, this Security is transferable by the registered
     holder hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender
     of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency
     of the Company in the City of Monroe and State of Louisiana
     accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
     satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar duly executed by
     the registered holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
     writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of authorized
     denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series
     will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.  No
     service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may
     require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
     governmental charge payable in relation thereto.]  [DELETE IF GLOBAL
     SECURITIES ARE TO BE ISSUED.]

          [Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
     Security the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security
     Registrar may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the
     absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Security shall be overdue
     and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by
     anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
     payment of or on account of the principal hereof and interest due
     hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the
     Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be
     affected by any notice to the contrary.]  [DELETE IF GLOBAL SECURITIES
     ARE TO BE ISSUED.]

          No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or
     the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or
     otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the
     Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, affiliate, officer
     or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of
     any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any
     constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
     assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
     acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance
     hereof, expressly waived and released.

          Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
     shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture.

          The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and
     construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana.

          (2)  The office of Regions Bank located at 1500 North 18th
Street, Monroe, Louisiana, is hereby designated and created as the agency
of the Company in the City of Monroe and State of Louisiana at which (i)
both the principal and the interest on the New Senior Notes are payable on
the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture and notices,
presentations and demands to or upon the Company in respect the New Senior
Notes may be given or made and (ii) the New Senior Notes may be surrendered
for transfer or exchange and transferred or exchanged in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture;

          (3)  The office of Regions Bank in Montgomery, Alabama, is hereby
designated and created as Security Registrar of the Company at which (i)
the Company shall register the New Senior Notes, (ii) the New Senior Notes
may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and transferred or exchanged in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and (iii) books for the
registration and transfer of the New Senior Notes shall be kept; and

          (4)  The New Senior Notes hereby authorized by these resolutions
shall be in substantially the form and shall have the characteristics
provided in the Indenture, and the form of the New Senior Notes of each
such series set forth in these resolutions is hereby approved and adopted.

             III.   AUTHORIZATION OF SALE OF NEW SENIOR NOTES

RESOLVED THAT:

          (1)  The President or any Vice President is hereby authorized to
execute and deliver on behalf of the Company an Underwriting Agreement in
substantially the form of the Underwriting Agreement presented to the
members of this Committee, reflecting the terms of the sale of the New
Senior Notes to the Underwriters named in such agreement, along with the
accompanying Price Determination Agreement that confirms that the sale
price of the New Senior Notes (after deducting an underwriting discount of
____%) shall be ____% of the principal amount thereof;

          (2)  The President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary are hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the
Trustee a certified record of these resolutions setting forth the terms of
the New Senior Notes as required by Section 2.01 of the Indenture;

          (3)  The President or any Vice President is hereby authorized to
execute certificates in such forms as they deem necessary representing
$___,000,000 aggregate principal amount of New Senior Notes on behalf of
the Company under its corporate seal or a facsimile attested by the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and the signature of the President,
or any Vice President, may be in the form of a facsimile signature of the
present or any future President or Vice President and the signature of the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary in attestation of the corporate seal
may be in the form of a facsimile signature of the present or any future
Secretary or Assistant Secretary, and should any officer who signs, or
whose facsimile signature appears upon, any of the New Senior Notes cease
to be such an officer prior to their issuance, the New Senior Notes so
signed or bearing such facsimile signature shall still be valid, and
without prejudice to the use of the facsimile signature of any other
officer as hereinabove authorized, the facsimile signature of Glen F. Post
III, President, and the facsimile signature of Harvey P. Perry, Secretary,
are hereby expressly approved and adopted;

          (4)  The officers of the Company are hereby authorized to cause
the New Senior Notes to be delivered to the Trustee for authentication and
delivery by it in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and the
Trustee is hereby authorized and requested to authenticate the New Senior
Notes upon compliance by the Company with the provisions of the Indenture
and to deliver the same to or upon the written order of the President or
any Vice President of the Company, and the President or any Vice President
is hereby authorized and directed to apply to the Trustee for the
authentication and delivery of New Senior Notes;

          (5)  The President or any Vice President and the Treasurer or any
Assistant Treasurer of the Company are hereby authorized and empowered to
apply, in the name and on behalf of the Company, the net proceeds received
by the Company in connection with the offering of the New Senior Notes in
the manner described in the offering materials prepared and filed, or to be
prepared and filed, in connection with the offering of the New Senior
Notes;

          (6)  The officers are hereby authorized to issue and sell the
aggregate principal amounts of the New Senior Notes at the price and upon
the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement (including
the accompanying Price Determination Agreement) covering the sale of the
New Senior Notes;

          (7)  The officers of the Company are hereby authorized to
disseminate and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any
prospectus supplements (to the prospectus dated _______________, 2000
forming a part of Registration Statement No. 333-________), or any
amendments or supplements thereto, that may be necessary or appropriate;

          (8)  The officers of the Company are authorized to execute and
deliver all such instruments and documents, to incur on behalf of the
Company all such expenses and obligations, to make all such payments, and
to do all such other acts and things as they may consider necessary or
desirable in connection with the accomplishment of the intent and purposes
of the foregoing resolutions, including without limitation obtaining all
necessary and appropriate CUSIP numbers and debt ratings, retaining all
necessary printing companies, depositary companies, engraving companies and
other agents or advisers, executing and delivering all closing instruments
that are contemplated by the Indenture or Underwriting Agreement or that
are otherwise customary and appropriate, and issuing any necessary and
appropriate press releases; and

          (9)  All actions heretofore taken by the officers of the Company
that would have been authorized hereunder if taken after the adoption of
these resolutions are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects as the
acts of the Company.<PAGE>

                                                                   Exhibit 10.24

                               EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

This Contract, entered into this 20TH day of October, 1999 by and between
Inrad, Inc., with its principal offices at 181 Legrand Avenue, Northvale, NJ
07647 (hereinafter called the "Company"), and Daniel Lehrfeld, residing at 34
Greenwood Drive, New City, New York 10956 (hereinafter called the "Executive").

                                   WITNESSETH

In consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and
valuable considerations, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                    SECTION 1 - DUTIES AND TERM OF EMPLOYMENT

1.1  The Company hereby employs the Executive as its President and Chief
Operating Officer subject to the order, supervision, and direction of the Board
of Directors of the Company and the current Chief Executive Officer. It is the
present intention of the Company to elect Executive as Chief Executive Officer
of the Company on or about March 1, 2000. The Company will promptly appoint
Executive to the Board of Directors, and will nominate him for election to the
Board at the next meeting of stockholders.

1.2  The Executive hereby accepts this offer of employment and agrees to remain
in the employ of the Company in the aforesaid capacity upon the terms,
conditions, and provisions herein stated.

1.3  The term of this Contract shall commence on September 24, 1999 (the
"Effective Date") and shall end on the date of the Executive's 65th birthday, or
later at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors; provided, however,
that this Contract may be terminated by the Executive or the Company as provided
in Section 5 of this Contract.

1.4  During the term of his employment, the Executive agrees to devote
substantially all of his normal business time and attention (reasonable
vacations and period of leave excepted), skill, and efforts to the business
conducted by the Company and to continue to act as President and Chief Operating
Officer as aforesaid, and faithfully to perform such executive, administrative,
and supervisory duties and to exercise such powers as specified in the
Regulations of the Company from time to time and as the Board of Directors may
prescribe. Executive shall be permitted to serve as a Director or Trustee of
other organizations, provided such service does not prevent Executive from
performing his duties under this Contract.

1.5  The Executive's duties shall be performed principally at the Company's
headquarters located in Northvale, NJ, although Executive understands and agrees
that travel, including overseas travel, is an integral part of his
responsibilities. If the requirements of the Company, as determined by the Board
of Directors, make it desirable to relocate the principal offices of the Company
to another location more than fifty miles from Northvale, NJ, during the term of
this

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Contract, the Executive will be consulted in advance of any such relocation and
will not be required to render services hereunder without his approval. Whether
or not such approval is given, the Executive shall be entitled to the
Compensation provided for in Section 2.

                            SECTION 2 - COMPENSATION

2.1  The annual Base Salary of the Employee shall be $160,000. Such salary shall
be payable in equal weekly, bi-weekly, or semi-monthly installments, as
determined under the policies of the Company. The Board of Directors of the
Company reserves the right to increase the Base Salary of the Executive, and
benefits, specified in this instrument, at any time or times during the term of
this Contract, but merely as an amendment to this Section 2, and all the other
terms, provisions, and conditions of this Contract shall continue in force and
effect as herein provided.

2.2  The Executive will work with the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company to define and establish an Incentive Cash Bonus Plan,
subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, covering all executives and
employees, to come into effect for Calendar Year 2000 and thereafter. Executive
shall be a participant in said Plan, as well as in subsequent plans (if any)
which may hereafter be adopted. Pursuant to said plan, it shall be possible for
Executive to earn a bonus provided that the prescribed targets and objectives
set out in the Cash Bonus Plan are achieved.

2.3  In consideration of the covenants of the Executive under this Contract and
his services to the Company, and as an inducement for the Executive to enter
into this Contract, the Company hereby grants to the Executive:

a)   An option to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock at
     $0.625 per share which the parties agree is the fair market value of that
     stock on the date hereof. This option is hereby granted pursuant to the
     Incentive Stock Option provisions of the Company's Key Employee
     Compensation Program adopted by the Company's shareholders on June 20,
     1996, and attached hereto as Schedule 1 (the "Plan"), and is subject to all
     the terms and conditions of the Plan; provided, however, that the Company
     shall use its best efforts to cause the stockholders to make whatever
     changes to the Plan are necessary to conform the Plan to this Agreement if
     they can do so in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Internal
     Revenue Code relating to Incentive Stock Options.

b)   When the Executive shall become the Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
     he shall be entitled to receive options to purchase an additional 310,000
     shares of the common stock of the Company pursuant to the provisions of the
     Plan. These options shall be granted according to the following schedule,
     and shall be exercisable, when vested in accordance with the Plan, at the
     market price of the Company's stock on the date such options are granted:

                  110,000 shares on the first anniversary of the Contract
                  100,000 shares on the second anniversary of the Contract
                  100,000 shares on the third anniversary of the Contract

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     After the third anniversary of this Agreement, or at any time that it so
     determines, the Board may grant, but shall not be obligated to grant,
     additional Incentive Stock Options to Employee.

2.4  The Executive will be reimbursed for his reasonable expenses, including but
not limited to travel and communication expenses, incurred while on, or in
connection with, Company business.

                              SECTION 3 - BENEFITS

3.1  Executive shall be entitled to receive all benefits generally made
available to executives of the Company, as set forth on Schedule 2 attached
hereto.

                     SECTION 4 - NONCOMPETITION AND SECRECY

4.1  So long as this Contract is in effect, and for a period of nine months
thereafter, the Executive shall not become or serve as an officer or employee of
or consultant to an individual, partnership, or corporation, or owner or part
owner of any business (however this shall not prohibit ownership of not more
than 5% of the voting stock of any publicly held corporation), or member of any
partnership, limited partnership, LLC or other entity which conducts a business
which, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company,
competes with the Company in any geographic area where the Company is doing
business when this Contract terminates or expires, unless the Executive shall
have obtained the written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company.

4.2  Except for actions taken in the course of his employment hereunder, at no
time shall Executive knowingly divulge, furnish, or make accessible to any
outside person or firm any information of a proprietary nature or secret
information or trade secrets of the Company not previously disclosed (unless
written consent of the Company is first obtained).

                             SECTION 5 - TERMINATION

5.1  Termination By Company.

a)   Company shall have the right to terminate this Contract under the following
circumstances:

         i)  Upon death of the Executive.

         ii) Upon notice from Company to Executive in the event of an illness or
         other disability which has incapacitated him from performing his
         duties, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, for three
         consecutive months or six non-consecutive months in any eighteen month
         period,

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         iii) For good cause upon notice from Company. Termination by Company of
         Executive's employment "for good cause" as used in this Contract shall
         be limited to the commitment of a significant act of dishonesty such as
         misappropriation of funds, the conviction of a felony, gross negligence
         or repeated malfeasance by the Executive in the performance of his
         duties under this Contract (despite receiving specific written cure
         notices from the Company and being given 30 days to substantially
         remedy such failure), or the voluntary resignation by Executive as an
         employee of the Company without the prior written consent of the
         Company and without "Good Reason" as defined in Section 5.2b.

         iv) Upon 45 days written notice, without "good cause".

b)   If this Contract is terminated pursuant to paragraphs 5.1a) i) or ii)
     hereof, Executive or his estate shall be entitled to receive 100% of his
     Base Salary for 12 months following the date of on which his employment
     ceases together with the bonus provided for in Section 2.2 hereof with
     respect to that 12 month period. Company may purchase insurance to cover
     all or any part of its obligations set forth in the preceding sentence, and
     Executive agrees to take a physical examination to facilitate the obtaining
     of such insurance.

c)   If this Contract is terminated pursuant to paragraph 5.1a iii) above,
     Executive shall be entitled to receive his Base Salary so long as he is
     working but not otherwise and all Bonus payments accrued through the
     effective date of his termination, but all accrued but unused vacation and
     sick pay and all granted but non-vested stock options shall be forfeit. In
     that event, the severance and separation provisions of Section 6 shall not
     be applicable.

d)   If this Contract is terminated by Company pursuant to paragraph 5.1a) iv)
     hereof (i.e., without "good cause"), the severance and separation benefit
     provisions of Section 6 of this Contract shall apply.

e)   Whenever compensation is payable to Executive hereunder during a time when
     he is partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the
     provisions hereof) would entitle him to disability income or to salary
     continuation payments from Company according to the terms of any plan now
     or hereafter provided by Company or according to any Company policy in
     effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to him
     hereunder shall be inclusive of any such disability income or salary
     continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability is payable
     to executive under an insurance policy paid for by the Company, the amounts
     paid to him by said insurance company shall be considered part of the
     payments to be made by Company to him pursuant to this section, and shall
     not be in addition thereto.

5.2  Termination By Executive

a)   Executive shall have the right to terminate his employment without good
     reason upon delivery of 45 days written notice to the Company. When
     Executive terminates his employment pursuant to this sub-section, he shall
     be entitled to receive his Base Salary so long as he is working but not
     otherwise and all Bonus payments accrued through the effective date of his
     termination, but all granted but non-vested stock options shall be forfeit.

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b)   Executive shall have the right to terminate his employment for good reason
     under this Contract upon 45 days' notice to Company given within 60 days
     after the occurrence of an event described in sub-sections i) or ii) and
     within 180 days after the occurrence of an event described in sub-sections
     iii below. For the purpose of this Contract "for good reason" shall be
     understood to mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

         i) Executive is not elected as Chief Executive Officer on or about
         March 1, 2000, or is not retained as Chief Executive Officer and a
         member of the Board of Directors after March 1, 2000.

         ii) Company acts to materially reduce Executive's duties and
         responsibilities or compensation hereunder.

         iii) In the event that the Company is (or substantially all of its
         assets are) sold to, or combined with, another entity, or is dissolved,
         Executives duties and responsibilities shall be deemed to be materially
         reduced for purposes hereof if his authority with respect to the
         business of the Company after the sale is substantially less than it
         was before the sale, or the Executive does not report directly to the
         Chief Executive Officer of the acquiring corporation, or his title does
         not remain President of the Company, or the geographic location of the
         performance of the Executive's duties in the resulting new entity
         changes by more than 50 miles from Northvale, NJ..

         iv) Company acts to change the geographic location of the performance
         of the Executive's duties by more than 50 miles without his prior
         written consent.

c)   If this Contract is terminated by Executive pursuant to paragraph 5.2 b)
     hereof (i.e., "for good reason"), the severance and separation benefit
     provisions of Section 6 of this Contract shall apply. If this Contract is
     terminated by Executive pursuant to paragraph 5.2 a) hereof (i.e., "without
     good reason"), the severance and separation benefit provisions of Section 6
     of this Contract shall not be applicable.

                   SECTION 6 SEVERANCE AND SEPARATION BENEFITS

6.1  If this Contract is terminated by the Company without good cause pursuant
to paragraph 5.1 a)iv), hereof, or if Company shall terminate Executive's
employment under this Contract in any other way that is a breach of this
Contract by Company, or if the Executive shall terminate this Contract for good
reason pursuant to paragraph 5.2b hereof, the following shall apply:

a)   The Company will pay to the Executive an amount equal 12 months of Base
     Salary and cash bonus payments paid to Executive during the preceding 12
     months. The payments will be made in 12 equal monthly installments, without
     interest, commencing one month after the effective date of such
     termination.

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b)   All stock options granted to Executive  pursuant to Section 2.3 of this
     Contract shall vest immediately upon termination and shall be exercisable
     at any time during a period of one year following termination.

c)   The Executive will receive continuance of all medical insurance, dental
     insurance, and short and long-term disability insurance benefits covering
     the Executive for a period terminating on the earlier of i) 12 months after
     the date of termination of employment or longer to the extent that COBRA is
     applicable, or ii) the commencement of equivalent benefits from a new
     employer. Executive will continue to pay to Company an amount equal to the
     Executive's regular contribution for such participation. If the existing
     policies do not permit such continued participation, or if the Company so
     selects, the Company shall arrange to have issued for the benefit of the
     Executive equivalent benefits, provided further that the Executive shall
     not be required to pay any premiums or other charges or amounts on an after
     tax basis than that which Executive would have paid in order to participate
     in Employer's plans.

d)   The Executive will receive 12 months  executive  outplacement  assistance
     with Lee, Hecht,  Harrison,  Woodcliff Lake, NJ, at a cost to the Company
     not to exceed $9,000.

                              SECTION 7 - DISPUTES

7.0  Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising under this Contract shall be
settled by arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect. The controversy or claim shall be submitted to three
arbitrators, one of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be
chosen by the Executive, and the third of whom shall be chosen by the two so
selected. The party desiring arbitration shall give written notice to the other
party of its desire to arbitrate the particular matter in question, naming the
arbitrator selected by it.

     If the other party shall fail within a period of 15 days to after such
notice to have given a reply in writing naming the arbitrator selected by it,
then the party not in default may apply to the American Arbitration Association
for the appointment of the second arbitrator. If the two arbitrators chosen as
above should fail within 15 days to after their selection to agree on the third
arbitrator, then either party may apply to the American Arbitrator Association
for the appointment of an arbitrator to fill the place so remaining vacant. The
decision of any two of the arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the
parties hereto and shall be delivered in writing signed in triplicate by the
concurring arbitrators to each of the parties hereto. Judgment upon the award
rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof.

                          SECTION 8 - BINDING CONTRACT

8.0  This Contract shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Executive, his heirs, distributees and assigns and upon the Company, its
successors and assigns and the acquirer of substantially all the Company's
assets. Executive may not, without the express written

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permission of the Company, assign or pledge any rights or obligations hereunder
to any person, firm, or corporation.

                          SECTION 9 - AMENDMENT; WAIVER

9.0  This instrument contains the entire Contract of the parties with respect to
the employment of Executive by Company. No amendment or modification of this
Contract shall be valid unless evidenced by a written instrument executed by the
parties hereto. No waiver by either party of any breach by the other party of
any provision or condition of this Contract shall be deemed a waiver of any
similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same or any prior or
subsequent time.

                           SECTION 10 - GOVERNING LAW

10.0 This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New Jersey.

                              SECTION 11 - NOTICES

11.0 All notices which a party is required or may desire to give to the other
party under or in conjunction with this Contract shall be given in writing by
addressing the same to the other party as follows:

                  If to Executive to:

                  Daniel Lehrfeld
                  34 Greenwood Drive
                  New City, NY 10956

                  If to Company, to:

                  Inrad, Inc.
                  181 Legrand Avenue
                  Northvale, NJ 07647
                  Attn:  Chairman of the Board

Or at such other place as may be designated in writing by like notice. Any
notice shall be deemed to have been given within 48 hours after being addressed
as required herein and deposited, first-class postage prepaid, in the United
States mail.

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IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties have executed this Contract as of the day and
year first written above.

                                           ___________________________
                                           Daniel Lehrfeld

                                           Inrad, Inc.

                                           By:____________________________
                                                Warren Ruderman, President

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