SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MERRITT DAVID C (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/23/2003	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC /MO/ [ CHTR ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities benefically owned	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

	/s/ Marcy Lifton, Attorney-In-Fact for David C. Merritt pursuant to the attached Power of Attorney	07/25/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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	POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
constitutes and appoints Curt Shaw or Marcy Lifton, acting
alone, as his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
effective upon the undersigned's appointment as Director of
Charter Communications, Inc., for him/her and in his/her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute on behalf
of him/her any and all Forms 3, 4, and 5 reporting beneficial
ownership and changes in beneficial ownership of securities
issued by Charter Communications, Inc. (the "Company") and any
amendments and supplements to those forms, which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary, appropriate, or
desirable to comply with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Rules"), and to file
such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") and NASDAQ.

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to perform all and every act requisite,
necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, with full power of revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power
of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall automatically terminate as to both
named attorneys-in-fact six months after the undersigned ceases
to be a Section 16 Reporting Person of the Company.  This Power
of Attorney shall terminate immediately as to the named
attorney-in-fact whose employment by the Company and its
affiliates shall terminate.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed.

Date: July 10, 2003			By:_/s/ David C. Merritt

	Print Name: David C. Merritt




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