Hartford Multi-Asset Income Fund (ITTAX) N-14 Registration statement for investment companies business combination

Exhibit 99.16

EXHIBIT 16
The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

May 6, 2009

Lynn S. Birdsong	Robert M. Gavin
Duane E. Hill	Sandra S. Jaffee
William P. Johnston	Thomas M. Marra
Phillip O. Peterson	Lemma W. Senbet
Lowndes A. Smith	John C. Walters

do hereby constitute and appoint as their attorneys-in-fact Edward P. Macdonald, Catherine E. Marshall, Alice A. Pellegrino, and/or Michael G. Phillips to sign on their behalf the Registration Statement on Form N-14 relating to the proposed reorganization of The Hartford Income Allocation Fund into The Hartford Total Return Bond Fund, and any amendments to the Registration Statement, including pre-effective amendments and post-effective amendments, with all exhibits thereto, and to file the same documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the above-referenced investment company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney to be effective as of the date first written above.

/s/Lynn S. Birdsong	/s/Robert M. Gavin
Lynn S. Birdsong	Robert M. Gavin
/s/Duane E. Hill	/s/Sandra S. Jaffee
Duane E. Hill	Sandra S. Jaffee
/s/William P. Johnston	/s/Thomas M. Marra
William P. Johnston	Thomas M. Marra
/s/Phillip O. Peterson	/s/Lemma W. Senbet
Phillip O. Peterson	Lemma W. Senbet
/s/Lowndes A. Smith	/s/John C. Walters
Lowndes A. Smith	John C. Walters