Exhibit 99.16
EXHIBIT 16.
The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
February 4, 2009
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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 Tax-Free California Fund into The Hartford Tax-Free National 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.
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/s/Lynn S. Birdsong |
| /s/Robert M. Gavin |
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Lynn S. Birdsong |
| Robert M. Gavin |
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/s/Duane E. Hill |
| /s/Sandra S. Jaffee |
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Duane E. Hill |
| Sandra S. Jaffee |
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/s/William P. Johnston |
| /s/Thomas M. Marra |
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William P. Johnston |
| Thomas M. Marra |
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/s/Phillip O. Peterson |
| /s/Lemma W. Senbet |
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Phillip O. Peterson |
| Lemma W. Senbet |
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/s/Lowndes A. Smith |
| /s/John C. Walters |
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Lowndes A. Smith |
| John C. Walters |