Exhibit (16)
Power of Attorney
SIT MUTUAL FUNDS II, INC.
On behalf of
SIT TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Eugene C. Sit and Paul E. Rasmussen, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign a Registration Statement on Form N-14 of Sit Mutual Funds II, Inc. (the “Company”), and any and all amendments thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or the substitutes for such attorneys-in-fact and agents, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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/s/ Paul E. Rasmussen |
| Treasurer & Chief Compliance Officer |
| May 25, 2007 |
Paul E. Rasmussen |
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/s/ Eugene C. Sit |
| Chairman and Director |
| May 25, 2007 |
Eugene C. Sit |
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/s/ Melvin C. Bahle |
| Director |
| May 25, 2007 |
Melvin C. Bahle |
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/s/ William E. Frenzel |
| Director |
| May 25, 2007 |
William E. Frenzel |
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/s/ John P. Fagan |
| Director |
| May 25, 2007 |
John P. Fagan |
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/s / Sidney L. Jones |
| Director |
| May 25, 2007 |
Sidney L. Jones |
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/s/ Bruce C. Lueck |
| Director |
| May 25, 2007 |
Bruce C. Lueck |
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/s/ Donald W. Phillips |
| Director |
| May 25, 2007 |
Donald W. Phillips |
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