(Exhibit 16)
SCUDDER INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC.
SCUDDER INVESTMENT TRUST
SCUDDER MUNICIPAL TRUST
SCUDDER TAX FREE TRUST
SCUDDER VARIABLE SERIES I
Power of Attorney
We, the undersigned Trustees of each of the funds listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Funds”), hereby severally constitute and appoint Daniel O. Hirsh, John Millette and Caroline Pearson, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorney and agent, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for us, and in our names and in the capacities indicated below, any Registration Statement on Form N-14 for each Fund and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statements and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
WITNESS my hand and seal on the date set forth below.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Dawn-Marie Driscoll Dawn-Marie Driscoll | Chair of the Board; Trustee | July 22, 2004 | ||
/s/ Henry P. Becton, Jr. Henry P. Becton, Jr. | Trustee | July 22, 2004 | ||
/s/ Keith R. Fox Keith R. Fox | Trustee | July 22, 2004 | ||
/s/ Louis E. Levy Louis E. Levy | Trustee | July 22, 2004 | ||
/s/ Jean Gleason Stromberg Jean Gleason Stromberg | Trustee | July 22, 2004 | ||
/s/ Jean C. Tempel Jean C. Tempel | Trustee | July 22, 2004 | ||
/s/ Carl W. Vogt Carl W. Vogt | Trustee | July 22, 2004 | ||
SCHEDULE A
Scudder Growth and Income Fund
Scudder Capital Growth Fund
Scudder Managed Municipal Bond Fund
Scudder Greater Europe Growth Fund
Scudder Intermediate Tax/AMT Free Fund
Scudder International Fund
Scudder SVS I Growth and Income Portfolio
Scudder SVS I Capital Growth Portfolio