POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned officers and trustees of FRANKLIN TAX-EXEMPT
MONEY FUND, a Delaware statutory trust  (the "Registrant"),
hereby appoint BRUCE G. LETO, KAREN L. SKIDMORE, CRAIG S.
TYLE, DAVID P. GOSS and STEVEN J. GRAY (with full power to
each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and
agent, in all capacities, to execute, deliver and file in
the names of the undersigned, any and all instruments that
said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to
enable the Registrant to comply with or register any
security issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the
Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form N-14 with
respect to the proposed reorganization of Franklin New York
Tax-Exempt Money Fund with and into Franklin Tax-Exempt
Money Fund, including any and all pre- and post-effective
amendments thereto, any other document to be filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all
documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any
other regulatory authority.  Each of the undersigned grants
to each of said attorneys, full authority to do every act
necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she could do if
personally present, thereby ratifying all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

      This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which shall be deemed to be a single
document.

      The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute
this Power of Attorney as of the 14TH day of April, 2009.


/s/ RUPERT H. JOHNSON, JR.                /s/ HARRIS J. ASHTON
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr.,                   Harris J. Ashton,
Chief Executive Officer-Investment        Trustee
Management

/s/ ROBERT F. CARLSON                     /s/ SAM GINN
Robert F. Carlson,                        Sam Ginn,
Trustee                                   Trustee

/s/ EDITH E. HOLIDAY                      /s/ CHARLES B. JOHNSON
Edith E. Holiday,                         Charles B. Johnson,
Trustee                                   Trustee

/s/ GREGORY E. JOHNSON                    /s/ FRANK W.T. LAHAYE
Gregory E. Johnson,                       Frank W.T. LaHaye,
Trustee                                   Trustee

/s/ FRANK A. OLSON                        /s/ LARRY D. THOMPSON
Frank A. Olson,                           Larry D. Thompson,
Trustee                                   Trustee

/s/ JOHN B. WILSON                        /s/ LAURA F. FERGERSON
John B. Wilson,                           Laura F. Fergerson,
Trustee                                   Chief Executive Officer
                                          - Finance and Administration

/s/ GASTON GARDEY
Gaston Gardey,
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer