EXHIBIT 16
Power of Attorney
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
AND RELATED FILINGS
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The undersigned officer of THE MONTGOMERY FUNDS and THE MONTGOMERY
FUNDS II (the "Trusts") hereby appoints MARK B. GEIST, JULIE ALLECTA, MITCHELL
E. NICHTER and DAVID A. HEARTH (with full power to each of them to act alone),
his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all capacities, to execute and to file
any documents relating to the Registration Statements on Forms N-1A and N-14
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and under the laws of all states and other domestic and
foreign jurisdictions, including any and all amendments thereto, covering the
registration and the sale of shares by the Trusts, including all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any
regulatory authority, including applications for exemptive orders, rulings or
filings of proxy materials. 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 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.
The undersigned officer hereby executes this Power of Attorney as of
this 26th day of June, 1998.
/s/ George A. Rio
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George A. Rio
President and Principal Executive Officer;
Treasurer and Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
AND RELATED FILINGS
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The undersigned trustees of THE MONTGOMERY FUNDS and THE MONTGOMERY
FUNDS II and THE MONTGOMERY FUNDS III (the "Trusts") hereby appoints MARK B.
GEIST, JULIE ALLECTA, MITCHELL E. NICHTER and DAVID A. HEARTH (with full power
to each of them to act alone), his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute and to file any documents relating to the Registration
Statements on Forms N-1A and N-14 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under the laws of
all states and other domestic and foreign jurisdictions, including any and all
amendments thereto, covering the registration and the sale of shares by the
Trusts, including all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed
with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, including applications for
exemptive orders, rulings or filings of proxy materials. 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 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.
The undersigned trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney as of
this 4th day of August, 1997.
/s/ R. Stephen Doyle /s/ John A. Farnsworth
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R. Stephen Doyle John A Farnsworth,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Trustee
/s/ Andrew Cox /s/ Cecilia H. Herbert
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Andrew Cox, Cecilia H. Herbert,
Trustee Trustee
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