POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                       FOR
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               AND RELATED FILINGS



                  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






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                       FOR
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               AND RELATED FILINGS



         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