POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints
Robert W. Stallings, James M. Hennessy, Jeffrey S. Puretz and Karen L.
Anderberg, and each of them his true and lawful attorney-in-fact as agent with
full power of substitution and resubstitution of him in his name, place, and
stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-14 applicable to
the Pilgrim Government Securities Income Fund, Inc. and any amendment or
supplement thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: December 17, 1999
/s/ Michael A. Roland
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Michael A. Roland
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints
Robert W. Stallings, James M. Hennessy, Jeffrey S. Puretz and Karen L.
Anderberg, and each of them his true and lawful attorney-in-fact as agent with
full power of substitution and resubstitution of him in his name, place, and
stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-14 applicable to
the Pilgrim Government Securities Income Fund, Inc. and any amendment or
supplement thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: December 17, 1999
/s/ Mary A. Baldwin, Ph.D
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Mary A. Baldwin, Ph.D
/s/ Al Burton /s/ Paul S. Doherty
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Al Burton Paul S. Doherty
/s/ Robert B. Goode, Jr. /s/ Alan L. Gosule
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Robert B. Goode, Jr. Alan L. Gosule
/s/ Mark Lipson /s/ Walter H. May
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Mark Lipson Walter H. May
/s/ Jock Patton /s/ David W.C. Putnam
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Jock Patton David W.C. Putnam
/s/ John R. Smith /s/ Robert W. Stallings
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John R. Smith Robert W. Stallings
/s/ John G. Turner /s/ David W. Wallace
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John G. Turner David W. Wallace