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Exhibit 16
NUVEEN FLAGSHIP MUNICIPAL TRUST
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced trust, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER,
ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power
to each of them to act alone) her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
for her on her behalf and in her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, execute and affix her seal thereto and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any
amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other
documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state,
relating to the reorganization, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as she
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set her hand this 24th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Anne E. Impellizzeri
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Anne E. Impellizzeri
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 24th day of July, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be her voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
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NUVEEN FLAGSHIP MUNICIPAL TRUST
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced trust, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER,
ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power
to each of them to act alone) her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
for her on her behalf and in her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, execute and affix her seal thereto and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any
amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other
documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state,
relating to the reorganization, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as she
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set her hand this 24th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Judith M. Stockdale
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Judith M. Stockdale
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 24th day of July, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be her voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
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NUVEEN FLAGSHIP MUNICIPAL TRUST
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced trust, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER,
ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power
to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
for him on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, execute and affix his seal thereto and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any
amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other
documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state,
relating to the reorganization, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 24th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Robert P. Bremner
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Robert P. Bremner
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 24th day of July, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
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NUVEEN FLAGSHIP MUNICIPAL TRUST
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced trust, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER,
ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power
to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
for him on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, execute and affix his seal thereto and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any
amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other
documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state,
relating to the reorganization, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 24th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Lawrence H. Brown
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Lawrence H. Brown
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 24th day of July, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
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NUVEEN FLAGSHIP MUNICIPAL TRUST
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced trust, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER,
ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power
to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
for him on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, execute and affix his seal thereto and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any
amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other
documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state,
relating to the reorganization, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 24th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Peter R. Sawers
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Peter R. Sawers
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 24th day of July, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
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NUVEEN FLAGSHIP MUNICIPAL TRUST
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced trust, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER,
ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, execute and affix his seal thereto and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any
amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other
documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state,
relating to the reorganization, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 24th day of July, 2000.
/s/ William J. Schneider
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William J. Schneider
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 24th day of July, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
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NUVEEN FLAGSHIP MUNICIPAL TRUST
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced trusts hereby constitutes and appoints ALAN G. BERKSHIRE and
GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and
affix his seal thereto and file one or more Registration Statements on Form N-14
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all
exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any
regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the reorganization, without
limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 24th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Timothy R. Schwertfeger
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Timothy R. Schwertfeger
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 24th day of July, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
