T. ROWE PRICE U.S. BOND INDEX FUND, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
RESOLVED, that the Corporation does hereby constitute and authorize William T.
Reynolds, Joel H. Goldberg and Henry H. Hopkins, and each of them individually,
their true and lawful attorneys and agents to take any and all action and
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents may deem
necessary or advisable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and
any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, in connection with the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation, to be offered by the Corporation and the registration of the
Corporation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including
specifically, but without limitation of the foregoing, power and authority to
sign the name of the Corporation on its behalf, and to sign the names of each of
such directors and officers on his behalf as such director or officer to any (i)
Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Corporation filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; (ii)
Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Corporation under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended; (iii) amendment or supplement (including, but
not limited to, Post-Effective Amendments adding additional series or classes of
the Corporation) to said Registration Statement; and (iv) instruments or
documents filed or to be filed as a part of or in connection with such
Registration Statement, including Articles Supplementary, Articles of Amendment,
and other instruments with respect to the Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above named Corporation has caused these presents
to be signed and the same attested by its Secretary, each thereunto duly
authorized by its Board of Directors, and each of the undersigned has hereunto
set his hand and seal as of the day set opposite his name.
/s/William T. Reynolds
____________________________ Director October 25, 2000
William T. Reynolds
/s/M. David Testa
____________________________ Director October 25, 2000
M. David Testa
/s/James S. Riepe
____________________________ Director October 25, 2000
James S. Riepe
/s/Joseph A. Carrier
____________________________ Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
October 25, 2000
Joseph A. Carrier
/s/Calvin W. Burnett
____________________________ Director October 25, 2000
Calvin W. Burnett
/s/Anthony W. Deering
____________________________ Director October 25, 2000
Anthony W. Deering
(Signatures Continued)
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/s/F. Pierce Linaweaver
____________________________ Director October 25, 2000
F. Pierce Linaweaver
/s/John G. Schreiber
____________________________ Director October 25, 2000
John G. Schreiber
ATTEST:
/s/Patricia B. Lippert
____________________________
Patricia B. Lippert, Secretary
