POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and trustees of J&B Funds (the "Registrant") hereby
appoint P. Bradley Adams, Martin A. Cramer, and Stephen S. Soden (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with, or register any security
issued by the Registrant under, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, including but not limited to, any registration
statement, including any and all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any
other document to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any other
regulatory authority. Each of 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.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall be deemed to be
a single document.
The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney on
the 24th day of October, 2000.
/s/ Stephen S. Soden /s/ Steve W. Pankin
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Stephen S. Soden Steve W. Pankin
/s/ Eric T. Jager /s/ James R. Seward
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Eric T. Jager James R. Seward
/s/ John A. MacDonald /s/ P. Bradley Adams
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John A. MacDonald P. Bradley Adams, Treasurer
and Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
#367768.01
