Exhibit EX-99.(16)(A)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors of D.L. Babson Money Market Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund") hereby appoint Stephen S. Soden, P. Bradley Adams,
Martin A. Cramer and W. Guy Cooke (with full power to each of
them to act alone), his attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, file or withdraw any of the documents
referred to below relating to the Fund's Registration Statement
on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933, or any amendment
to such Registration Statement, covering the sale of shares by
the Fund under a prospectus becoming effective after this date,
with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed
with respect thereto with any 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. The
undersigned officers and directors hereby execute this Power of
Attorney as of the 27th day of April, 2000.
/s/H. David Rybolt
H. David Rybolt
/s/William H. Russell
William H. Russell
/s/Francis C. Rood
Francis C. Rood
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