Item 24.(b)
Other Exhibits (a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitute and appoint Mark N. Jacobs, Steven F.
Newman, Michael A. Rosenberg, John B. Hammalian, Jeff Prusnofsky, Robert R.
Mullery, Janette E. Farragher, and Mark Kornfeld, and each of them, with full
power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her, and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in
writing) to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement of General
Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (including post-effective amendments and amendments
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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
/s/ Clifford L. Alexander March 16, 2000
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Clifford L. Alexander
/s/ Peggy C. Davis March 16, 2000
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Peggy C. Davis
/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino March 16, 2000
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Joseph S. DiMartino
/s/ Ernest Kafka March 16, 2000
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Ernest Kafka
/s/ Nathan Leventhal March 16, 2000
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Nathan Leventhal
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby each constitute and appoint Mark N. Jacobs, Steven
F. Newman, Michael A. Rosenberg, Jeff Prusnofsky, Robert R. Mullery, Janette
Farragher, Mark Kornfeld, and John B. Hammalian, and each of them, with full
power to act without the other, her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for her, and in her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign
any and all amendments to the Registration Statement of General Municipal Bond
Fund, Inc. (including post-effective amendments and amendments 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
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Stephen E. Canter March 22, 2000
Stephen E. Canter
President
/s/ Joseph W. Connolly March 22, 2000
Joseph W. Connolly
Vice President and Treasurer
