POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and trustees of FRANKLIN FEDERAL TAX-FREE INCOME
FUND (the "Registrant") hereby appoint MARK H. PLAFKER, HARMON E. BURNS, DEBORAH
R. GATZEK, KAREN L. SKIDMORE, LEIANN NUZUM, Murray L. Simpson, Barbara J. Green
and David P. Goss (with full power to each of them to act alone) his/her
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/she
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 directors hereby execute this Power of
Attorney as of the 16th day of May, 2000.
/S/RUPERT H. JOHNSON, JR. /S/FRANK H. ABBOTT, III
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Rupert H. Johnson, Jr., Frank H. Abbott, III,
Principal Executive Officer and Director Director
/S/HARRIS ASHTON /S/HARMON E. BURMS
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Harris J. Ashton, Harmon E. Burns,
Director Director
/S/ROBERT F. CARLSON /S/S.JOSEPH FORTUNATO
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Robert F. Carlson, S. Joseph Fortunato,
Director Director
/S/CHARLES B. JOHNSON /S/FRANK W.T. LA HAYE
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Charles B. Johnson, Frank W.T. LaHaye,
Director Director
/S/GORDON S. MACKLIN /S/MARTIN L. FLANAGAN
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Gordon S. Macklin, Martin L. Flanagan,
Director Principal Financial Officer
/S/KIMBERLEY H. MONASTERIO
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Kimberley H. Monasterio,
Principal Accounting Officer
