CERTIFICATE OF INCUMBENCY
I, Jeff Prusnofsky, Assistant Secretary of The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free
Municipal Funds (the "Fund"), do hereby certify that the following resolution
was duly adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Fund by written consent dated
March 7, 2000 as if adopted by the affirmative vote of the Board of Trustees at
a duly constituted meeting and that such resolution has not been modified or
rescinded and remains in full force and effect on the date hereof, with the
exception that Mark Kornfeld, Assistant General Counsel, resigned his position
as of April 10, 2000:
RESOLVED, that the following persons be, and they hereby are, elected
to the offices set forth opposite their respective names, to serve at
the pleasure of the Fund's Board:
President Stephen E. Canter
Vice President Mark N. Jacobs
Vice President and Treasurer Joseph Connolly
Secretary Steven F. Newman
Assistant Secretary Jeff Prusnofsky
Assistant Secretary Michael A. Rosenberg
Assistant Treasurer Michael Condon
Assistant Treasurer Gregory S. Gruber
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the Fund on October 24, 2000.
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/s/Jeff Prusnofsky
Assistant Secretary
[SEAL]
