EXHIBIT 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC.
INVESTMENT TRUST
SCUDDER CALIFORNIA TAX FREE TRUST
SCUDDER CASH INVESTMENT TRUST
SCUDDER FUNDS TRUST
SCUDDER INCOME TRUST
SCUDDER INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC.
SCUDDER MONEY MARKET TRUST
SCUDDER MUNICIPAL TRUST
SCUDDER MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
SCUDDER PATHWAY SERIES
SCUDDER PORTFOLIO TRUST
SCUDDER SECURITIES TRUST
SCUDDER STATE TAX FREE TRUST
SCUDDER TAX FREE MONEY FUND
SCUDDER TAX FREE TRUST
SCUDDER U.S. TREASURY MONEY FUND
VALUE EQUITY TRUST
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated. By so signing, the undersigned in his/her capacity as
trustee or officer, or both, as the case may be of the Registrant, does hereby
appoint John Millette and Caroline Pearson and each of them, severally, or if
more than one acts, a majority of them, his/her true and lawful attorney and
agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead (in such capacity) any and all
amendments to the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments
thereto and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, to
attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have
power to act with or without the other and have full power and authority to do
and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the
premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and
agents and each of them.
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Signature Title Date
<S> <C> <C>
/s/ Linda C. Coughlin Trustee/Director 7/14/2000
Linda C. Coughlin
/s/ Henry P. Becton, Jr. Trustee/Director 7/14/2000
Henry P. Becton, Jr.
/s/ Dawn-Marie Driscoll Trustee/Director 7/14/2000
Dawn-Marie Driscoll
/s/ Edgar R. Fiedler Trustee/Director 6/20/2000
Edgar R. Fiedler
/s/ Keith R. Fox Trustee/Director 7/3/2000
Keith R. Fox
/s/ Joan E. Spero Trustee/Director 7/14/2000
Joan Edelman Spero
/s/ Jean Gleason Stromberg Trustee/Director 7/14/2000
Jean Gleason Stromberg
/s/ Jean C. Temple Trustee/Director 7/14/2000
Jean C. Temple
/s/ Steven Zaleznick Trustee/Director 7/14/2000
Steven Zaleznick
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