Exhibit (s)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
MFS Municipal Income Trust
The undersigned, Trustees and officers of MFS Municipal Income Trust (the
"Registrant"), hereby severally constitute and appoint Jeffrey L. Shames,
Arnold D. Scott, Stephen E. Cavan, James O. Yost and James R. Bordewick, Jr.,
and each of them singly, as true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them
and each of them to sign for each of the undersigned, in the names of, and in
the capacities indicated below, any Registration Statement and any and all
amendments thereto and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
for the purpose of registering the Registrant as a management investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and/or the shares issued by
the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 granting unto our said
attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary or desirable to be
done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys
or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hand on this
1st day of July, 2000.
JEFFREY L. SHAMES
____________________________ Chairman of the Board; Trustee;
Jeffrey L. Shames and Principal Executive Officer
JAMES O. YOST
____________________________ Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
James O. Yost
J. ATWOOD IVES
____________________________ Trustee
J. Atwood Ives
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LAWRENCE T. PERERA
____________________________ Trustee
Lawrence T. Perera
WILLIAM J. POORVU
____________________________ Trustee
William J. Poorvu
CHARLES W. SCHMIDT
____________________________ Trustee
Charles W. Schmidt
ARNOLD D. SCOTT
_____________________________ Trustee
Arnold D. Scott
ELAINE R. SMITH
_____________________________ Trustee
Elaine R. Smith
DAVID B. STONE
_____________________________ Trustee
David B. Stone
