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 each Fund enumerated on Exhibit A hereto (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
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Stephen E. Canter
President
/s/ Joseph W. Connolly March 22, 2000
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Joseph W. Connolly
Vice President and Treasurer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitute and appoint Mark N. Jacobs, Steven F.
Newman, Michael A. Rosenberg, Jeff Prusnofsky, Robert R. Mullery, Janette
Farragher, Mark Kornfield, and John B. Hammalian, 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 each Fund enumerated on Exhibit A hereto (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/ Joseph S. DiMartino March 16, 2000
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Joseph S. DiMartino
/s/ James M. Fitzgibbons March 16, 2000
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James M. Fitzgibbons
/s/ J. Tomlinson Fort March 16, 2000
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J. Tomlinson Fort
/s/ Arthur L. Goeschel March 16, 2000
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Arthur L. Goeschel
/s/ Kenneth A. Himmel March 16, 2000
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Kenneth A. Himmel
/s/ Stephen J. Lockwood March 16, 2000
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Stephen J. Lockwood
/s/ Roslyn Watson March 16, 2000
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Roslyn Watson
/s/ Benaree Pratt Wiley March 16, 2000
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Benaree Pratt Wiley
EXHIBIT A
The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.
The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust
The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds
Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund
