Exhibit o(i) under Form N-1A
Exhibit 24 under Item 601/Reg. S-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
the Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of FEDERATED MUNICIPAL SECURITIES INCOME
TRUST and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for them and in their names, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all documents to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of
1940, by means of the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic disclosure
system known as EDGAR; 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 sign and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as each of them might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
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/S/ WILLIAM D. DAWSON, III Chief Investment Officer August 22, 2000
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William D. Dawson, III
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22ND day of August 22, 1999
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/S/JANICE L. VANDENBERG
Janice L. Vandenberg
Notarial Seal
Janice L. Vandenberg, Notary Public
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
My Commission Expires July 4, 2002
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
