EX-99.POA CONSENT 3 poaconsent.txt Exhibit 16.1 FEDERATED MUNICIPAL SECURITIES FUND, INC. UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF DIRECTORS The undersigned, being all of the Directors of Federated Municipal Securities Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation"), hereby consent, in accordance with the laws of Title 2-408, Subsection (c), Corporations and Associations, Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, and Article II, Section 14 of the Bylaws, to the adoption of the following resolution with the same effect as though it had been adopted at the meeting of the Directors: RESOLVED, that the Board hereby authorizes the Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of the Corporation to sign in their place and stead, by power of attorney, the Registration Statement on Form N-14 relating to the proposed reorganization of Sentinel Tax-Free Income Fund into the Corporation. WITNESS the due execution hereof this 15th day of May, 2006. /s/ John F. Donahue /s/ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John F. Donahue Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. /s/ Thomas G. Bigley /s/ Peter E. Madden ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Thomas G. Bigley Peter E. Madden /s/ John T. Conroy, Jr. /s/ Charles F. Mansfield, Jr ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- John T. Conroy, Jr. Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. /s/ Nicholas P. Constantakis /s/ John E. Murray, Jr. J.D. ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Nicholas P. Constantakis John E. Murray, Jr. J.D. /s/ John F. Cunningham /s/ Marjorie P. Smuts ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- John F. Cunningham Marjorie P. Smuts /s/ J. Christopher Donahue /s/ John S. Walsh ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- J. Christopher Donahue John S. Walsh /s/ James F. Will --------------------------------- James F. Will