EX-99.Q 5 c49526bexv99wq.txt EX-99.Q DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES POWER OF ATTORNEY City of Minneapolis State of Minnesota Each of the undersigned, as directors and trustees of the below listed open-end investment companies that previously have filed registration statements and amendments thereto pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
1933 Act 1940 Act Reg. Number Reg. Number ----------- ----------- RiverSource Bond Series, Inc. 2-72174 811-3178 RiverSource California Tax-Exempt Trust 33-5103 811-4646 RiverSource Dimensions Series, Inc. 2-28529 811-1629 RiverSource Diversified Income Series, Inc. 2-51586 811-2503 RiverSource Equity Series, Inc. 2-13188 811-772 RiverSource Global Series, Inc. 33-25824 811-5696 RiverSource Government Income Series, Inc. 2-96512 811-4260 RiverSource High Yield Income Series, Inc. 2-86637 811-3848 RiverSource Income Series, Inc. 2-10700 811-499 RiverSource International Managers Series, Inc. 333-64010 811-10427 RiverSource International Series, Inc. 2-92309 811-4075 RiverSource Investment Series, Inc. 2-11328 811-54 RiverSource Large Cap Series, Inc. 2-38355 811-2111 RiverSource Managers Series, Inc. 333-57852 811-10321 RiverSource Market Advantage Series, Inc. 33-30770 811-5897 RiverSource Money Market Series, Inc. 2-54516 811-2591 RiverSource Sector Series, Inc. 33-20872 811-5522 RiverSource Selected Series, Inc. 2-93745 811-4132 RiverSource Series Trust 333-131683 811-21852 RiverSource Short Term Investments Series, Inc. N/A 811-21914 RiverSource Special Tax-Exempt Series Trust 33-5102 811-4647 RiverSource Strategic Allocation Series, Inc. 2-93801 811-4133 RiverSource Strategy Series, Inc. 2-89288 811-3956 RiverSource Tax-Exempt Series, Inc. 2-57328 811-2686 RiverSource Tax-Exempt Income Series, Inc. 2-63552 811-2901 RiverSource Tax-Exempt Money Market Series, Inc. 2-66868 811-3003 RiverSource Variable Portfolio-Income Series, Inc. 2-73113 811-3219 RiverSource Variable Portfolio-Investment Series, Inc. 2-73115 811-3218 RiverSource Variable Portfolio-Managed Series, Inc. 2-96367 811-4252 RiverSource Variable Portfolio-Managers Series, Inc 333-61346 811-10383 RiverSource Variable Portfolio-Money Market Series, Inc. 2-72584 811-3190 RiverSource Variable Portfolio-Select Series, Inc. 333-113780 811-21534 RiverSource Variable Series Trust 333-146374 811-22127
Seligman Capital Fund, Inc. 002-33566 811-01886 Seligman Cash Management Fund, Inc. 002-56805 811-02650 Seligman Common Stock Fund, Inc. 002-10835 811-00234 Seligman Communications and Information Fund, Inc. 002-80168 811-03596 Seligman Core Fixed Income Fund, Inc. 333-63546 811-10423 Seligman Frontier Fund, Inc. 002-92487 811-04078 Seligman Global Fund Series, Inc. 033-44186 811-06485 Seligman Growth Fund, Inc. 002-10836 811-00229 Seligman High Income Fund Series 002-93076 811-04103 Seligman Income and Growth Fund, Inc. 002-10837 811-00525 Seligman LaSalle Real Estate Fund Series, Inc. 333-105799 811-21365 Seligman Municipal Fund Series, Inc. 002-86008 811-03828 Seligman Municipal Series Trust 002-92569 811-04250 Seligman New Jersey Municipal Fund, Inc. 033-13401 811-05126 Seligman Pennsylvania Municipal Fund Series 033-05793 811-04666 Seligman Portfolios, Inc. 033-15253 811-05221 Seligman TargetHorizon ETF Portfolios, Inc. 333-126647 811-21788 Seligman Asset Allocation Series, Inc. 333-85111 811-09545 Seligman Value Fund Series, Inc. 333-20621 811-08031 Seligman LaSalle International Real Estate Fund, Inc. 333-141258 811-22031 Seligman Select Municipal Fund, Inc. 033-32582 811-05976 (common) 033-33727 (preferred) Tri-Continental Corporation * 811-00266 (Common, Preferred, Warrants)
* Each time additional shares are registered for Tri-Continental Corporation, the SEC assigns a new '33 Act file number. hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen R. Lewis, Jr., any other member of the Boards who is not an interested person of the investment manager, and Scott R. Plummer or any one of these persons individually as her or his attorney-in-fact and agent to file and sign for her or him in her or his name, place and stead any and all further amendments to said registration statements with all exhibits and other documents thereto pursuant to said Acts and any rules and regulations thereunder and grants them the full power and authority to do and perform each and every act required and necessary to be done in connection therewith. Dated the 8th day of January, 2009. /s/ Kathleen A. Blatz /s/ Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Kathleen A. Blatz Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. /s/ Arne H. Carlson /s/ John F. Maher ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Arne H. Carlson John F. Maher /s/ Pamela G. Carlton /s/ Catherine James Paglia ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Pamela G. Carlton Catherine James Paglia /s/ Patricia M. Flynn /s/ Leroy C. Richie ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Patricia M. Flynn Leroy C. Richie /s/ Anne P. Jones /s/ Alison Taunton-Rigby ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Anne P. Jones Alison Taunton-Rigby /s/ Jeffrey Laikind /s/ William F. Truscott ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Jeffrey Laikind William F. Truscott