EX-99.Q 7 exq-bcf.txt Exhibit (q) Power of Attorney ----------------- Scudder Aggressive Growth Fund Scudder Value Series, Inc. Scudder Blue Chip Fund Scudder Variable Series II Scudder Equity Trust Cash Account Trust Scudder Focus Value Plus Growth Fund Cash Equivalent Fund Scudder Growth Trust Investors Cash Trust Scudder High Income Series Investors Municipal Cash Fund Scudder Investors Trust Scudder Money Funds Scudder New Europe Fund, Inc. Scudder YieldWise Funds Scudder Portfolios Tax-Exempt CA Money Market Fund Scudder State Tax-Free Income Series Scudder High Income Trust Scudder Strategic Income Fund Scudder Intermediate Government & Agency Trust Scudder Target Fund Scudder Multi-Market Income Trust Scudder Technology Fund Scudder Municipal Income Trust Scudder Total Return Fund Scudder Strategic Income Trust Scudder U.S. Government Securities Fund Scudder Strategic Municipal Income Trust
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. By so signing, the undersigned in their capacity as a director, trustee or officer, or both, as the case may be of the Registrant, does hereby appoint Daniel O. Hirsch, John Millette and Caroline Pearson, and each of them, severally, or if more than one acts, a majority of them, their true and lawful attorney and agent to execute in their name, place and stead (in such capacity) any and all amendments to the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, to attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have power to act with or without the other and have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and agents and each of them.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- /s/Shirley D. Peterson Chairman/Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ Shirley D. Peterson /s/Lewis A. Burnham Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ Lewis A. Burnham /s/John W. Ballantine Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ John W. Ballantine /s/Donald L. Dunaway Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ Donald L. Dunaway /s/James R. Edgar Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ James R. Edgar /s/Paul K. Freeman Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ Paul K. Freeman /s/Robert B. Hoffman Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ Robert B. Hoffman /s/William McClayton Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ William McClayton /s/William N. Shiebler Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ William N. Shiebler /s/Robert H. Wadsworth Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ Robert H. Wadsworth /s/John G. Weithers Trustee/Director March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------ John G. Weithers