Exhibit s

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of November, 2010.

  /s/ John P. Amboian

John P. Amboian

STATE OF     ILLINOIS	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF       COOK	)

On this 17th day of November, 2010, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

“OFFICIAL SEAL”
Virginia L. Corcoran	/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/16/2013

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of November, 2010.

  /s/ Terence J. Toth

Terence J. Toth

STATE OF     ILLINOIS	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF         COOK	)

On this 17th day of November, 2010, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

“OFFICIAL SEAL”
Virginia L. Corcoran	/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/16/2013

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of November, 2010.

  /s/ Jack B. Evans

Jack B. Evans

STATE OF     ILLINOIS	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF         COOK	)

On this 17th day of November, 2010, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

“OFFICIAL SEAL”
Virginia L. Corcoran	/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/16/2013

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of November, 2010.

  /s/ William J. Schneider

William J. Schneider

STATE OF     ILLINOIS	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF         COOK	)

On this 17th day of November, 2010, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

“OFFICIAL SEAL”
Virginia L. Corcoran	/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/16/2013

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for her on her behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set her hand this 17th day of November, 2010.

  /s/ Judith M. Stockdale

Judith M. Stockdale

STATE OF     ILLINOIS	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF         COOK	)

On this 17th day of November, 2010, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be her voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

“OFFICIAL SEAL”
Virginia L. Corcoran	/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/16/2013

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of November, 2010.

  /s/ Robert P. Bremner

Robert P. Bremner

STATE OF     ILLINOIS	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF         COOK	)

On this 17th day of November, 2010, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

“OFFICIAL SEAL”
Virginia L. Corcoran	/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/16/2013

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of November, 2010.

  /s/ William C. Hunter

William C. Hunter

STATE OF     ILLINOIS	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF         COOK	)

On this 17th day of November, 2010, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

“OFFICIAL SEAL”
Virginia L. Corcoran	/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/16/2013

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set his hand this 17thday of November, 2010.

  /s/ David J. Kundert

David J. Kundert

STATE OF     ILLINOIS	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF         COOK	)

On this 17th day of November, 2010, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

“OFFICIAL SEAL”
Virginia L. Corcoran	/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/16/2013

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for her on her behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set her hand this 17th day of November, 2010.

  /s/ Carole E. Stone

Carole E. Stone

STATE OF     ILLINOIS	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF     COOK	)

On this 17th day of November, 2010, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be her voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

“OFFICIAL SEAL”
Virginia L. Corcoran	/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/16/2013

NUVEEN MASSACHUSETTS PREMIUM INCOME MUNICIPAL FUND

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the above-referenced organization, hereby constitutes and appoints KEVIN J. McCARTHY, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for her on her behalf and in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 registering MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization has hereunto set her hand this 7th day of January, 2011.

    /s/ Virginia L. Stringer        

Virginia L. Stringer

STATE OF     Florida	)
	)SS
COUNTY OF     Lee	)

On this 7th day of January, 2011, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be her voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes therein set forth.

        /s/ Sheryl L. Tatum

Notary Public

NOTARY SEAL

SHERYL L. TATUM

State of Florida

My Commission Expires Nov 2, 2011

Commission # DD 704433

Bonded Through National Notary Assn.