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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



     The  undersigned  hereby  constitutes  and appoints  Christopher R. Bohane,
James R.  Bordewick,  Jr., James F.  DesMarais and John D. Norberg,  and each of
them singly,  as true and lawful  attorneys  with full power to them and each of
them, to execute,  on behalf of the  undersigned,  in the capacity listed below,
any and all  statements or reports under Section 16 of the  Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended,  with respect to the beneficial ownership of reportable
securities  issued by MFS Charter Income Trust,  MFS  Government  Markets Income
Trust,  MFS  Intermediate  Income  Trust,  MFS  Multimarket  Income  Trust,  MFS
Municipal  Income  Trust  and  MFS  Special  Value  Trust   including,   without
limitation,  all  initial  statements  of  beneficial  ownership  on Form 3, all
statements  of  changes  of  beneficial  ownership  on  Form  4 and  all  annual
statements  of beneficial  ownership on Form 5, and any and all other  documents
that may be required,  from time to time,  to be filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission,  to execute any and all  amendments or  supplements to any
such statements or forms, and to file the same, with all exhibits  thereto,  and
other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission,  granting to said  attorney,  full power and  authority to do so and
perform each and every act and thing  requisite  and necessary to be done in and
about the  premises,  as fully to all  intents and  purposes as the  undersigned
might or could do in  person,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that said
attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned has set his or her hand on this 21st
day of August, 2003.




STEPHEN E. CAVAN
Stephen E. Cavan
Secretary and Clerk of the Funds

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