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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000902561-08-000085
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080508
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080512
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080512

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DTF TAX-FREE INCOME INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000879535
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				363793962
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 EAST MONROE ST
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60603
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3122141250

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 MULBERRY STREET
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07102-4077

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DUFF & PHELPS UTILITIES TAX FREE INCOME INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			POINDEXTER CHRISTIAN H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001050744

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06416
		FILM NUMBER:		08822224

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4102345575

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 1475
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21203
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            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60603</rptOwnerZipCode>
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  <p align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
  <p>Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
  hereby constitutes and appoints each of Nathan I. Partain, T. Brooks Beittel,
  Alan M. Meder and Joyce B. Riegel, signing singly, the undersigned&#146;s
  attorney-in-fact to: </p>
  <p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; execute for and on behalf of the
  undersigned, in the undersigned&#146;s capacity as an officer and/or director of
  the registered investment company(ies) listed on Schedule A hereto (the &#147;Fund&#148;
  or the &#147;Funds,&#148; as the case may be), Forms&nbsp;3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
  Section&nbsp;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
  </p>
  <p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; do and perform any and all acts for
  and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
  complete and execute any such Form&nbsp;3, 4, or 5, to complete and execute any
  amendment or amendments thereto and to timely file such forms and/or
  amendments with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
  stock exchange or similar authority; and </p>
  <p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp; take any other action of any type
  whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
  attorney&#150;in&#150;fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
  required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
  by such attorney&#150;in&#150;fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
  of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
  as such attorney&#150;in&#150;fact may approve in such attorney&#150;in&#150;fact&#146;s discretion.
  </p>
  <p>The undersigned hereby grants to each such
  attorney&#150;in&#150;fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
  and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise
  of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
  purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
  power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
  such attorney&#150;in&#150;fact, or such attorney&#150;in&#150;fact&#146;s substitute or substitutes,
  shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and
  the rights and powers herein granted.&nbsp; The undersigned acknowledges that
  the foregoing attorneys&#150;in&#150;fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
  the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any Fund or any of its advisors
  assuming, any of the undersigned&#146;s responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
  <p>This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
  and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms&nbsp;3, 4 and
  5 with respect to the undersigned&#146;s holdings of and transactions in securities
  issued by any Fund, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
  writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys&#150;in&#150;fact. </p>
  <p>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
  undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th
  day of May, 2008. </p>
  <p style="margin-left:350; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  /s/ Christian H. Poindexter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </u></p>
  <p style="margin-left:350; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Christian H. Poindexter</p>
  <p>
  &nbsp;</p>
  <p>
  &nbsp;</p>
  <p>
  &nbsp;</p>
  <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b>SCHEDULE A</b></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0; margin-top:0">DNP
  Select Income Fund Inc.</p>
  <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0; margin-top:0">DTF
  Tax-Free Income Inc.</p>
  <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0; margin-top:0">Duff &amp;
  Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc.</p>
  <p>&nbsp;

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