**Exhibit 24.1**

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

Eachperson whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick J. Mooreand Charles A. Hinrichs, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-factand agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign Annual Reports onForm 10-K and all required interim reports and to file the same, with allexhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, regardingSmurfit-Stone Container Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with theSecurities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority, grantingunto said attorney-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform eachand every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about thepremises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could doin person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact andagents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done byvirtue hereof.

 
| **Signature** | ** **                    | ** ** | **Title**                              | ** **                                 |
|---------------|-------------------------------|------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | PATRICK J. MOORE              |       |                                   | Chairman,  President, Chief Executive      |
|          | Patrick J. Moore              |       | Officer and  Director                  |
|          |                          |       | (Principal  Executive Officer)         |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | CHARLES A.  HINRICHS          |       |                                   | Senior Vice  President and Chief Financial |
|          | Charles A.  Hinrichs          |       | Officer  (Principal Financial Officer) |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | PAUL K. KAUFMANN              |       |                                   | Senior Vice  President and Controller      |   |
|          | Paul K. Kaufmann              |       | (Principal  Accounting Officer)        |                                       |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | JAMES R. BORIS                |       |                                   | Director                                   |   |
|          | James R. Boris                |       |                                   |                                       |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | CONNIE K.  DUCKWORTH          |       |                                   | Director                                   |   |
|          | Connie K.  Duckworth          |       |                                   |                                       |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | ALAN E. GOLDBERG              |       |                                   | Director                                   |   |
|          | Alan E. Goldberg              |       |                                   |                                       |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | WILLIAM T. LYNCH, JR.    |       |                                   | Director                                   |   |
|          | William T. Lynch, Jr.    |       |                                   |                                       |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | JAMES J. O’CONNOR        |       |                                   | Director                                   |   |
|          | James J. O’Connor        |       |                                   |                                       |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | JERRY K.  PEARLMAN            |       |                                   | Director                                   |   |
|          | Jerry K.  Pearlman            |       |                                   |                                       |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | THOMAS A.  REYNOLDS, III |       |                                   | Director                                   |   |
|          | Thomas A.  Reynolds, III |       |                                   |                                       |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | EUGENE C. SIT                 |       |                                   | Director                                   |   |
|          | Eugene C. Sit                 |       |                                   |                                       |
|          |                          |       |                                   |                                       |
| /s/           | WILLIAM D.  SMITHBURG         |       |                                   | Director                                   |   |
|          | William D.  Smithburg         |       |                                   |                                       |

 

 

Date:   March 2,2006

 

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