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<br /> � Merchants Bonding Company
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<br /> POWER OF ATTORNEY Bond No.
<br /> Know Ail Persons By These Presents,that the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL),a corporation duly organized under
<br /> riie laws of the State of lowa,and having its principal office in the City of Des Moines,County of Polk,State of lowa,hath made,
<br /> constituted and appointed,and does by these presents make,consdtute and appoint
<br /> Litton E.S.Field,Jr.,M.A.Jones,F.E.Launstein,Kathleen Sorenson
<br /> of St Paul and State of Minnesota its true and lawful Attomey-in-Fact,with full power
<br /> and authority hereby conferred in its name,place and stead,to sign,execute,ac�cnowiedge and deliver in its behalf as sureiy any
<br /> and all bonds,undertaldngs,recognizances or other written obligations i�the nature thereof,subjed to the limitation that any suc�
<br /> instrument shall not exceed the amount ot
<br /> FIVE MII,LION($5,000,000.00)DOLLARS
<br /> and to bind the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL)thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such bo�d or
<br /> undertakl�was signed by the duly author¢ed officers of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL),and all the ads of
<br /> said Attomey-in-Fact,pursuant to the authority herein given,are hereby ratlfied and conflm�ed.
<br /> This Power-of-Attomey is made and executed pursuant to and by aufhority of the folbwing Amended Substituted and Restated By-
<br /> Laws adopted by the Board of Direc�ors of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPAN1f(MUTUAL)on November 16,2002.
<br /> ARTICLE II,SECTION 8-The Chairtrran of the Board or President a any Y�ce President or Secretary shall have power and
<br /> autFwrity to appoint Attomeysin-Fact,and to authorize them to execute on behaif of ttie Company,and a�the Seal of the
<br /> Company thereto,bonds a�undertakings,recognizances,contracts of indemnity and other writings obligatory in the nature
<br /> thereof.
<br /> ARTICLE II,SECTION 9-The signature of any authorized officer and the Seal of the Company may be aftixed by(acsimile
<br /> . to any Power of Attomey or Ce�tificatlon thereof authorizing the execution and dei'rvery of a�ry bond, undertaking,
<br /> recognizance,or other suretyship obligations of the Company,and such signature and seal when so used shall have the
<br /> same�or�ce and effed as thou�rtranualty fixed.
<br /> In Witness Whereof,MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL)has caused these presents to be signed by its President and
<br /> its caporate seal to be hereto affixed,this 1st day of January.2003.
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<br /> ����N,C�,.CO�A: MERCHANTS BONDIN(i COMPANY(MUTUAL)
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<br /> STATE OF IOWA �••....•• President
<br /> COUNTY OF POLK ss.
<br /> On this tst day of January,2003,before me appeared Larry Taylor,to me personaly knovm,who being by me duty swom did say tl�at
<br /> he is President of the MERCHANTS BONOING COMPANY(MUTUAL),the corporalion described�the foregoing instrument,and ihat the
<br /> Seal affaed to the said insUvmeM is the Corporate Seal of the said Corporation and that the said'mstrumeM was signed and sealed in beha�
<br /> of said Corporation by authorily of its Board of�iredors.
<br /> In Testimony Whereof,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at the City of Des Moines,lowa,the day and year first
<br /> above writt�.
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<br /> MARILYN BOYD
<br /> _ , �� Commission Number 10012
<br /> My Commissan�E��xpires
<br /> Novembet 4,Y004 Notary PuWlc,Pdk County,bwa
<br /> STATE OF IOWA
<br /> COUNN OF POLK ss.
<br /> i, Wiqiam Wamer,Jr.,Secrelary of the MERCHANTS BOPIDING COMPANY(MUTUAL),do he�eby certify that the above and foregoing
<br /> is a true and coRect copy of the POWER-0E-ATTORNEY executed by said MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL),wFdch is
<br /> stiil in fuA force and�fed and has not been�nended or revoked.
<br /> In Wifiess Whereof,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seai of the Company on this 5th day of May Z003,
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