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POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />'Know all Men by these Presents, That the FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 15 Mountain View Road, Warren, New Jersey, a New Jersey Corpora
<br />tion,has constituted and appointed, and does hereby constitute and appoint Richard A. Nielsen, Dorothy R; Schroder,
<br />'Thaddeus S. Kirk, Kenneth A. Morley and John R. Dykstra of Wilmington, Delaware-----------------
<br />each its true and lawful Attorney -in -Fact to execute under such designation in its name and to affix its corporate seal to and deliver for and on its behalf as
<br />surety thereon or otherwise, bonds of any of the following classes, to -wit:
<br />f: Bonds and Undertakings filed in any suit, matter or proceeding in any Court, or filed with any Sheriff or Magistrate, for the doing or not doing of anything
<br />specified in such Bond or Undertaking,
<br />2" Surety''bondsto the United States of America or any agency thereof, including those required or permitted under the laws or regulations relating to, Customs
<br />:or Internal Revenue; License and Pen -nit Bonds or other indemnity bonds under the laws, ordinances or regulations of any State, City, Town; Village.,
<br />Board or other body or organization, public or private; bonds to Transportation Companies, Lost Instrument bonds; Lease bonds, Workers' Compensa
<br />tion bonds, Miscellaneous Surety bonds and bonds on behalf of Notaries Public, Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs and similar public officials.
<br />3". Bonds on behalf of contractors in connection with bids, proposals or contracts.
<br />�Irrrr Witness.: Whereof, the said FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY has, pursuant to its By -Laws, causedthese presents to be signed by its Assistant Vice -President and Assistant Secretary. and its
<br />corporate seal to be hereto affixed this I:St day of January t9 87
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<br />By
<br />_ - G Age McClellan
<br />Assistant Vice -President
<br />On. this I s t- day of January 19 8 7 .. before me personally came Richard D. O'Connor to me known and by me known to be Assistant Secretary of the FEDERAL IN-
<br />SURANCE COMPANY„ the corporation described in and which executed the foregoing Power of Attorney, andthe said Richard D. O'Connor being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Assistant Secretary
<br />of the FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY and knows the corporate seal thereof; that the seal affixed to the foregoing Power of Attorney is such corporate seal and was thereto affixed by authority of the By-laws
<br />of said Company, and that he signed said Power of Attorney as Assistant Secretary of said Company by like authority; and that he is acquainted with George McClellan and knows him to be the Assistant Vice -President
<br />of said Company,. and that the signature of said George McClellan subscribed to said Power of Attorney is in the genuine handwriting of said George McClellan and was thereto subscribed by authority of said
<br />By -Laws and in deponent's presence-
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<br />Acknowledged and Sworn to before me on the date aboveeten.
<br />ALICE LEONARD Notary Public
<br />CERTIFICATION NOTARY PUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY
<br />My Commission Expires June 28, 1988
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<br />I, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of the FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, do hereby certify that the following Is a true excerpt from the By -Laws of the said Company as adopted by its Beard of Director,
<br />on March 11, 1953 and most recently amended March 5. 1986 and that this By -Law is in full force and effect. - -
<br />"ARTICLE XVIII.
<br />Section 2. All bonds; undertakings, contracts and other instruments other than as above for and on behalf of the Company which it is authorized by law or its charter to execute; may and shall be executed
<br />in the. name and on behalf of the C_mpany either by the Chairman or the Vice -Chairman or the President or a Vice -President, jointly with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, .under their respective
<br />designations,except that any one or more officers or attorneys -in -fact designated inany resolution of the Board of Directorsor the Executive Committee, or in any power of attorneyexecuted as provided
<br />for in Section 3 below, may executeanysuch bond, undertaking or other obligation as provided in such resolution or power of attorney.
<br />Section 3, All powers of attorney for and on behalf of the Company may and shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Company, either by the Chairman or the Vice -Chairman or'the President or a Vice -
<br />President or an Assistant Vice -President, jointly with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, under their respective designations. The signature of such officers maybe engraved, printed or lithographed.. The signature
<br />of each of the following officers: Chairman, Vice Chairman, President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary and the seal of the Company maybe affixed by facsimile
<br />to any power of attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys -in -Fact for purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory
<br />in the. nature thereof, and any such power of attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and certified by
<br />such facsimile signature and facsimile, seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company with respect to any bond or undertaking to which it is attached."
<br />I further certify that said FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY Is. duly licensedto transact fidelity and surety business in each of the States of the United States of America, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the
<br />Provinces of Canada with the exception of Prince Edward Island; and is alsoduly licensed to become sole surety on bonds, undertakings, etc., permitted or required by law.
<br />I, the undersigned Assistant Secretary of FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, do hereby certify that the foregoing Power of Attorney is in full force and effect. - o o -
<br />Given. under myIhand and the seal ofsaid Company atWarren, N.J.,this 27th day of December- _,19-.i?St_
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