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TRAVELERc CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF A~ERICA
<br /> TR, LERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPAF
<br /> '-'FARMINGTON CASUALTY COMPANY
<br /> Hartford, Connecticut 06183-9062
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<br /> POWER OF ATTORNEY AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY(S)-IN-FACT
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<br />KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF
<br />AMERICA, TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY and FARMINGTON CASUALTY COMPANY,
<br />corporations duly organized under thc laws of the State of Connecticut, and having their principal offices in the City of Hartford,
<br />County of Hartford, State of Connecticut. (hcreiuaftcr thc "Companies") hath made, constituted and appointed, and do by these
<br />presents make, constitute and appoint: Steve Sullivan, Bonita L. Smith, Julie H. Winter, Kelly Ziemann, Brian B. Kavanagh,
<br />Paul A. Kitchell, Michael J. Garcla, David A. Allsop, Diane L. O'Shea, Michael R. Utech, Noel J. Abernathy, Julie A.
<br />Shiroma, Sheryl L. Edwards, Theresa A. Taylor, of Walnut Creek, California, their true and lax~ul Attorney(s)-in-Fact, with
<br />full power and authority hereby conferred to sign, execute and acknowledge, at any place within the United States, the following
<br />instrument(s): by his/her sole signature and act, any and all bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings
<br />obligato~ in thc nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking and any and all consents incident thereto and to bind the
<br />Companies, thereby as fully and to thc same extent as if the same were signed by the duly authorized officers of the Companies, and
<br />all the acts of said Attorney(s)-in-Fact, pursuant to thc authority herein given, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
<br />This appointmcm is made under and by authority of the following Standing Resolutions of said Companies, which Resulutions are
<br />now in full force and effect:
<br />VOTED: That the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any
<br />Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint Attorneys-in-Fact
<br />and Agents to act for and on behalf of the company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority may prescribe
<br />to sign with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other ~witings obligatory in
<br />the nature of a bond, recogn/zance, or conditional undertaking, and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may remove any such
<br />appointee and revoke the power given him or her.
<br /> VOTED: That the Chairman, the President, any Vice Charoman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice President
<br /> may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company, provided that each such delegation is
<br /> in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary.
<br /> VOTED: That any bond. recognizance, contract of indemnity, or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional
<br /> undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a) signed by the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any
<br /> Senior Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any
<br /> Assistant Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary, or (b) duly executed (under seal, if
<br /> required) by one dr more Attorneys-in-Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his or her certificate or their certificates of authority or
<br /> by one or more Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority.
<br /> This Power of Attorney and Certificate of Authority is signed and sealed by facsimile (mechanical or printed) under and by
<br /> authority of the following Standing Resolution voted by the Boards of Directors of TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY
<br /> COMPANY OF AMERICA, TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY and FARNIINGTON CASUALTY
<br /> COMPANY, which Resolution is now in full force and effect:
<br /> VOTED: That the signature of each of the following officers: President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice
<br /> President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, tiny Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any
<br /> power of attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents, Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys-in-Fact for
<br /> purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligato~ in the nature thereof, and any such power of attorney
<br /> or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and
<br /> certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company in the future with respect to any bond or
<br /> underkalong to which it is attached.
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<br /> (! 1-0o Standard)
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