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<br /> NAS SURETY GROUP
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<br />NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
<br />WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
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<br /> GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT North American Specialty Insurance Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under
<br />laws of abe State of New Hampshire, and having its principal office in the City of Manchester, New Hampshire, and Washington International
<br />Insurance Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona and having its principal office in the City of lmsca,
<br />Illinois, each does hereby make, constitute and appoint:
<br /> David Crain and Nancy Ferguson
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<br /> joimly or severally
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<br />Its true and lawful Attomey(s)-in-Fact, to make, execute, seal and deliver, for and on its behalf and as its act and deed, bonds or other writings
<br />obligatory in the nature of a bond on behalf of each of said Companies, as surety, on contracts of suretyship as are or may be required or permitted by
<br />law, regulation, contxaet or otherwise, provided thru no bond or undertaking or contract or suretyship executed under this authority shall exceed the
<br />amount of: TEN MILLION (10,000,000.00) DOLLARS
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<br /> This Power of Attorney is granted and is signed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following Resolutions adopted by the Boards of
<br />Directors ot~bmh North Ame)ican Specialty Insurance Company and Washington International Insurance Company at meetings duly called and held
<br />on the 24t~ of March, 2000:
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<br /> "RESOLVED, that any two of the President, any Executive Vice Presidem, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary or any
<br />Assistant Secretary be, and each or any of them hereby is authorized to execute a Power of Attorney qualifying the attorney named in the given Power
<br />of Attorney to execute on behalf of the Company bonds, undertakings and all contracts of surety, and that each or any of them hereby is authorized to
<br />attest to the execution of any such Power of Attorney and to attach therein the seal of the Company; and it is
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<br />· FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of such officers and the seal of the Company may be affixed to any such Power of Attorney or to any
<br />certificate relating thereto by facsimile, and any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signatures or facsimile seal shall be
<br />binding upon the Company when so affixed and in the furore with regard to any bond, undertaking or contract of surety to which it is attached."
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<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, North American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington [mernational Insurance Comp .a~.y have caused their
<br />official seals to be hereunto affixed, and these presents to bt signed by their authorized officers this 9 day of April ,20 0.~3.
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<br /> Washington International Insurance Company
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<br />State of Illinois
<br />County of Du Page ss:
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<br />On this 9 day of April ,20 03, before me, a No~a~' Public personally appeared Paul D. Amsmtz , President and CEO of
<br />Washington International Insurance Company cad Vice President of Notth American Specialty fusurance Company and Stevan P. Ande~on ,
<br />Executive Vice President of Washington ln'~emational Insurance Company and Vice President of North American Specialty Insuranea Company,
<br />personally known to me, who being by me duly sworn, acknowledged that they signed the above Power of A~torney as officers of and
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<br /> ~.~a~,~!~,~ Yasmin A. Patel, Notary Public
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<br />I, James A. Ca.enter , the duly elected Assistant Secreta~ of North American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington
<br />International Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a tree and correct copy of a Power of Attorney given by said North
<br />American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington International Insurance Company, which is still in full rome and effect.
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<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seals of the Companies this29t:hday of ~ ,2(~3
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