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Chubb POWr'w Federal Insurance Company Attn.: Surety Department
<br /> Surety or-- Vigilant Insurance Company - 15 Mountain View Road
<br /> ATTORNEY Pacific Indemnity Company Warren, NJ 07059
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<br />Know All by These Presents, That FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Indiana corporation, VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY, a New York
<br />corporation, and PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, do each hereby constitute and appoint Donald R. C-'ih son, Rob ert
<br />L. Bruce, Sandra Parker, Lisa A. Ward, Kimberly Strahm, William Martin and Melissa Haddick
<br />of Houston, Texas
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<br /> each as their true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact to execute under such designation in their names and to affix their corporate seals to and deliver for and
<br /> on their behalf as surab/thereon or othenvise, bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof (other than bail bonds) given
<br /> or executed in the course of business, and any instruments amending or altering the same, and consents to the modification or alteration of any
<br /> instrument referred to in said bonds or obligations.
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<br /> In Witness Whereof, said FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY, and PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY have
<br /> each executed and attested these presents and affixed their corporate seals on April 21 ,1998.
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<br /> I~ennsth C. Wendel, As~l~'ta"~t Secretary ~ ' Freak E. Robertson, Vite President
<br /> STATE OF NEW JERSEY ~.
<br /> County of Somerset
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<br /> On April 21 , 1998, before me, a Notary Public of New Jersey, personally came Kenneth C. Wendel, to me known to be Assistant Secretary of
<br />FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY, and PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY, the companies which executed the foregoing Power
<br />of Attorney, and the said Kenneth C. Wecdel being by me duly swom, did depose and say that he is Assistant Secretary of FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
<br />VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY, and PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY and knows the corporate seets thereof, that the seals affixed to the foregoing Power of
<br />Attomey are such corporate seals and were thereto affixed by authority of the By-Laws of said Companies; and thai he signed said Power of Attorney as Assistant
<br />Secretary of said Companies by like authority; and that he is acquainted with Frank E. Roberison, and knows him to be VIce President of said Companies; and that
<br />the signature of Frank E. Robertson, subscribed to said Power of Attomey is in the genuine handwriting of Frank E. Robertson, and was thereto subscribed by
<br />authority of said By-Laws and in deponent's presence.
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<br /> Noisy ~ublic, St&is of New Jersey '; .
<br /> No. 0014101
<br /> Oon~atsslon Expires Jut/27, 2001 /- -,/ Notary Public
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<br /> CERTIFICATION
<br /> Extract from the By-Laws of FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY, and PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY:
<br /> '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
<br /> Chairman or the President or a Vice President or an Assistant Vice President, jointly with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, under their
<br /> respective designations. The signature of such officers may be engraved, pdnted or lithographed. The signature of each of the following
<br /> officers: Chairman, President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary and the seal of the
<br /> Company may be affixed by facsimile to any power of attomey or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Assistant Secretaries or
<br /> Attorneys-in-Fact for purposes only of executing and attesting bends and undertakings and other w'dtings obligatory in the nature thereof, and
<br /> any such power of attorney or certificate beadng such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and
<br /> any such power so executed and certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company with
<br /> respect to any bond or undertaking to which it is attached."
<br />I, Kenneth C. Wendel, Assistant Secretary of FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY, and PACIFIC INDEMNITY
<br />COMPANY (the "Companies") do hereby certi~ that
<br /> (i) the foregoing extract of the By-Laws of the Companies is true and correct,
<br /> (ii) the Companies are duly licensed and authorized to transact surety business in all 50 of the United States of Amedca and the Dist~ct of
<br /> Columbia and are authorized bythe U. S. Treasury Department; furtbef, Federal and Vigilant are licensed in Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin
<br /> Islands, and Federal is licensed in American Samoa, Guam, and each of the Provinces of Canada excep~ Pdnce Edward Island; and
<br /> (iii) the foregoing Power of Attorney is true, correct and in full force ~f~
<br /> Given under my hand and seals of said Companies at Warren, NJ thisL~'¥---- dsyof~,fg~.~.
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<br />NOTIFY US OF ANY OTHER MA'I-rER, PLEASE CONTACT US AT ADDRESS LISTED ABOVE, OR BY
<br /> Telephone (908) 903-3485 Fax (908) 903-3656 e-mail: surety@chubb.com
<br />15-10-07.25 (Ed. 2-98) CONSENT
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