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Chubb POWF~ Federal Insurance Company Attn.: Surety Department
<br /> Surety OF -- Vigilant Insurance Company -~ 15 Mountain View Road
<br /> r ATTORNEY Pacific Indemnity Company Warren, NJ 07059
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<br /> Know Ail by These Presents, That FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Indiana corporation, VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY, a New York
<br /> corporation, and PACIFIC INDEMNFI'Y COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, do each hereby constitute and appoint Donald ~.o C-±b son, Rob err
<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 surety thereon or otherwise, 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 Ap r il 21 ,1998.
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<br /> ~enneth C. Wendel, As~ta-~t Secretary ' ~-'' Fra~tk E. Robertson, Vile President
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<br /> STATE OF NEVV JERSEY [
<br /> County of Somerset
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<br /> On Ap r il 2 ! ,1998, before me, a Notary Public of New Jersey, personally came Kenneth C. Wendel, to me know~ 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 Attomey, and the said Kenneth C. Wendel being by me duly swom, did depose and say that he is A.~sistant Secretary of FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
<br /> VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY, and PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY and knows the corporate seals thereof, that the seals affixed to the foregoing Power of
<br /> Attomey are such co~porete seals and were thereto affixed by authority of the By-Laws of said Companies; and that he signed said Power of Attorney as Assistant
<br /> Secretary of said Companies by lika 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. Robellsco, 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-Lawe and in depaneot's presence.
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<br /> No~y ~=ublic, 8tSl~ of New Jemey '- ,
<br /> No. 0014101
<br /> Oommtsslon Expires Ju~ 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, printed 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 writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and
<br /> any such power of attorney or certificate bearing 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 certify that
<br /> (i) the foregoing extract of the By-Laws of the Companies is true and correct,
<br /> (ii) the Companies ara duly licensed and a~ to transaot surety business in all 50 of the United States of America and Ihe DistriCt of
<br /> Columbia and are authorized bythe U. S. Treasury Department; further, 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~ Prince Edward Istand; and
<br /> (iii) the foregoing Power of Attorney is true, correct and in full force and effect.
<br /> Given under my hand and seals of said Companies at Warren, NJ this day of. ,19
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<br /> " I(enneth C. Wendel, Assistant Secretary
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<br />IIN THE EVENT YOU WISH TO NOTIFY US OF A CLAIM, VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS BOND OR
<br /> NOTIFY US OF ANY OTHER MA'II'ER, PLEASE CONTACT US AT ADDRESS LISTED ABOVE, OR BY
<br /> Telephone (908) 903-3485 Fax (908) 903-3656 e-maih surety@chubb.com
<br /> 15-100225 (Ed. 2-98) CONSENT
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