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Merchants Bonding Company
<br /> (Mutual)
<br /> POWER OF ATTORNEY Bond No. FL 5877
<br /> Know All Persons By These Presents, that the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL), a corporation duly organized under
<br /> the laws of the State of Iowa, and having Its principal office in the City of Des Moines, County of Polk, State of Iowa, hath made,
<br /> constituted and appointed, and does by these presents make, constitute and appoint
<br /> Joseph W. LoPresti, Rita M. Lucas, Russell Steven Ayers,
<br /> Peter N. Lagos and/or Maureen E. Sherman
<br /> of Tampa and State of Florida Its true and lawful Attomey-in-Fad, with full power
<br /> and authority hereby conferred in its name, place and stead, to sign, execute, acknowledge and deliver in its behalf as surety any
<br /> and all bonds, undertakings, recognizances or other written obligations in the nature thereof, subject to the limitation that any such
<br /> Instrument shall not exceed the amount of:
<br /> THREE MILLION ($3,000,000.00) DOLLARS
<br /> and to bind the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL) thereby as fully and to the same extent as If such bond or
<br /> undertaking was signed by the duly authorized officers of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL), and all the acts of
<br /> said Attomey-in-Fact, pursuant to the authority herein given, are hereby rated and confirmed.
<br /> This Power-of-Attomey is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the following Amended Substituted and Restated By-
<br /> Laws adopted by the Board of Directors of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL) on October 3, 1992.
<br /> ARTICLE 11 , SECTION 8 - The Chairman of the Board or President or any Vice President or Secretary shall have power and
<br /> authority to appoint Attomeys-in-Fad, and to authorize them to execute on behalf of the Company, and attach the Seal of the
<br /> Company thereto, bonds and undertakings, reoognizanees, contracts of indemnity and other writings obligatory in the nature
<br /> thereof.
<br /> ARTICLE 11 , SECTION 9 - The signature of any authorized officer and the Seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile
<br /> to any Power of Attorney or Certification thereof authorizing the execution and delivery of any bond, undertaking,
<br /> recognizance, or other suretyship obligations of the Company, and such signature and seal when so used shall have the
<br /> same force and effect as though manually fixed.
<br /> In Witness Whereof, MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL) has caused these presents to be signed by its President and
<br /> Its corporate seal to be hereto affixed, this 2nd day of January 2003
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<br /> STATE OF IOWA • • • . . {; . . • ' President
<br /> COUNTY OF POLK ss.
<br /> On this 2nd day of January 2003 before me appeared Larry Taylor, to
<br /> me personally known, who being by me duly sworn did say that he is President of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL),
<br /> the corporation described in the foregoing Instrument, and that the Seal affixed to the said Instrument Is the Corporate Seal of the said
<br /> Corporation and that the said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said Corporation by authority of its Board of Directors.
<br /> In Testimony Whereof, l have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at the City of Des Moines, Iowa, the day and year first
<br /> above written.
<br /> MARILYN BOYD
<br /> Commission Number 10012
<br /> ' My Commission Expires
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<br /> November 4, 2004
<br /> Notary Public, Polk County, lowsyal O
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<br /> I, William Warner, Jr., Secretary of the MERCHANTS BONDING CO PANY (MUTUAL), do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
<br /> Is a true and correct copy of the POWER OF-ATTORNEY e>Sg 1 r� rIal4: .f f RCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL), which is 21
<br /> still in force and effect .tt lfls�f,� Y
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<br /> In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto sat my hand and j� rrjpany on
<br /> this 6th day of May Oj + .
<br /> " 4i�• �jQr °' iF1, x.{ Secretary
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<br /> STATE OF FLORIDA
<br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
<br /> THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
<br /> TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE
<br /> ORIGINAL ON FILE)N THIS OFFICE6
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<br /> JIEPUU CLARK
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