~ P. O . Box 44110
<br /> Allegheny Casualty Company 4217 Steubenville Pike
<br /> Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9931
<br /> Phone (412) 921 -4249
<br /> '! f POWER OF ATTORNEY Fax (412) 921 -4277
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<br /> KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS : That ALLEGHENY CASUALTY COMPANY, a corporation
<br /> of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , does hereby make , constitute andappoint
<br /> Paul C . Read, Richard J. Collins , Richard J. Taylor, James C . Carlins, and Christopher J. Ruck (each) , all of the
<br /> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
<br /> its true and lawful Attomey ( s) - in - fact to make , execute , seal and deliver for and on its behalf as surety, as its act
<br /> and deed :
<br /> Any and all bonds and undertakings provided the amount of no one bond or undertaking exceeds the sum of
<br /> One Million Dollars ( $ 1 , 000 , 000 . 00 )
<br /> and the execution of such bonds in pursuance of these presents shall be as binding upon said Company, as fully and amply,
<br /> to all intents and purposes , as if they had been duly executed and acknowledged by the regularly elected officers
<br /> of the
<br /> Company at its office in Meadville , Pennsylvania, in their own proper persons .
<br /> The power of attorney is granted under and by authority of the following resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of
<br /> Allegheny Casualty Company at a meeting duly held on the 15th day of August, 2000 .
<br /> RESOLVED , that ( l ) the President, Vice President, or Secretary of ALLEGHENY CASUALTY COMPANY shall have the power to appoint,
<br /> and to revoke the appointments of, Attomeys -in-Fact or agents with power and authority as defined or limited in their respective
<br /> powers of
<br /> attorney, and to execute on behalf of the Company and affix the Company 's seal thereto, bonds , undertakings, recognizances
<br />, contracts of
<br /> indemnity and other written obligations in the nature thereof or related thereto ; and ( 2) any of such Officers of the Company
<br /> may appoint and
<br /> revoke the appointments of joint-control custodians, agents for acceptance of process, and Attorneys -in -fact with authority to execute
<br /> waivers
<br /> and consents on behalf of the Company ; and ( 3 ) the signature of any such Officer of Allegheny Casualty Company and the Company
<br /> seal may
<br /> be affixed by facsimile to any power of attorney or certification given for the execution of any bond, undertaking, recognizance,
<br /> contract of
<br /> indemnity or other written obligation in the nature thereof or related thereto, such signature and seals when so used
<br /> whether heretofore or
<br /> hereafter. being hereby adopted by the Company as the original signature of such officer and the original seal of the Company,
<br />to be valid and
<br /> binding upon the Company with the same force and effect as though manually affixed .
<br /> In Witness Whereof, ALLEGHENY CASUALTY COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed and its corporate seal
<br /> to be hereto affixed on November 26 , 2001 .
<br /> Usukry ALLEGHENY CASUALTY COMPANY
<br /> 1936
<br /> pFNNSvlV By
<br /> Secretary
<br /> Commonwealth of Yennsytvania , County of Crawford - ss :
<br /> On November 26 , 2001 , before me appeared Marie A . Perricone to me personally known , who being by me duly sworn
<br />,
<br /> did say that she resides in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , that she is Secretary of Allegheny Casualty Company, that
<br /> she is the individual described in and who executed the preceding instrument, and that the seal affixed on said instrument
<br /> is the corporate seal of said Company, and that instrument was signed and sealed on behalf of said Company by authority
<br /> and direction of said Company, and the said officer acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and
<br /> deed of said
<br /> Company.
<br /> ; NOTAq` o_
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<br /> �F u� Notary Public of Pennsylvania
<br /> CAAWFMy commission Expires 03/31 /03
<br /> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Crawford - ss :
<br /> I , Marie A . Perricone , Secretary of ALLEGHENY CASUALTY COMPANY, a corporation of the Commonwealth of
<br /> Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of a Power of Attorney, Executed
<br /> by the said Company, which is still in full force and effect ,
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<br /> In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Company on this 1 1 t h day
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<br /> ALLEGH . Y CA TY COMPANY
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