UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY
<br /> HOME OFFICE - CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
<br /> CERTIFIED COPY OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br /> r(Original on file at Home Office of.Company - See Certification) .
<br /> KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That the UNITED FIRE`& CASUALTY COMPANY, a corporationduly organized and
<br /> existing under the laws of the:State of towa , and having its principal office in Cedar Rapids, State of Iowa, does make, constitute and '
<br /> : appoint: LESLIE M DONAHUE , OR. KIM E . NIV , OR JEFFREY W REICH , OR. SUSAN L. REICH , . OR TERESA. L DURHAM , OR
<br /> PATRIICIA L SLAUGHTER , OR J ': GREGORY MACKENZIE , . OR WALTER N MYERS , OR GLORIA A RICHARDS , OR DON
<br /> BRAMLAGE OF DAYTONA BEACH FL , ALL INDIVIDUALLY of MAITLAND FL
<br /> its true and lawful Attorneyjs)-in-Fact with power and authority hereby conferred to sign, seal and execute in its behalf alllawful
<br /> bonds undertakings andotherobligatory Instruments of similar nature as follows: Any and Al I Bonds ,
<br /> " and to bind::UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such Instruments were signed by
<br /> the duly authorized officers of UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY and all the acts of said Attorney, pursuant to the authority
<br /> hereby given are hereby ratified and..confirmed .
<br /> The Authority hereby granted is continuous and shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by UNITED FIRE &
<br /> CASUALTY COMPANY `
<br /> ` >This power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the following By-Law duly adopted by Board of
<br /> Directors of the Company on April 18, 1973.
<br /> "Article V - Surety. Bonds and Undertakings"
<br /> Section 2 Appointment of Attorney-in-Fact. "The President or any Vice President, or any other officer of the Company may,
<br /> from time to time, appoint by written certificates attorneys-in-fact to act in behalf of the Company in the execution of policies
<br /> of insurance, bonds,. .undertakings and other obligatory instruments of like nature. The signature of any officer authorized
<br /> hereby and the Corporate seal, may be affixed by facsimile to any power of attorney or special power of attorney or
<br /> certification of either authorized hereby; such signature and seal , when so used , being adopted by the Company as the
<br /> original signature of such :officer and the original seal of the Company, to be valid and binding upon the Company with the
<br /> same force and effect as though manually affixed. Such attomeys-in fact, subject to the limitations set forth . in their
<br /> respective certificates of authority shall have full power to bind the Company by their signature and execution of any such
<br /> instruments and to attach the seal of the Company thereto. The President or any Vice President, the Board of Directors or
<br /> any other officer of the Company may at any time revoke all power and authority previously given to any. attorney-in-fact
<br /> vialli,lf IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed by -
<br /> 3 rc ;,°v Its vice president and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed this 15th day of May , 2007
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<br /> ' x§ UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY
<br /> By
<br /> State of Iowa , County of Linn , ss
<br /> On. 15th da of May , ;. 2007 , before me Vice President
<br /> Y personally came Dennis J . Richmann
<br /> to me known,: who being by me duly sworn , did depose and say, that he resides in Cedar Rapids, State of Iowa; that he is' a Vice
<br /> President of the UNITED FIRE .&: CASUALTY COMPANY, the corporation described in and which executed the above instrument that
<br /> he knows the seal of said corporation ; that the seat affixed to the said instrument is such corporate seal ; that it was so affixed
<br /> pursuant to authority given by the,:Board of. Directors of said corporation and that he signed his name thereto pursuant .. to like. -
<br /> authority, and acknowledges same to be the act and deed of said corporation
<br /> MICHELLE' qwRNILOW
<br /> 704 YC 1 . /�/1 '
<br /> COYN188iON NUMBER TM74S ) �( —
<br /> ' S I MY COMM SSION EXPIRES �`� JJ /// YYY ��`
<br /> NotaryPublic
<br /> I , the undersigned officer of the UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, do hereby certify that I . have compared the foregoing copy
<br /> of the Power: of Attorney and affidavit, and the copy of the Section of the by4aws of said Company as set forth` In. said Power of
<br /> Attorney, with : the ORIGINALS ON FILE IN THE HOME OFFICE OF SAID COMPANY and that the same arecorrect transcripts
<br /> thereof, and of the whole of the said originals,: and that the said Power of Attorney has not been revoked and is now in fullforce and -
<br /> effect.
<br /> In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the corporate seal of the said Company
<br /> this 1 811-h _ day of October 20 07 IN
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<br /> AMI
<br /> MI
<br /> Secretary
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