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First Sealord Surety, Inc. Power No: MIA- 0495 -08 -07618
<br />Power of Attorney
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That First Sealord Surety, Inc., a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (hereinafter the
<br />"Company ") has made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents does make, constitute and appoint
<br />Michele Council and /or Gladys Keith all of Lake Placid, Florida
<br />its true and lawful Attorney -in -Fact, to make, execute and deliver on its behalf insurance policies, surety bonds, undertakings and other instruments of a
<br />similar nature as follows:
<br />* * * * * * * * ** Not To Exceed Four Million Dollars ------------------------------ ($4,000,000.00) * * * * * * * * **
<br />Such insurance policies, surety bonds, undertakings and instruments for said purposes, when duly executed by the aforesaid Attorney -in -Fact, shall be
<br />binding upon the said Corporation as fully and to the same extent as if signed by the duly authorized officers of the Corporation and sealed with its
<br />corporate seal; and all the acts of said Attorney -in -Fact, pursuant to the authority hereby given, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
<br />This appointment is made pursuant to the following By -Laws which were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the said Corporation on April 7, 2003
<br />with all Amendments thereto and are still in full force and effect:
<br />"Article XII: Policies, Bonds, Recognitions, Stipulations, Consents of Surety, Underwriting Undertakings, and Instruments Relating Thereto.
<br />Section 12 -1. Insurance policies, bonds, recognitions, stipulations, consents of surety and underwriting undertakings of the Corporation, and releases,
<br />agreements and other writings relating in any way thereto or to any claim or loss thereunder, shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the
<br />Corporation: a) by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary; or b) by an Attorney -
<br />in -Fact for the Corporation appointed and authorized by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or a Vice President to make such signature; or c) by
<br />such other officers or representatives as the Board may from time to time determine. The seal of the Corporation shall if appropriate be affixed thereto by
<br />any such officer, Attorney -in -Fact or representative. The authority of such Attorney -in -Fact and Agents shall be as prescribed in the instrument
<br />evidencing their appointment. Any such appointment and all authority granted thereby may be revoked at any time by the Board of Directors or by any
<br />person empowered to make such appointment."
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, First Sealord Surety, Inc. has caused these presents to be duly signed and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and duly
<br />attested this 20th day of January, 2004.
<br />First Seaford Surety, Inc.
<br />Seal
<br />Attest:
<br />Gary L. Bragg, Secretary Joel D. Cooperman, Vice President
<br />Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
<br />County of Montgomery
<br />On this 20th day of January, 2004, before me personally appeared Joel D. Cooperman, Vice President of First Sealord Surety, Inc., with whom I am
<br />personally acquainted, who, being by me duly sworn, said that he resides in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that he is Vice President of First
<br />Sealord Surety, Inc., the corporation described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of the said
<br />Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said Corporation;
<br />and that he slimed his name thereto as Vice President of said Corporation by like authority. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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<br />I, the undersI Yted Secretary of First Sealord Surety, Inc. do hereby certify that the original Power of Attorney of which the foregoing is a full, true and
<br />correct copy, is in full force and effect on the date of this Certificate and I do further certify that the Officer who executed the said Power of Attorney was
<br />one of the Officers authorized by the Board of Directors to appoint an Attorney -in -Fact as provided in Section 12 -1 of the By -Laws of First Sealord
<br />Surety, Inc. This Certificate may be signed and sealed by facsimile under and by authority of the following provisions of the By -Laws of First Seaford
<br />Surety, Inc.:
<br />"Section 12 -2. The use of a printed facsimile of the corporate seal of the Corporation and of the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary on
<br />any certification of the correctness of a copy of an instrument executed by an authorized person pursuant to Article XII, Section 12 -1 of the By -Laws
<br />appointing and authorizing an Attorney -in -Fact to sign in the name and on behalf of the Corporation surety bonds, underwriting undertakings, or other
<br />instruments described in said Section 12 -1, with like effect as if such seal and such signature had been manually affixed and made."
<br />In Witness Whereof, I h ve hereunto set my hand and �a ed the corporate seal of the Corporation to these presents
<br />this
<br />_Z1__ day of , 20
<br />This power of attorney is vTdule'ssthe Bond number is inserted in this paragraph (insert Bond # here (1G® r0 ), the bond
<br />number is the same number as on the original bond, d the bond number has been inserted by an officer or employee of the Company or by the agent.
<br />(seal)
<br />G5At L. Bragg, ecretary
<br />First_Sealord_Surety_POA.doc (Ed.01/20/2004)
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