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<br />First Sealord Surety, Inc.
<br />Power of Attorney
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<br />Power No: MIA-0495-08-03463
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<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 Margate, 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,OOO,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.
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<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:
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<br />"Article XII: Policies, Bonds, Recognitions, Stipulations, Consents of Surety, Underwriting Undertakings, and Instruments Relating Thereto.
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<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."
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<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.
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<br />oel D. Cooperman, Vice resl ent
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<br />Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
<br />County of Montgomery
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<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~d his name thereto as Vice President of said Corporation by like authority. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYlVANIA
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<br />I, the underSlg'/l"ed 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 Sealord
<br />Surety, Inc.:
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<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."
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<br />In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of the Corporation to these presents
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<br />this / (, day of ~ , 20-.C2.. y--
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<br />This power of attorney is void unless the Bond number is inserted in this paragraph (insert Bond # here ;j P - ~ '7 0(:.. ), 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.
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