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<br /> Merchants Bonding Company
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<br /> POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br /> Know All Persona By These Presents,that the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL),a corporation duty 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 /> Shanda K Wolfe,Tracy Stewart
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<br /> of Lake Oswego and State of Oregon Its true and lawful Attomay-in-Fact,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 /> FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND($500,000.00)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 Attorney-in-Fact,pursuant to the authority herein given,are hereby ratified and confirmed
<br /> This Power-cf-Attomey is made and executed pursuant to and by authonty of the failowmg Amended Substituted and Restated By-
<br /> Laws adopted by the Board of Directors of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL)on November 16,2002
<br /> ARTICLE II,SECTION B-The Chairman of the Board or President or any Vida President or Secretary shall have power and
<br /> authority to appoint Attomeys4n-Fact,and to authorize them to execute on behalf of the Company,and attach the Seal of the
<br /> Company thereto bonds and undertakings,recognizances,contracts of indemnity and other writings obligatory in the nature
<br /> thereof
<br /> ARTICLE It,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 seat when so used shall have the
<br /> some 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 1st day of September,2004
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<br /> On this 1st day of September,2004,before me appeared Larry Taylor,to me personatly known,who being by me duly sworn did say that
<br /> he Is President of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL) the corporation described in the foregoing instrument and that the
<br /> Seal affixed to the said instrument is the Corporate Seal of the said Corporation and that the said Instrument was signed and sealed in behalf
<br /> of said Corporation by authority of its Board of Directors
<br /> In Testimony Whereof,I 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 /> C1NflY SMYTH �R
<br /> k Commission Number 173504
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<br /> March 18,2008 Notary Pubdc,Palk County,lows
<br /> STATE OF IOWA
<br /> COUNTY OF POLK as
<br /> I, William Warner,Jr,Secretary of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL) do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
<br /> Is a true and correct copy of the POWER-OF-ATTORNEY executed by said MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY(MUTUAL),which is
<br /> stip in full force and effect and has not been amended or revoked
<br /> in Wltneea Whereof,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Company on this p��day of � ZL
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