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<br /> Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
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<br /> TRAVELERSJ St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
<br /> POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br /> KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:That Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and St.
<br /> Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut(herein collectively called the
<br /> "Companies"),and that the Companies do hereby make,constitute and appoint Lisa A.Ward,of Houston,Texas,their true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact
<br /> to sign, execute, seal and acknowledge any and all bonds, recognizances, conditional undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof
<br /> on behalf of the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of contracts and executing or
<br /> guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings allowed by law
<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the Companies have caused this instrument to be signed,and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed,this 3rd day of February,
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<br /> City of Hartford ss. Robert L. Raney,Sefiror Vice President
<br /> On this the 3rd day of February, 2017,before me personally appeared Robert L.Raney,who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of
<br /> Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and
<br /> that he,as such,being authorized so to do,executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing on behalf of the corporations
<br /> by himself as a duly authorized officer
<br /> In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal. a
<br /> My Commission expires the 30th day of June,2021
<br /> rr w Mane C.Tetreault, Notary Public
<br /> This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of Travelers Casualty and
<br /> Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,which resolutions are now in
<br /> full force and effect,reading as follows.
<br /> RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any
<br /> Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint Attorneys-in-Fact and
<br /> Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority may prescribe to sign with
<br /> the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings obligatory in the nature of a
<br /> bond,recognizance,or conditional undertaking,and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may remove any such appointee and revoke
<br /> the power given him or her;and it is
<br /> FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice
<br /> President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company,provided that each such delegation
<br /> is in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary;and it is
<br /> FURTHER RESOLVED, that any bond, recognizance, contract of indemnity, or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional
<br /> undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when(a)signed by the President,any Vice Chairman,any Executive Vice President,any Senior
<br /> Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant
<br /> Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary, or(b) duly executed (under seal, if required)by
<br /> one or more Attorneys-in-Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his or her certificate or their certificates of authority or by one or more
<br /> Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority;and it is
<br /> FURTHER RESOLVED,that the signature of each of the following officers:President,any Executive Vice President,any Senior Vice President,any Vice
<br /> President,any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary,any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any Power
<br /> of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents,Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys-in-Fact for purposes only
<br /> of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof,and any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing
<br /> such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and certified by such facsimile
<br /> signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding on the Company in the future with respect to any bond or understanding to which it is attached.
<br /> I, Kevin E. Hughes, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, Travelers Casualty and Surety
<br /> Company, and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of
<br /> Attorney executed by said Companies,which remains in full force and effect
<br /> Dated this 9m day of December , 2020
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<br /> To verify the authenticity of Mis Power of Attorney,please call us at 1-800-421 3880.
<br /> Please refer to the above-named Attorney-in-Fact and the details of the bond to which the power is attached.
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