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• U~,ii.D 1=iFE-& CASUAL-' ~~ANY
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<br />f C~r,Ti~icJ CG?! GF PO'r~ic=t 0~ F.I i OnNEY
<br />(Orl9inal an file at Home Office of Cempc.-y -See Certlficauon)
<br />KNOW ALL MEN fdY THESE PRESENTS, That the UNITE? FIFE & CA<UALi! COMPANY, a corpcration duly organized and exis;ir,e
<br />under the laws of the Slate of Iowa, and having ds prinapal office in Cedar Rapids. State of Iowa, does make, conshtute :..-
<br />appoint SCOTT MCIIITYRE, JR., OR R.G. HECKROTH, OR J.A. CHAPIN, OR LOIS M.
<br />SCHUCHMAN/!, OR DAVID A. LAIfGE, OR RUSSELL L. WE55, OR DA'JID G. DENIMS,
<br />OR JUDITH A. DAMS, OR CONNIE J. SI!'IDER, OP. ROBERT L. KOLLSMITH, OR
<br />DAVID S. DOWNEY, OR JO ELLEN KINNE, OR DENNIS J. RICHMANN, OR
<br />TODD A. KRAMER, OR AAROtf GREEN, ALL INDIVIDUALLY
<br />of CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA '
<br />its true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact with power and authority hereby ccnferred to sign, seal and execute in its behalf all
<br />lawful bonds. undertakings and other obligatory instruments of similar nature as follows: ANY AND ALL BONDS
<br />and to bind UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY thereby :s fully and to the same extent as if such instruments were signed by
<br />the duly authorized officers of UNITED FIFE & CASUALTY COIv1PANY and all the acts of said Attorney, pursuant to the authority
<br />hereby given are hereby ratified and confirmed.
<br />The Authority hereby granted shall expire MARCH 4th 2001 unless sooner revoked.
<br />This power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authcrity of the following BY-Law duly adapted by the
<br />Board of Directors of the Company on April 18. 1973.
<br />"Article V -Surety Bonds and Undertakings
<br />SeUlon a, Appointment of Anarney~imFact. 'The Pms~tlem or any Yice Presiden6 or any ether oll¢er pl IDe Company, may, Irpm time Ip bete, appaim
<br />by wruten certllka(es auprn¢ys~imlact to an in behall pl the Lpmwny In the e,ecution pl policies of insurance, bands. undenakmq: and other
<br />pbligalpry Inelruments of Ilke nature. The signature of any olliter authorized herepy, and Iha Corporate seal, may be albaed by facsimile to any
<br />pawerol attorney or epenal power pl attorney or certification of other authorized hereby; such s~gnamre antl seal, when sp used, being adopted by the
<br />Company as the prigmat signatu.e pl such aN¢m and the original seal of the Company, to be valid antl binding upon the Company wish the same lorca
<br />antl ellect as though manually alli,etl. Sueh anorneys~in~lact, sublecl Ip the limitations set forth in their respective Cerl llicates of aulhprily shall have
<br />lull power la bind the Company by their signalure and eaeculipn pl any such instruments and Ip attach the seal al the Company ineretp. The President
<br />or any Vice President, the Board of Directors pr any ether all¢er of the Company may a1 any ume revoke all power and authprtly prevWuSty given tp
<br />any anorney~in•lact.
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<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the UNITED FIFE 8 CASUALTY COMPANY has caused these presents
<br />to he signed by its vice President and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed this
<br />4th day of MARCH ,A.D. 1999
<br />State of Iowa, County of Llnn, ss:
<br />UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY
<br />By ~
<br />Vice President
<br />On this 4th day of MARCH 1999• before me personally came John R. Cruise
<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
<br />Vice President of the UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, the corporation described in and which executed the abo':e
<br />instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the Said instrumenC is such corporated seal; that
<br />it was so affixed pursuant Co authority given by the Board of Directors of said corporation and that he signed his name thereat
<br />pursuant to like authority, and acknowledges same to be the act and deed of said corporation.
<br />SMERYL A. MCVAY otary P li~~
<br />MY CCI.IMI$$ION EXPIRES MY COmmi5510n expires March 4, 2000
<br />t~. Noah a, 7000 CERTIFICATION
<br />I, the undersigned officer of the UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoinc
<br />Copy of the Power of Attorney and of tidavit, and the copy of the Section of the By-Laws of said Company as set forth in s::d
<br />Power of Attorney, with the ORIGINALS ON FILE IN THE HOME OF?ICE OF SAID COMPANY, and that the same are correct
<br />transcripts thereof, and of the whole of the said originals, and that the said Power of Attorney has not been revoked and is
<br />now in full force and effect
<br />nr,,,,ej In testimony whereof I have hereunto subcrihed my name and affixed the corporate seal of the said
<br />f~ ~4yi~a Company [his day of -
<br />` GottotlTE ~ 22nd March, 2000
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<br />W4YwYrr'~ Secretary
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