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~/~"~C~ POVdER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS: F' SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA HOME OFFICE: SAFECO PLAZA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98185 No. h~99 That SAFECO Insurance Company of America, a Washington corporation, does hereby appoint ----------------JUNE. I,. BAIONI; MARCO GALF.ANO, San Francisco, California--------- its true and lawful attorney(s--in-fact, with full authority to execute on behalf of the company fidelity and surety bonds or undertakings and other documents of a similar character issued by the company in the course of its business, and to bind SAFECO Insurance Company of America thereby as fully as if such instruments had been duly executed by its regularly elected officers at its home office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SAFECO Insurance Company of America has executed and attested these presents -~ - ~.,. ;~ this 1 ~rh day of SPprPmhPr 19 _Zg CERTIFICATE Extract from the By-Laws of SAFECO Insurance Company of America: "Article VI, Section 12.-FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS ...the President, any Vice President, and the Secretary shall each have authority to appoint individuals as attorneys-in-fact or under other appropriate titles with authority to execute on behalf of the company fidelity and surety bonds and other documents of similar character issued by the company in the course of its business .... On any instrument making or evidencing such appointment, the signatures may be affixed by facsimile. On any instrument conferring such authority or on any bond or undertaking of the company, the seal, or a facsimile thereof, may be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced; provided, however, that the seal shall not be necessary to the validity of any such instrument or undertaking." Extract from a Resolution of the Board of Directors of SAFECO Insurance Company of America adopted July 28, 1970 "On any certificate executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company setting out, (i) The provisions of Article VI, Section 12 of the By Laws, and (ii) A copy of the power-of-attorney appointment, executed pursuant thereto, and (iii) Certifying that said power-of-attorney appointment is in full force and effect, the signature of the certifying officer may be by facsimile, and the seal of the Company may be a facsimile thereof." I, W.D. Hammersla, Secretary of SAFECO Insurance Company of America, do hereby certify that the foregoing extracts of the By-Laws and of a Resolution of the Board of Directors of this corporation, and of a Power of Attorney issued pursuant thereto, are true and correct, and that both the By-Laws, the Resolution and the Power of Attorney are still in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the facsimile seal of said corporation this 20th day of ~tO~ , 19 80 S-1300 R1 7/77 PRINTED IN U.S.A.