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<br />TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY
<br />FARMINGTON CASUALTY COMPANY
<br />Hartford, Connecticut 06183A062
<br />TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF ILLINOIS
<br />Naperville, Illinois 60563-8458
<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY(S)-IN-FACT
<br />KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF
<br />AMERICA, TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY and FARMINGTON CASUALTY COMPANY,
<br />corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and having their principal offices in the City of Hartford.
<br />County of Hartford, State of Connecticut, and TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, a
<br />corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, and having its principal office in the City of Naperville, County of
<br />DuPage, State of Illinois, (hereinafter the "Companies") hath made, constituted and appointed, and do by these presents make.
<br />constitute and appoint: James L, Forshey, Sarajane Trapp, John M. Small, Judith A. Seith, Lisa M. Slakes, Teresa M. Henry,
<br />Barbara Byrne, Ruthann Burford, Brian D. Carpenter, John S. Halliday, Lori A. Engel, Catherine Bruneteau, Janet C.
<br />Lamoureux, Gina Banks Eanes, Susan L. Reed, Jill M. Howe or Frank Phillips* *
<br />of Brookfield, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Omaha, NE; West Des Moines, IA, their true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact, with full
<br />power and authority hereby conferred to sign, execute and acknowledge, at any place within the United States, or, if the following
<br />line be filled in, within the area there designated the following instrument(s):
<br />by his/her sole signature and act, any and all bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings obligatory in the
<br />nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking and any and all consents incident thereto
<br />and to bind the Companies, thereby as fully and to the same extent as if the same were signed by the duly authorized officers
<br />of the Companies, and all the acts of said Attorney(s)-in-Fact, pursuant to the authority herein given, are hereby ratified and
<br />confirmed.
<br />This appointment is made under and by authority of the following Standing Resolutions of said Companies, which Resolutions are
<br />now in full force and effect:
<br />VOTED: 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 Attomeys-in-Fact
<br />and 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
<br />to sign with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings obligatory in
<br />the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking, and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may remove any such
<br />appointee and revoke the power given him or her.
<br />VOTED: That the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice President
<br />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 is
<br />in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary.
<br />VOTED: 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
<br />Senior Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any
<br />Assistant Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary, or (b) duly executed (under seal, if
<br />required) by one or more Attorneys-in-Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his or her certificate or their certificates of authority or
<br />by one or more Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority.
<br />This Power of Attorney and Certificate of Authority is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by authority of the following
<br />Standing Resolution voted by the Boards of Directors of TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF
<br />AMERICA, TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, FARMINGTON CASUALTY COMPANY and
<br />TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, which Resolution is now in full force and effect:
<br />VOTED: 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
<br />power of attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents, Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys-in-Fact for
<br />purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and any such power of attorney
<br />or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and
<br />certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company in the future with respect to any bond or
<br />undertaking to which it is attached.
<br />(8-97)
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