|
<br />THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY
<br />Hartford, Connecticut 06156
<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY(S)-IN-FACT
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the
<br />State of Connecticut, and having its principal office in the City of Hanford, County of Hartford, State of Connecticut, hath made, constituted and
<br />appointed, and does by these presents make, constitute and appointThomaS H. Kunkel, Lori A. Engel,
<br />Catherine Bruneteau or Anthony Aguilar - -
<br />of Omaha , NE , its true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact, with full power and authority hereby conferred
<br />to sign, execute and acknowledge, at any place within the United Slates, or, if the following line be filled in, within the area there desig-
<br />naiad , 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 nature of a bond,
<br />recognizance, or conditional undertaking and any and all consents incidents thereto
<br />and to bind THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, thereby as fully and to the same extent as if the same were signed by the duly
<br />authorized officers of THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, and all the acts of said Anorneyls)-in-Fact, pursuant to the authority herein
<br />given, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
<br />This appointment is made under and by authority of the following Standing Resolutions of said Company, which Resolutions are now in full force
<br />and effect:
<br />VOTED: That each of the following officers: Chairman, Vice Chairman, President, Any Executive Vice President, Any Group Executive, Any Senior
<br />Vice President, Any Vice President, Any Assistant Vice President, Any Secretary, Any Assistant Secretary, may from time to time appoint
<br />Resident Vice Presidents, Resident Assistant Secretaries, Attorneys-in-Fact, and Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give any
<br />such appointee such authority as his certificate of authority may prescribe to sign with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal '
<br />bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking, and
<br />any of said officers or the Board of Directors may at any time remove any such appointee and revoke the power and authority given him or her.
<br />VOTED: That any bond, recognizance, contract of indemnity, or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking
<br />shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a) signed by the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the President, an Executive Vice President,
<br />a Group Executive, a Senior Vice President, a Vice President, an Assistant Vice President or by a Resident Vice President, pursuant to the power
<br />prescribed in the certificate of authority of such Resident Vice President, and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or
<br />Assistant Secretary or by a Resident Assistant Secretary, pursuant to the power prescribed in the certificate of authority of such Resident Assistant
<br />Secretary; or (b) duly executed (under seal, if required) by one or more Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the power prescribed in his or their certificate
<br />or certificates of authority.
<br />This Power of Attorney and Certificate of Authority is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by authority of the following Standing Resolution
<br />voted by the Board of Directors of THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, which Resolution Is now in full force and effect:
<br />VOTED: That the signature of each of the following officers: Chairman, Vice Chairman, President, Any Executive Vice President, Any Group
<br />Executive, Any Senior Vice President, Any Vice President, Any Assistant Vice President, Any Secretary, Any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the
<br />Company may be affixed by facsimile to any power of attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents, Resident
<br />Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys-in-Fact for purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and otherwritings obligatory in the
<br />nature thereof, and any such power of attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the
<br />Company and any such power so executed and certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company
<br />in the future with respect to any bond or undertaking to which it is attached.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY has caused this instrument to be signed by Its Vice
<br />President, and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed this 16th day of November 1994
<br />THE AETN CASUAL SU T State of Connecticut
<br />as. Hartford By
<br />County of Hartford r++a, ,a•' Geor Thc o
<br />Vica Presiden
<br />On this 16th day of November 19 94 , before me personally came GEORGE W. THOMPSON to me known, who,
<br />being by me duly sworn, did depose and say: that he/she is Vice President of THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, the
<br />corporation described in and which executed the above instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the said
<br />instrument is such corporate seal; and that he/she executed the said instrument on behalf of the corporation by authority of his/her office under
<br />the Standing Resolutions thereof.
<br />96 e. 11 ?- N° r fy i I `r -
<br />y.? (2?. ic. 9
<br />[_
<br />My commission expires November 30, 1998 Notary Public
<br />CERTIFICATE Rosalind R. Christie
<br />Assistant
<br />I, the undersigned, Secretary of THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, a stock corporation of the State of Connecticut, DO HcREBY
<br />CERTIFY that the foregoing and attached Power of Attorney and Certificate of Authority remains in full force and has not been revoked; and
<br />furthermore, that the Standing Resolutions of the Board of Directors, as set forth in the Certificate of Authority, are now in fotc:e.
<br />Signed and Sealed at the Home Office of the Company, in the City of Hartford, State of Connecticut. Dated this 1st day of
<br />April .19 96
<br />t By t +, ?? SS-1922-F(M) (3-93)
<br />
|