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<br />WEST AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
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<br />Know All Men by These Presents: That THE OJ-I10 CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, an Ohio Corporation, and WEST AMERlCAN
<br />LJ INSUR.A.NCE COMPANY, an Indiana Corporation, pursuant to the authority granted by Article Ill, Section 9 of the Code of Regulations and By-Laws of The Ohio
<br />Casualty Insurance Company and West American Insurance Company, do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint: Gerald J. Ar'ch, Michael A. Holmes, ,lames F.
<br />n Murphy, .Jeffrey L. Legget or Susan Rohm of Ft Lauderdale, Florida its true and lawful agent (s) and attorney (s)-in-fact, to make, execute, seal and deliver for
<br />and on its behalf as surety, and as its act and deed any and all BONDS, UNDERTAKINGS, and RECOGNIZANCES, not exceeding in any single instance SEVEN
<br />LJ MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($7,500,000.00) DOLLARS, excluding, however, any bond(s) or undertaking(s) guaranteeing the payment of notes and
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<br />And the execution of such bonds or undertakings in pursuance of these presents, shall be as binding upon said Companies, as fully and amply, to all intents and
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<br />their own proper persons.
<br />The authority granted hereunder supersedes any previous authority heretofore granted the ahove named atlorney(s)-in-facl
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<br />u In WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer of the said The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company and West American Insurance
<br />Company has hereunto subscribed his name and affixed the Corporate Seal of each Company this 13th day or Mali 2005.
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<br />Sam Lawrence, Assistant Secretary
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<br />On this] 3th da)' of ,l\1ay, 2005 before the subscriber, a Notary Public of the State of Ohio, in and for the County of Butier, duly commissioned and qualified, came
<br />n Sam Lawrence, Assistant Secretary of THE OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY and WEST AMERlCAN INSURANCE COMPANY, to me personally
<br />U known to be the individual and officer described in, and who executed the preceding instrument, and he acknowledged the execution of the same, and being by me
<br />duly sworn deposes and says that he is the officer of the Companies aforesaid, and that the seals affixed to the preceding instrument are the Corporate Seals of said
<br />Companies, and the said Corporate Seals and his signature as officer were duly affixed and subscribed to the said instrument by the authority and direction of the said
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<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, J have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at the City of Hamilton, State of Ohio, the day and year first above written,
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<br />My Commission expires August 6, 2007.
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<br />This power of attorney is granted under and by authority of Article lll, Section 9 of the Code of Regulations and By-Laws of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company
<br />and West American Insurance Company, extracts from which read:
<br />Article Jll, Section 9. Aooointment of Attornevs-in-Fact. The Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice-President, the Secretary or any Assistant
<br />II Secretary of the corporation shall be and is hereby vested with full power and authority to appuint attorne)'s-in-fact for the purpose of signing the name of the
<br />corporation as surety to, and to execute, attach the seal of the corporation to, acknowledge and deliver any and all bonds, recognizances, stipulations, undertakings or
<br />other instruments of suretyship and policies of insurance to be given in favor of any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity,
<br />or the official representative thereof, or to an)' county or state, or any official board or boards of any county or state, or the United States of America or any agency
<br />thereof, or to any other political subdivision thereof
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<br />This instrument is signed and sealed as authorized by the following resolution adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Companies on October 21, 2004:
<br />RESOLVED, That the signature of any officer of the Company authorized under Article JIl, Section 9 of its Code of Regulations and By-laws and the
<br />II Company seal may be affixed by facsimile to any power of attorney or copy thereof issued on behalf of the Company to make, execute, seal and deliver for and on its
<br />behalf as surety any and all bonds, undertakings or other written obligations in the nature thereof; to prescribe their respective duties and the respective limits of their
<br />authority; and to revoke any such appointment. Such signatures and seal are hereby adopted by the Company as nriginal signatures and seal and shall, with respect to
<br />any bond, undertaking or other written obligations in the nature thereof to which it is attached, be valid and binding upon the Company with the same force and effect
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<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />I, the undersigned Assistant Secretary of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company and West American Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the foregoing power of
<br />attorney, the referenced By-Laws of the Companies and the above resolution of their Boards of Directors are true and correct copics and are in full force and effect on
<br />this date.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seals of the Companies this 6 t h day of J u n e 2005
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