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Merchants Bonding Company
<br />(Mutual)
<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />Know All Persons By These Presents, that the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL), a corporation duly organized under
<br />the laws of the State of Iowa, and having its principal office in the City of Des Moines, County of Polk, State of Iowa, hath made,
<br />constituted and appointed, and does by these presents make, constitute and appoint
<br />Monique S. Lee, Michael H. Burton and/or Michele A. Molioney
<br />of Plantation and State of Florida its true and lawful Attomey -in -Fact, with full power
<br />and authority hereby conferred in its name, place and stead, to sign, execute, acknowledge and deliver in its behalf as surety any
<br />and all bonds, undertakings, recognizances or other written obligations in the nature thereof, subject to the limitation that any such
<br />instrument shall not exceed the amount of.
<br />Two Millon ($2,000,000.00) Dollars
<br />and to bind the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL) thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such bond or
<br />undertaking was signed by the duly authorized officers of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL), and all the acts of
<br />said Attorney -in -Fact, pursuant to the authority herein given, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
<br />This Power -of- Attomey is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the following Amended Substituted and Restated By-
<br />Laws adopted by the Board of Directors of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL) on October 3, 1992.
<br />ARTICLE 11, SECTION 8 - The Chairman of the Board or President or any Vice President or Secretary shall have power and
<br />authority to appoint Attorneys -in -Fact, and to authorize them to execute an behalf of the Company, and attach the Seal of the
<br />Company thereto, bonds and undertakings, recognizances, contracts of indemnity and other writings obligatory in the nature
<br />thereof.
<br />ARTICLE 11, SECTION 9 - The signature of any authorized officer and the Seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile
<br />to any Power of Attorney or Certification thereof authorizing the execution and delivery of any bond, undertaking,
<br />recognizance, or other suretyship obligations of the Company, and such signature and seal when so used shall have the
<br />same force and effect as though manually fixed.
<br />In Witness Whereof, MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL) has caused these presents to be signed by its President and
<br />its corporate seal to be hereto affixed. this 1 St day of January , 2001 _
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<br />MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL)
<br />By
<br />President
<br />On this I st day of January 1 2001 , before me appeared Larry Taylor, to
<br />me personally known, who being by me duly sworn did say that he is President of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL),
<br />the corporation described in the foregoing instrument, and that the Seal affixed to the said instrument is the Corporate Seal of the said
<br />Corporation and that the said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said Corporation by authority of its Board of Directors.
<br />In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at the City of Des Moines, Iowa, the day and year first
<br />above written.
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<br />Notary Public, Polk County, Iowa
<br />1, William Warner, Jr., Secretary of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL), do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
<br />is a true and correct copy of the POWER -OF- ATTORNEY executed by said MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL), which is
<br />still in force and effect.
<br />In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Company on
<br />this 22nd day of May , 2002 • 0.- • • •
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