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<br />. rFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO. NY
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<br />Hartford, Connecticut
<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<br />Know all men by these Presents, That HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation duly organized under the laws 01 the State 01 Connecticut, and having its
<br />pro .I office in the City 01 Hartford, County 01 Hartford. State of Connecticut, does hereby make, constitute and ape.,int
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<br />BRUCE C. Def/ART, EDWARD L MOORE. D.-HI/D R. GROPPELL, REGINA C. DOWLING,
<br />ROSALYN D, HASSELL and NANCY TANKO of HUMBLE, TEXAS
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<br />its true and lawful Attomey(s)-in-Fact, with lull power and authority to each 01 said Attomey(s)-in-Fact, in their separate capacity il more than one is named above, to sign, execute and
<br />acknowledge any and all bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereol on behall 01 the Company in its business 01 guaranteeing the lidelity 01 persons
<br />holding places of public or private trust; guaranteeing the performance of contracts other than insurance policies; guaranteeing the performance of insurance contracts where surety
<br />bonds are accepted by states and municipalities, and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permilled in all actions or proceedings or by law allowed, and to
<br />bind HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY thereby as fully and to the same extent as il such bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof were
<br />signed by an Executive Officer 01 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and sealed and attested by one other of such Officers, and hereby ratifies and conlirms all that its said
<br />Allorney(s)-in-Fact may do in pursuance hereof.
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<br />This Power of Allorney is granted under and by authority 01 the By-Laws of HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, (-~he Company") as amended by the Board of Directors at a
<br />meeting duly called and held on July 9, 1997, as follows:
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<br />ARTICLE IV
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<br />SECTION 7. The President or any Vice President or Assistant Vice-President, acting with any Secretary or Assistant Secretary shall have power and authority to sign and
<br />execute and allach the seal 01 the Company to bonds and undertakings, recongnlzances, contracts of indemnity and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and such instruments
<br />so signed and executed, with or without the common seal, shall be valid and binding upon the Company.
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<br />SECTION 8. The President or any Vice-President or any Assistant Vice President acting with any Secretary or Assistant Secretary, shall have power and authority to appoint,
<br />lor purposes only 01 executing and allesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, one or more resident Vice Presidents, resident Assistant
<br />Secretaries and Attorneys-in-Fact and at any time to remove any such resident Vice-President, resident Assistant Secretary, or Attorney-in-Fact, and revoke the power and authority
<br />given to him.
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<br />Resolved, that the signatures 01 such Officers and the seal 01 the Company may be affixed to any such power 01 allorney or to any certificate relating thereto by facsimile, and
<br />any such power 01 attorney or certilicate bearing such lacsimile signatures or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and certified
<br />by facsimile signatures and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company in the luture with respect to any bond or undertaking to which it is attached.
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<br />In Witness Whereof, HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed by its Assistant Vice-President, and its corporate seal to be
<br />hereto affixed, duly attested by its Secretary, this 14th day of May, 1999.
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<br />Paul A. Bergenholtz, Assistant Secretary
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<br />STATE OF CONNECTICUT}
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<br />COUNTY OF HARTFORD
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<br />Hartford
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<br />HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCe COMPANY
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<br />Robert L Post, Assistant Vice President
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<br />On this 14th day of May, A.D. 1999, before me personally came Robert L. Post. to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say: that he resides in the County of
<br />Hartford, State of Connecticut; that he is the Assistant Vice-President 01 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, the corporation described in and which executed the above
<br />instrument; that he knows the seal 01 the said corporation; that the seal affixed to the ;:::: :~3!rument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board 01 Directors of
<br />said corporation and that he signed his name ther,,!o by Iik~ 'rC9r.
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<br />/ -- Notary Public
<br />My Conunission Expires June 30, 2004
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<br />I, the undersigned, Secretary 01 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut Corporation, DO HERc6Y CERTIFY that the foregoing and allached POWER OF
<br />ATTORNEY remains in lull force and has not been revoked; and furthermore, that Article IV, Sections 7 and 8 01 the By-Laws of HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, set forth
<br />in the Power of Allorney. are now in lorce.
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<br />Signed and sealed at the City 01 Hartford,
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<br />Dated the
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<br />20th
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<br />Richard L. Marshall. Jr., Assistant Secretary
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<br />day of
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<br />April
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<br />2000
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<br />J. Dennis Lane, Assistant Vice President
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