COPY OF RESOLUTION
<br />That Whereas, it is necessary for the effectual transaction of business that this Company appoint agents and attorneys with power
<br />and authority to act for it and in its name in States other than Maryland, and in the Territories of the United States and in the Provinces
<br />and territories of Canada;
<br />Therefore, be it Reaolaed, that this Company do, and it hereby does, authorize and empower its President or either of its Vice•
<br />Presidents in conjunction with its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, under its corporate seal, to appoint any person or persons
<br />as attorney or attorneys-in-fact, or agent or agents of said Company, in its name and as its act, to execute and deliver any and all contracts
<br />guaranteeing the fidelity of persons holding positions of public or private trust, guaranteeing the performances of contracts other than
<br />insurance policies and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings, required or permitted in all actions or proceedings, or by law
<br />allowed, and
<br />Also, in its name and as its attorney or attorneys-in•fact, or agent or agents to execute and guarantee the conditions of any and all
<br />bonds, recognizances, obligations, stipulations, undertakings or anything in the nature of either of the same, which are or may by law,
<br />municipal or otherwise, or by any Statute of the United States or of any State or Territory of the United States or of the Provinces or
<br />territories of Canada, or by the rules, regulations, orders, customs, practice or discretion of any board, body, organization, office or officer,
<br />local, municipal or otherwise, be allowed, required or permitted to be executed, made, taken, given, tendered, accepted, filed or recorded
<br />for the security or protection of, by or for any person or persons, corporation, body, office, interest, municipality or other association or
<br />organization whatsoever, in any and all capacities whatsoever, conditioned for the doing or not doing of anything or any conditions which
<br />may be provided for in any such bond, recognizance, obligation, stipulation, or undertaking, or anything in the nature of either of the same.
<br />/, JaiT1eS M. Carroll , an Assistant Secretary of the UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND
<br />GUARANTY COMPANY, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the original power of attorney given
<br />by said Company to Grady K. Str>,ml, Sherry L. Langnau and SuEllen Landri.ault
<br />of LaPorte, Texas ,authorizing and empowering there to sign bonds as therein set
<br />forth, which power of attorney has never been revoked and is still in full force and effect.
<br />And I do further certify that said Power of Attorney was given in pursuance of a resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the
<br />Board of Directors of said Company, duly called and held at the office of the Company in the City of Baltimore, on the 25th day of
<br />November, 1981, at which meeting a quorum of the Board of Directors was present, and that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of said
<br />resolution, and the whole thereof as recorded in the minutes of said meeting.
<br />In Testimon Whereof, I ~ve ereunto set m hand and the seal of the UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY
<br />C0111PANY on ~ / j~~~~~ y
<br />(Da e)
<br />~~
<br />Assistant Secretary
<br />~. ~.~..~. r ~ •
<br />
|