<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<br />THE HARTFORD
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<br />HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06115
<br />Twin City Fire Insurance Company U
<br />Hartford Insurance Company of Illinois D
<br />Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest D
<br />Hartford Insurance Company of the Southeast D
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<br />Hartford Fire Insurance Company
<br />Hartford Casualty Insurance Company
<br />Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
<br />Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company
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<br />KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Hartford Accident and Indemnity
<br />Company and Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company, corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut; Hartford
<br />Insurance Company of Illinois, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Illinois; Hartford Casualty Insurance Company,
<br />Twin City Fire Insurance Company and Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, corporations duly organized under the laws of the
<br />State of Indiana; and Hartford Insurance Company of the Southeast, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Florida;
<br />having their home office in Hartford, Connecticut, (hereinafter collectively referred to as the .Companies") do hereby make, constitute and
<br />appoint, up to the amount of unlimited:
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<br />Philip S. Trebnick, AI J. SChardin, Sonia Sjurseth, Lori L. Koop
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<br />their true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact, each in their separate capacity if more than one is named above, to sign its name as surety(ies)
<br />only as delineated above by 0, and to execute, seal and acknowledge any and all bonds, undertakings, contracts and other written
<br />instruments in the nature thereof, on behalf of the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the
<br />performance of contracts and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings
<br />allowed by law.
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<br />In Witness Whereof, and as authorized by a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Companies on September 12th, 2000,
<br />the Companies have caused these presents to be signed by its Assistant Vice President and its corporate seals to be hereto affixed, duly
<br />attested by its Assistant Secretary. Further, pursuant to Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Companies, the Companies hereby
<br />unambiguously affirm that they are and ~ill be bound by any mechanically applied signatures applied to this Power of Attorney.
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<br />John P. Hyland, Assistant Vice President
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<br />On this 19th day of September, 2000, before me personally came John P. Hyland, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did
<br />depose and say: that he resides in the County of Hartford, State of Connecticut; that he is the Assistant Vice President of the Companies,
<br />the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seals of the said corporations: that the seals
<br />affixed to the said instrument are such corporate seals; that they were so affixed by authority of the Boards of Directors of said corporations
<br />and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
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<br />My Commission Expires June 30, 2004
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<br />CERTIFICATE
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<br />I, the undersigned, Assistant Vice President of the Companies, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a true and
<br />correct copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies, which is still in full force effective as otlY]4. r chI? Q Oll..s-'
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<br />Signed and sealed at the City of Hartford. '
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