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<br /> Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
<br /> Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
<br /> St . Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
<br /> Farmington Casualty Company
<br /> POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br /> KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS : That Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America , Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, St. Paul
<br /> Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and Farmington Casualty Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut L
<br /> (herein collectively called the " Companies ") , and that the Companies do hereby make , constitute and appoint Russell E . Vance , of Hartford , CT, their
<br /> true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact , to sign , execute , seal and acknowledge the following bond :
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<br /> Surety Bond No. : 106206426 Principal : CHARLES S BLACKWOOD
<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Companies have caused this instrument to be signed and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed , this 21st day of
<br /> April , 2021 .
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<br /> City of Hartford ss . Robert L . Raney , Senior Vice President
<br /> On this the 21st day of April , 2021 , before me personally appeared Robert L. Raney , who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of
<br /> each of the Companies , and that he , as such , being authorized so to do , executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by
<br /> signing on behalf of said Companies by himself as a duly authorized officer .
<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I hereunto set my hand and official seal . oonrp��J�l
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<br /> Y P Y � Anna P . Nowik , Notary Public
<br /> This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of each of the Companies ,
<br /> which resolutions are now in full force and effect, reading as follows :
<br /> RESOLVED , that the Chairman , the President, any Vice Chairman , any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President , any Vice President,
<br /> any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint Attorneys-in-
<br /> Fact and Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority may
<br /> prescribe to sign with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds , recognizances , contracts of indemnity, and other writings
<br /> obligatory in the nature of a bond , recognizance , or conditional undertaking , and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may
<br /> remove any such appointee and revoke the power given him or her; and it is
<br /> FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Chairman , the President, any Vice Chairman , any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice
<br /> President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company, provided that each such
<br /> delegation is in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary; and it is
<br /> FURTHER RESOLVED , that any bond , recognizance , contract of indemnity, or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond , recognizance , or conditional
<br /> undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a) signed by the President, any Vice Chairman , any Executive Vice President, any
<br /> Senior Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any
<br /> Assistant Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary ; or (b) duly executed (under seal , if
<br /> required) by one or more Attorneys4n- Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his or her certificate or their certificates of authority or by
<br /> one or more Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority; and it is
<br /> FURTHER RESOLVED , that the signature of each of the following officers : President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any
<br /> Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to
<br /> any Power of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents , Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys-in-Fact
<br /> for purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and any such Power of
<br /> Attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so
<br /> executed and certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding on the Company in the future with respect to any
<br /> bond or understanding to which it is attached .
<br /> I , Kevin E . Hughes , the undersigned , Assistant Secretary of each 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 remains in full force and effect.
<br /> Dated this 26 day of October, 2022 .
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<br /> To verify the authenticity of this Power of Attorney, please call us at 9 -800429-3880.
<br /> Please refer to the above-named Attorneys) -in-Fact and the details of the bond to which this Power of Attorney is attached.
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