Western Surety Company
<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY - CERTIFIED COPY
<br />Bond No. 71789743
<br />Know All Men By These Presents, that WESTERN SURETY COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
<br />of the State of South Dakota, and having its principal office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (the "Company"), does by these presents make,
<br />constitute and appoint LINDA SUSAN GRACE
<br />its true and lawful attorneys) -in -fact, with full power and authority hereby conferred, to execute, acknowledge and deliver for and on its
<br />behalf as Surety, bonds for:
<br />Principal: Souto Brothers Landscaping & Concrete Construction, Inc.
<br />Obligee: CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
<br />Amount: $1, 000, 000.00
<br />and to bind the Company thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such bonds were signed by the Senior Vice President, sealed with
<br />the corporate seal of the Company and duly attested by its Secretary, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said attorney(s)-in-fact
<br />may do within the above stated limitations. Said appointment is made under and by authority of the following bylaw of Western Surety
<br />Company which remains in full force and effect.
<br />"Section 7. All bonds, policies, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other obligations of the corporation shall be executed in the
<br />corporate name of the Company by the President, Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, or any Vice President or by such other
<br />officers as the Board of Directors may authorize. The President, any Vice President, Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer
<br />may appoint Attorneys in Fact or agents who shall have authority to issue bonds, policies, or undertakings in the name of the Company.
<br />The corporate seal is not necessary for the validity of any bonds, policies, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other obligations of the
<br />corporation. The signature of any such officer and the corporate seal may be printed by facsimile."
<br />All authority hereby conferred shall expire and terminate, without notice, unless used before midnight of January 30
<br />2018 , but until such time shall be irrevocable and in full force and effect.
<br />Stern Surety Company has caused these presents to be signed by its Vice President, Paul T. Bruflat, and its
<br />is 30th day of January , 2017
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<br />On this 3 0th day of January in the year 2017 before me, a notary public, personally appeared
<br />Paul T. Bruflat, who being to me duly sworn, acknowledged that he signed the above Power of Attorney as the aforesaid officer of
<br />WESTERN SURETY COMPANY and acknowledged said instruunent to be the voluntary act and deed of said
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<br />I the undersigned officer of Western Surety Company, a stock corporation of the State of South Dakota, do hereby certify that the
<br />attached Power of Attorney is in full force and effect and is irrevocable, and furthermore, that Section 7 of the bylaws of the Company as
<br />set forth in the Power of Attorney is now in force.
<br />In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Western Surety Company this 30th day of
<br />January 2017 ,
<br />WEST R SURE,.T,y COMPANY
<br />Paul T. fruflat, Vice President
<br />To validate bond authenticity, go to www.enasurety.com > Owner/Obligee Services > Validate Bond Coverage.
<br />Form F5306-1-2016
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