POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company Bond Number:
<br />Prindpal:John Boettcher Sewer & Excavating Contractor, LTD
<br />Agency Name: RICHARD S. MILLER & SONS INC
<br />Obligee: CitV of South Bend Department of Public Works Agent Code:133847
<br />Know All Men by These Presents: That The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, pursuant to the authority granted by Article IV, Section 12 of the Code of Regulations and
<br />By -Laws of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint: Christian L. Barnes; Gregory S. Miller of BREMEN, Indiana its true and lawful
<br />agent(s) and attorney(ies)-in-fact, to make, execute, seal and deliver for and on its behalf as surety, and as its act and deed any and all BONDS, UNDERTAKINGS, and
<br />RECOGNIZANCES, excluding, however, any bond(s) or undertaking(s) guaranteeing the payment of notes and interest thereon.
<br />And the execution of such bonds or undertakings in pursuance of these presents, shall be as binding upon said Company, as fully and amply, to all intents and purposes, as if
<br />they had been duly executed and acknowledged by the regularly elected officers of said Company at their administrative offices in Keene, New Hampshire, in their own proper
<br />persons. The authority granted hereunder supersedes any previous authority heretofore granted the above named attorney(ies)-in-fact.
<br />Ili WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer of the said The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company has hereunto subscribed his name and affixed the Corporate Seal of
<br />said Company this 26th day of September, 2016.
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<br />COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY
<br />On this 26th day of September, 2016 before the subscriber, a Notary Public of the State of Pennsylvania, in and for the County of Montgomery, duly commissioned and qualified,
<br />came David M. Carey, Assistant Secretary of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, to me personally known to be the individual and officer described in, and who executed the
<br />preceding instrument, and he acknowledged the execution of the same, and being by me duly sworn deposes and says that he is the officer of the Company aforesaid, and that the
<br />seal affixed to the preceding instrument is the Corporate Seal of said Company, and the said Corporate Seal and his signature as officer were duly affixed and subscribed to the said
<br />instrument by the authority and direction of the said Corporation.
<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at the City of King of Prussia, State of Pennsylvania, the day and year first above
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<br />This power of attorney is granted under and by authority of Article IV, Section 12 of the By -Laws of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, extracts from which read:
<br />ARTICLE IV - Officers: Section 12. Power of Attorney.
<br />Any officer or other official of the Corporation authorized for that purpose in writing by the Chairman or the President, and subject to such limitation as the Chairman or President
<br />may prescribe, shall appoint such attorneys -in -fact, as may be necessary to act in behalf of the Corporation to make, execute, seal, acknowledge and deliver as surety any and all
<br />undertakings, bond, mcognizances and other surety obligations. Such attorneys -in -fact, subject to the limitations set forth in their respective powers of a€torney, shall have full
<br />power to bind the Corporation by their signature and execution of any such instruments and to attach thereto the seal of the Corporation. When so executed, such instruments shall
<br />be as binding as if signed by the President and attested to by the Secretary.
<br />Any power or authority granted to any representative or attorney -in -fact under the provisions of this article may be revoked at any time by the Board, the Chairman, the President
<br />or by the officer or officers granting such power or authority.
<br />This certificate and the above power of attorney may be signed by facsimile or mechanically reproduced signatures under and by authority of the following vote of the board of
<br />directors of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company effective on the 15th day of February, 2011:
<br />VOTED that the facsimile or mechanically reproduced signature of any assistant secretary of the company, wherever appearing upon a certified copy of any power of attorney
<br />issued by the company in connection with surety bonds, shall be valid and binding upon the company with the same force and effect as though manually affixed.
<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />I , the undersigned Assistant Secretary of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the foregoing power of attorney, the referenced By -Laws of the Company
<br />and the above resolution of their Board of Directors are true and correct copies and are in full force and effect on this date.
<br />1N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Company this 251h
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<br />Renee C. Llewellyn, Assistant Secretary
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