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88B1- COMBINATION TAX AND JUNIOR LIEN WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM ORDINANCE NO. '6~-B-J AN ORDINANCE relating to the authorization and issuance of replacement certificates of obligation to be issued in lieu of "City of Schertz, Texas, Combination Tax and Junior Lien Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1983", dated May 1, 1983, numbered 134-145, inclusive, all in accordance with the provisions of Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated Article 7l5a, as amended; and providing further recitals incident and related to said certificates of obligation and other purposes of this ordinance; and declaring an emergency. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WHEREAS, the City of Schertz, Texas (the City), has been notified by The Frost National Bank of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas (the Bank) , tha t the fa llowing desc ribed certificates of obligation of the City have been lost, misplaced or destroyed, to wit: "CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND JUNIOR LIEN WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 1983", dated May 1, 1983, being certificates numbered 134-145, inclusive, in the denomination of $5,000 each, scheduled to mature on May 1, 1998 and bearing interest at the rate of 9.10% per annum, and reguested that replacement certificates of obligation be issued in lieu thereof; and WHEREAS, submitted with such notification and request is a sworn affidavit, executed by Lynda McGoldrick, Assistant Vice President of The Frost National Bank of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, attesting that the above described certificates of obligation disappeared from the Bank' s premises located at 100 West Houston Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205 on or about June 5, 1987; said certificates of obligation cannot be found and said certificates of obligation have not been sold, assigned, endorsed, transferred or otherwise disposed of in any manner by or on behalf of the Bank; and WHEREAS, the City has also received an indemnity bond from the Bank, as Principal, and Aetna Life and Casualty Company, as Surety, agreeing to indemnify and save harmless the City of Schertz, Texas, and Schertz Bank & Trust, Schertz, Texas (the Paying Agent),from and against any and all costs, actions, sui ts, damages, charges or expenses by reason of the above described lost, mislaid or destroyed certificates of obligation or the issuance of replacement certificates of Obligation in lieu thereof; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the above referred to instruments and other showings provide protection to the City against expenses or liability resulting from the issuance of the replacement certificates of obligation and such request for the issuance of the replacement certificates of obligation in lieu of the above described certificates of obligation should be granted; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS: SECTION 1: That, in lieu of and as replacement for the lost, misplaced or destroyed "CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND JUNIOR LIEN WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 1983", described in the preamble hereof, there shall be and there is hereby authorized to be issued twelve (12) replacement certificates of Obligation pursuant to authority conferred by and in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, particularly Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated Article 7l5a, as amended. SECTION 2: The replacement certificates of obligation herein authorized to be issued shall be numbered 134-145, inclusive, shall be dated May 1, 1983, in the denomination of $5,000 each, shall bear interest at the rate of 9.10% per annum, shall mature May 1, 1998, and be optional for redemption in the same manner as the certificates of obligation which they are being issued to replace and shall otherwise conform and be subject to all provisions of the ordinance passed and adopted on May 3, 1983 authorizing the issuance of such original certificates of obligation. SECTION 3: The form of the certificates of Obligation, including the form of interest coupons to be attached thereto, and the form of registration certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts to be printed thereon, shall be, respectively, substantially as follows: -2- 40 I J [ [Form of Certificate] NO. R- $5,000 CUSIP NO. 806645CGO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF TEXAS COUNTIES OF GUADALUPE, BEXAR AND COMAL CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND JUNIOR LIEN WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION SERIES 1983 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Schertz, existing RECEIVED, to pay to KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: Tha t the Ci ty 0 f Texas, a municipal corporation duly incorporated and under the laws of the State of Texas, FOR VALUE acknowledges itself indebted to and hereby promises bearer FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000), in lawful money of the United States of America, on the 1st day of May, 1998, with interest thereon from the date hereof at the rate of NINE AND ONE-TENTH PERCENT (9.10%) per annum, said interest being payable on May 1, 1984, and semiannually thereafter on November 1 and May 1 of each year, upon presentation and surrender of certificate or properly annexed interest coupon as they severally mature. BOTH PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON this certificate are hereby made payable without exchange or collection charges to the holder, at Schertz Bank & Trust, Schertz, Texas, and for the prompt payment of the interest on this certificate and the principal thereof at maturity, the full faith, credit and resources of the City of Schertz, Texas, are hereby irrevocably pledged. THIS CERTIFICATE is one of a series of certificates, numbered consecutively from One (1) to Two Hundred Fifty (250), both inclusive, in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) each, aggregating the principal sum of One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000), issued for the purpose of obtaining funds to pay contractual obligations to be incurred in constructing certain improvements and extensions to the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer Systems, in and under strict conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, particularly Articles 823, 1175, Articles 1111 to 1118, inclusive, and Article 2368a.l, Texas Revised civil Statutes, and in accordance with an ordinance duly passed -3- 40 t J E by the City Council of ordinance is of record in Certificate Ordinance). the City of Schertz, Texas, which the minutes of said Ci ty Counci 1 (the THE DATE of this certificate, in conformity with the ordinance above referred to, is May 1, 1983. AS SPECIFIED in the ordinance hereinabove mentioned, the City reserves the right to redeem the bonds of said series maturing on May 1, 1998 and subsequent, in whole or in part (but in inverse numerical order if less than all), on May 1, 1997, or on any interest payment date thereafter, at the price of par and accrued interest to the date of redemption; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least thirty (30) days notice of redemption, signed by the city Secretary (specifying the serial numbers and amount of certificates to be redeemed), shall have been filed wi th Schertz Bank & Trus t, Schertz, Texas; and if the City shall have made available by the date of redemption funds in amounts sufficient to pay the certificates to be redeemed and accrued interest thereon, any certificate or certificates not presented for redemption pursuant to such notice shall cease to bear interest from and after the date so fixed for redemption. THIS CERTIFICATE and the series of which it is a part are payable from a levy of ad valorem taxes upon all taxable property in the City, and are further payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of certain net revenues derived from the operation of the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer Systems (after first making all payments required by the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the outstanding First Lien Bonds, all as more particularly described in the Certificate Ordinance and in the Ordinances authorizing the issuance of the First Lien Bonds). THE CITY, however, expressly reserves the right to issue additional obligations on a parity with and payable wholly or in part from the same revenues as the aforesaid First Lien Bonds and further reserves the right to issue additional obligations on a parity with certificates of this series and payable from the same source or sources of net revenues and/or taxes securing the payment of this certificate and the series of which it is a part; provided, however, that any and all such additional Obligations may be issued only in accordance with and subject to the covenants, conditions, liens and restrictions relative thereto, which are set out in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of said First Lien Bonds and/or Certificate Ordinance; to which ordinances reference is hereby made for more complete and full particulars. -4- 40 I J E IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that the issuance of this certificate, and the series of which it is a part, is duly authorized by law; that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this series of certificates of obligation, and of this certificate, have been properly done and performed, and have happened in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law; that sufficient and proper provision for the levying and collection of taxes has been made, which taxes, when collected, shall be appropriated exclusively to the payment of this certificate and to the payment of the interest coupons thereto annexed as the same shall become due; that further provision for the payment of the interest on this certificate and the series of which it is a part has been made by irrevocably pledging the above mentioned net revenues; and that the total indebtedness of said series of which it is a part, does not exceed any Constitutional or statutory limitation. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Schertz, by its City Council, has caused a facsimile of the seal of the City to be imprinted hereon, and this certificate to be executed by imprinting hereon the facsimile signature of the Mayor and counters igned by impr inting hereon the f acs imi Ie signa ture of the City Secretary and the interest coupons hereto attached to be executed by the imprinted facsimile signatures of said Mayor and City Secretary (all in accordance with the provisions of Article 717j-1, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended), as of the date of this certificate, the 1ST DAY OF MAY, 1983. Mayor, City of Schertz, Texas COUNTERSIGNED: City Secretary, City of Schertz, Texas [Form of Interest Coupons] NO. $ ON THE FIRST DAY OF unless the certificates to which this coupon appertains has been redeemed in accordance with its terms, the City of Schertz, Texas, hereby promises to pay to bearer, out of funds specified in the certificate to which this coupon is attached, the amount shown -5- 4 0 1 J E hereon in lawful money of the United States of America, upon presentation and surrender of this coupon, at Schertz Bank &. Trust, Schertz, Texas, without exchange or collection charges, such amount being interest due on such date on "City of Schertz, Texas, Combination Tax and Junior Lien Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1983", dated May 1, 1983, Certificate No. Mayor City Secretary [Form of Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts] STATE OF TEXAS 5 5 5 REGISTER NO. R- OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER I HEREBY CERTIFY that there is on file and of record in my office a certificate of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to the effect that this certificate has been examined by him as required by law and that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding Obligation of the City of Schertz, Texas, payable from ad valorem taxes and the revenues pledged to its payment by and in the ordinance authorizing same, and said certificates has this day been registered by me. WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE at Austin, Texas, this Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas SECTION 4: On the reverse side of said replacement certificates of Obligation there shall be printed a true and correct copy of the final opinion of Messrs. Dumas, Huguenin, Boothman &. Morrow, Attorneys at Law, approving such certificates of obligation as to their validity, all in like manner and effect as was done with regard to the certificates of obligation being replaced. -6- 4 0 1 J E SECTION 5: obligation shall The replacement certificates of have attached interest coupons due and subsequent in the same manner as the original certificates of obligation and the owner of such replacement certificates of obligation may present all coupons to the paying agent for payment as due. SECTION 6: The certificates of obligation and interest coupons appurtenant thereto shall be executed by the imprinted facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary at the time of issuance of the replacement certificates of obligation. SECTION 7: The replacement certificates of obligation and the proceedings relating to their issuance shall be submitted to the Attorney General of Texas for his approval, and after he has approved them the certificates of obligation shall be transmitted to the Comptroller of Public Accounts for registration. The replacement certificates of obligation shall be registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts in the same manner as the original certificates of obligation were registered, giving them the same registration number as the original certificates of obligation except that such number shall be preceded by the letter "R", as noted above, and said Comptroller shall date his registration certificate as of the date of registration of the replacement certificates of obligation. SECTION 8: Upon registration, such replacement certificates of obligation shall be delivered to the Paying Agent for further handling in accordance with instructions of the owner of such certificates of obligation. SECTION 9: All ordinances, orders or resolutions, or parts thereof. which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and the provisions of this ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters contained herein. SECTION 10: This ordinance enforced in accordance with the laws the United States of America. shall be construed of the State of Texas and and SECTION 11: If any provision of this ordinance or the applica tion thereof to any ci rcums tance sha 11 be he Id to be invalid, the remainder of this ordinance and the application thereof to other circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and this governing body hereby declares that this ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision. -7- 40 1 J E SECTION l2: That the recitals contained In the preamble to this Ordinance are hereby found to be true, and such recitals are hereby made a part of this ordinance for all purposes and are adopted as a part of the judgment and findings of the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas. SECTION 13: It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this Ordinance is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Ordinance, was given, all as required by Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, Article 6252-17, as amended. SECTION 14: By reason of the urgent necessity to issue the replacement certificates of obligation as soon as possible to enable the City to properly account for all currently outstanding indebtedness, an emergency is hereby declared to exist making it necessary to the preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety that this ordinance become effective immediately upon its passage, and it is so enacted. -d.- PASSED AND ADOPTED, this the'~ day of January, 1988. ATTEST: ~4h",~~ CITY OF SCHERTZ, (CITY SEAL) -8- 40 I J E RAUSCHER PIERCE REFSNES.INC. December 31,1987 MI. Jimmy G. Gilmore City Manager City of Schertz Post Office Drawer I Schertz, Texas 78154 Re: $60,000 CITY OF SCHERTZ. TEXAS Combination Tax and JI. Lien Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Certificates of Obligation. Series 1983 Dated May 1, 1983; 9.10% Due May 1, 1998 Bond Numbers 134-145 Inclusive; Denomination - $5.000 Cusip Number - 806645CGO Dear Jimmy: In accordance with our telephone conversation yesterday, please find enclosed herewith the following proceedings: 1. Ordinance relating to the authorization and issuance of replacement Certificates of ObligatIOn - 6 copies. Please have the Mayor and City Secretary sign all copies of the Ordinance on page 8 and impress each with the City's seal. Retain one copy for the City's files and return five executed copies to us. 2. Certificate of City Secretary pertaining to the above Ordinance - 6 copies. Please complete all requested information on page 1 and 2 and have the City Secretary sign on page 2 and impress each with the City's seal. Retain one copy for the City's files and return five executed copies to us. We are also enclosing a copy of the Affidavit of Loss and Lost Securities Bond, signed by Ms. Lynda McGoldrick, Assistant Vice President of Frost National Bank, for your files. We are forwarding a copy of this letter. along with a copy of the Ordinance, Certificate of City Secretary, Lost Securities Bond and Affidavit of Loss to Mr. Roy Richard. JI. for the Bank's files. 1600 InterFirst Plaza, 300 Convent Street. San Antonio, Texas 78205 . (512) 225-6611 Member New York Stock Exchan.ge, Inc. Mr. Jimmy G. Gilmore December 31, 1987 Page 2 If you have any questions or require additional information. please do not hesitate to call me, and with kind personal regards and best wishes, I remain. ~IY, (~I; Thomas M'.:1<\D.derlitch Vice President TMNrgj Enclosures cc: Mr. Roy Richard. Jr. Attorney at Law c/o Schertz State Bank CERTIFICATE OF CITY SECRETARY THE STATE OF TEXAS CITY OF SCHERTZ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ COUNTIES OF GUADALUPE, BEXAR AND COMAL I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Schertz, Texas (the City), DO HEREBY CERTIFY as follows: 1. That on the 5th day of January, 1988, the City Counci 1 of the City of Schertz, Texas, convened in a regular session at its regular meeting place in the City Hall of said City; the duly constituted members of the City Council being as follows: Earl W. Sawyer Ken Greenwald Charles B. Sharpe Hal Baldwin Raymond Stanhope Adolph Aguilar Mayor Mayor Pro-Tern Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember and all of said persons were present at said meeting, except the following: /I/o lYE , thus constituting a quorum. Additionally, the City Manager Mr. Jimmy Gilmore, and the City Secretary, Ms. June Krause were also in attendance. Among other business considered at said meeting, the attached ordinance (the Ordinance) entitled: AN ORDINANCE relating to the authorization and issuance of replacement certificates of obligation to be issued in lieu of "City of Schertz, Texas, Combination Tax and Junior Lien Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1983", dated May 1, 1983, numbered 134-145, inclusive, all in accordance with the provisions of Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated Article 715a, as amended; and providing further recitals incident and related to said certificates of obligation and other purposes of this ordinance; and declaring an emergency. was introduced and subrni tted to and adoption. After presentation Ordinance, a motion was made by the City and due /-<(;. h Counc i 1 f or pas sage consideration of the rTRef>J!wfrIJ that the Ordinance was seconded by following vote: ,h voted "FOR" be finally passed and adopted. The motion HttL- Af/i.A,,);/I/ and carried by the 0' voted "AGAINST" c Abstained all as shown in the official Minutes of the City Council for the meeting held on the aforesaid date. 2. That the attached Ordinance is a true and correct copy of the original on file in the official records of the City; the duly qualified and acting members of the City Council of said City on the date of the aforesaid meeting are those persons shown above and, according to the records of my office, each member of the City Council was given actual notice of the time, place and purpose of the meeting and had actual notice that the matter would be considered; and that said meeting, and deliberation of the aforesaid public business, including the subject of the entitled Ordinance, was posted and given in advance thereof in compliance with the provisions of Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated Article 6252-17, as amended. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name officially and affixed the seal of said City, this the 5th day of January, 1988. City Secr ary ity of Schertz, Texas _.4;!~,Q..V_____ (SEAL) 2462k -2- - AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS STATE OF TEXAS 5 5 5 COUNTY OF BEXAR The undersigned, Lynda McGoldrick, Assistant Vice President of The Frost National Bank of San Antonio, 100 West Houston Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the lawful owner of or is acting in a representative or fiduciary capacity with respect to certain securities more particularly described as follows: "City of Schertz, Texas, Combination Tax and Junior Lien Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1983, dated May 1, 1983, being certificates numbered 134-145, inclusive, in the denomination of $5,000 each, aggregating $60,000 in principal amount (the "Securities"). That the Securities were not endorsed. That neither the Securities nor the right of The Frost National Bank of San Antonio, Texas in the Securities have, in whole or in part, been sold, assigned, endorsed, transferred, hypothecated, pledged or otherwise disposed of, or any interest therein, in any manner whatsoever; that on or about the 5th day of June, 1987, the Securities were lost on the premises of The Frost National Bank of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; that she has made due and diligent search for the Securities but has not found same, and that this affidavit is made for the purpose of securing a bond of indemnity in favor of the City of Schertz, Texas, the issuer of such securities and Schertz Bank and Trust, Schertz, Texas, the Paying Agent for such securities, for the issuance of new or duplicate securities in lieu of those alleged to have been lost or destroyed, or to pay the value thereof, the deponent hereby agreeing immediately to surrender the original securities to the said Paying Agent or the company executing said bond should such original securities at any time hereafter come into the possession or control of the deponent. It is understood that the term "Securities" mentioned herein shall mean one or more particular instrument or document as above described. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30-11\ day of December, 1987. ~(tOJ /'Y'K;8oJf!^"-"- ~ Lynda McGoldric . THE STATE OF TEXAS 5 ~ COUNTY OF BEXAR 5 BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Ms. Lynda McGoldrick, Assistant vice President of The Frost National Bank of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that she had executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, day of December, 1987. ,@ this the ~- JJ j) ~. j" U. jl).I!.UJ-/ 'tt .t!.a.-J Notary Public in and for The State of Texas DEGC1~ S;:/\L3 Notary Public, State Of Texas. (/(j- w~.m0Jtfi7U ;:YF,iA;;-) 117!t), -2- 42 I} 2 E ---..-----.'"-------...--T'---...-------- .. ~ lOST SECURITIES BOND - THE )ETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY Hartford, Connecticut 06115 lIFE&CASUALTY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That we Frost National Dank San Antonio, Texas as Frincipal(s) (hereinafter called "Principal"), and THE IETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation, duly authorized to transact the business of indemnity and Suretyship in the State of TeXas , as Surety (hereinafter called "Surety"). are held and firmly bound unto CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS SCHERTZ BANK 0< TRUST OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS its successors and ass igns, as theirrespective interests may appear (hereinafter called "Obi igee"), in the sum of ONE HUNDRED TIlENTY THOUSAND SIXTY AND NO/100 - - ($ 120 060,00 _ _ _ ) Dollars , lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid to the Obligee or {he legal representatives of said Obligee; for which payment. well and truly to be made, the said Principal binds himself (themselves,itself), his (their, its) heirs, executors, administrators. successors, and assigns, and said Surety binds itself. its successors amd assigns, jointly and severally, finnly by these presents. SEALED with our seals this day of 29th September .1907 . WHEREAS, the aforesaid Principal is the owner of CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS Combination Tax and Jr. Lien Ilaterworks anel Se"Jer System Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1~)83, Dated Hay 1, 1983, 9.10J:, Due Hay' I, 1998, Bond Numbers 134-145 Inclusive, Denomination - $5,000 Cusip Number - 806645CGO and has lost, mislaid or destroyed said instrument or instruments. so that the same cannot be found or produced; and WHEREAS, the Obligee has agreed with the Principal upon the security of this Bond of Indemnity to dupl icate said in~trument or instruments so lost, mislaid or destroyed, or to pay to said Principal or credit to said Principal's account the value thereof. NOW. THEREFORE, THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH that if the Obligee shall issue or cause to be issued to the Principal or Principal's order new or duplicate instrument or Instruments in place of the aforementioned lost. mi sl aid or destroyed instrument. or instruments, or if the Obligee shall pay to Principal or credit to Principal's account the value thereof; and if the Principal, the heirs, executors,administrators, successors, or assigns of said Principal, or any of them, shall. in case such lost, mislaid or destroyed instrument, or instruments, be found or come into the hands or power of any of them, or into the hands, custody or power of any other person or persons, deliver or cause the same to be delivered unto the Obligee in order to be canceled; and also shall at all times indemnify and save harmless the Obligee from and against any and all costs. actions, suits, damages. charges, or expenses. by reason of said lost. mislaid or destroyed instrument or instruments, or the issuance of other or others in lieu thereof, or the paying or crediting as aforesaid of the value thereof without the surrender of said instrument or instruments, then this obligation to be void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Fr~ Na ti onal Bank (SEAL) BY: [/w,tNJO,--, ~1!1~ A(Xd~LU\ (;>EAL) (SEAL) THE IETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY CO PANY By Fixed Penalty (S-11n-N) 5-72 CAT. 269069 PRINTED IN U.S.A. . - III 1] ~ :! J I ] :l . .f E ~ ~ ~ II . .~ f ~ - i II State of County of On this }ss. I Texas Bexar 29th day of ,1987 ,before me personally appeared September Trav:ts n. Bailey. Jr. to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say: That he resides in San Antonio Texas ; that he is an Attornily"In-Fact of THE A:TNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, the corporation described in and which executed the within instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the within instrument is such corporate seal, and that he signed the said instrument and affixed the said seal as Attorney-in-Fact by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation and by authority of his office J~er the Standing Res~l~tions th,;reof. My commission expires 7-/1 ,19fi.?:/tY d",_. '7-- -'_':'),(1/." -c.:, L Notary Publ ic State of County of On this }ss. day of . 19 , before me personally appeared to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the within Bond, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same. State of TI2. III 50 } County of 8e -I-Q. r ss. On this / q day of Oa.-hber I... v.hck. l11e Ibo/df'/'ck. to me known and known to me to be one of the firm fro~ flJo.. t-,' M cd 13a-1t L described in and who executed the foregoing instrument.and executed the same as and for the act and deed of said firm. .19 8'7. before me personally appeared he thereupon acknowl edged to me that he !;fG1{1~V:J_plv.~<:-'(. . C:~"'..,. E~f'ffrL," Ui'ii)[\ .jAt;.X.HW~_ NOTM\i l.1)lJ!X: IN f!lE ~'a ~t,H: ot: n-,Y' ~~s , before me personall y appeared State of County of On this }ss. day of , 19 to me known. who, being by me duly sworn. did depose and say: That he resides in ; that he is the Presi dent of the corporation described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors and authority of the By-Laws of said corporation. and that he signed his name thereto by Ii ke order. .. 2 <t ~ 0 u 6 0: ;J '" 0 "' 2 :: <t <0 0 5 , <t .~ '" ;J ~ w '" ~ i= <t U c IS! ci -' <t 0 l;;:)Q ~ 2 U z !!: w ~ .,; Q&lQ w 0 U Cl ~ -I'" Z z iii - f w t: Q :I: ~ 0 I- :I: I , ~ THE .4ETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY Hartford, Connecticut 06115 LIFE & CASUALTY POWER OF ATTORNEY AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY(S)-IN-FACT KNOW All MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE .ETNA CASUAL TV AND SUReTY COMFANY, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut. and hil"ing its principal office in the City of Hartford, County of Hartford, State of Connecticut, hath made, constituted and appointed,and does by these oresents make, constih.Jteand appo int Travis D. Bailey, Jr., Michael E. Smith or Herbert Krause, Jr. - - of S an An tonio, Texas ' its true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact, with full power and authority hereby c_onferred to sign, execute and aclmowledge, at any place within the United States, Of, if the following line be filled in, within the area there desig- nated ' the following instrument(s): by hisfher sole signature and act. any and all bonds. recognizances. contracts of indemnity. and other writings obligatory in the nature of a bond. recognizance. or conditional undertaking. and .any and all consents incidents thereto 8nd to bind THE JETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, thereby as fully and to the S9me extent as if the same were signed by the duly 8uthorized officers of THE A:TNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY. and all the acts of said Attorney(sHn-Fact. pursuant to the authority herein given, are hereby ratified and confirmed. This appointment is made under and by authority of the following Standing Resolutions of said Company which Resolutions are now in full force and effect: VOTED: That each of the following officNs: Chairman. Vice Chairman, President. Any Executive Vice President, Any Senior Vice President. AnyVice President. Any Assistant Vice President, Any Secretary. Any Assistant Secretary, may from time to time appoint Resident Vice Presidents. Resident Assistant Secretaries, Attorneys-in-Fact, and Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give any such appointee such authority as his certificate of authority may prescribe to sign with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds. recognizances, contracts of indemnity. and olher writings obligatory in the nature of a bond. recognizance, or conditi"mal undertaking. and any of said officers or the Board of Directors may at any lime remove any such appointee and revoke the power and authority given him. VOTED: That any bond. recognizance. contract of indemnity. or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance. or conditional undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a) signed by the Chairman. the Vice Chairman, the President, an Executive Vice President. a Senior Vice President, a Vice President, an Assistant Vice President or by a Resident Vice President. pursuant to the power prescribed in the certificate of authority of such Resident Vice President. and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary or by a Resident Assistant Secretary, pursuant to the power prescribed in the certificate of authority of such Resident Assistant Secretary; or (bl duly executed (under seal. if required) by one or more Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the power prescribed in his or their certificate or certificates of authority . This Power of Attorney and Certificate of Authority is signed and seared by facsimile under and by authority of the following Standing Resolution voted by the Board of Directors of THE IETNA CASUAL TV AND SURETY COMPANY which Resolution is now in full force and effect: VOTED: That the signature of each of the following officers: Chairman. Vice Chairman, President, Any Executive Vice President. Any Senior Vice President, Any Vice President. Any Assistant Vice President, Any Secretary, Any Assistant Secretary. and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any power of attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents. Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys-in-Fact for purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof. and any such power of attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power So executed and certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company in the future with ..espect to any bond or undertaking to which it is attached. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE JETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY has caused this instrument to be signed by its Vice President ,and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed this 4th deyof Apri 1 . 19 80 Assistant ,,":'.:~'~:~':":'~'r;'~, '. ~-~ ~~ t~:.~;:~~~~:,:;i} THE JETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY By K~I?; ~J1-' ., Assis ant Vice President ,State of Connecticut I ss. County of Hartford Hartford On this 4 th deyof Apri 1 ,19 80 , before me personally came R. T. RIPPE to me known, who. being by me duly sworn. did depose and say: that he/she is Assi stant Vice President of THE ,ETNA CASUAL TV AND SURETY COMPANY. the corporation described in and which executed the above instrument; that he/she knows the s8alof said corporation: that the seal affixed to the said instrument is such corporate seal; and that he/she executed the said instrument on behalf of th8 corporation by authority of his/her office under the Standing Resolutions ttlereof. , (";;~~~~;';\ \ ~8\.\C. ! . . --,,~~:::::-:,::,;;,:~:,'-' r CERTIFICATE I, the undersigned. Sec re tary of THE ..ETNA CASUAL TV AND SURETY COMPANY. a stock corporation of the State of Connecticut, DO HEREBY CEATIFY thai the foregoing and attached Power of Attorney and Certificate of Authority remains in full force and has not been revoked; and furthermore, that the Standing Resolutions of the Board of Directors. as set forth in the Certificate of Authority, are now .i:I~:: and Seeled at tha Hom~90ffica of tha Company, In tha ~.~:'., of Hartford, Sta.toconnecltcut Dat~J qT~' day of .:5etP~"'n./re.,. . '('( ,../.. """;;;~.., ~ :" H.o.AHORIl ~: By ~ , H CON" 81 \~ '.. .// Secretary '....:.....",:,.'.' PRINTED IN U.S.A. (5-1ll22.E) (M) 3-79