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GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY:

Finances and Property - Non-Durable

(Florida Statutes 709.01 et seq.)

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF ___________________

KNOW ALL ME BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, _____________________________________________________________________, of

__________________________________________________________________, Florida, being

of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, constitute and appoint _______________________

_____________________________________________________________________as my true

and lawful agent and attorney in fact (hereinafter sometimes called "my agent"), with full power and

authority to act for me, individually, and in my name, place and stead, with reference to the

transaction of any and all business, do any and all things, exercise any discretion, and execute and

deliver any and all conveyances and other documents of whatsoever kind and character, in or about

or with respect to any and all matters and things concerning me or my property, real or personal or

mixed, or affairs, as fully and completely as I might lawfully do if present and acting in person with

full power of substitution or revocation, and to have all powers and rights that I now possess or may

possess hereafter with respect to all of my property.

Without intending in any manner to limit or diminish the foregoing powers granted to my agent, but

intending to expand or enlarge upon the same, I specifically authorize and empower my agent, to:

1. Forgive, request, demand, sue for, collect, receive, hold, purchase, invest and re-invest in,

transfer, sell, convey, pledge all sums of money, dues, commercial paper, checks, drafts, deposits,

legacies, bequests, devises, notes, interest, stock certificates, bonds (including "Bearer Bonds"),

dividends, certificates of deposit, annuities (private and public), pension, profit sharing, retirement,

social security, disability, insurance and other contractual benefits and proceeds, all documents of

title, all property, real or personal, intangible and tangible property and property rights, and

demands whatsoever, liquidated, now or hereafter owned by me, or due, owning, payable or

belonging to me or in which I have or may hereafter acquire an interest;

2. Make, execute and deliver, in my name and on my behalf, for any consideration whatsoever, for

cash or on a deferred payment plan, instruments of conveyance covering real, personal or mixed

properties owned or claimed by me, wherever situated, containing such terms, covenants and

conditions deemed necessary or advisable by my agent;

3. Manage, maintain, repair, improve, invest, insure, rent, lease, encumber, and in any manner deal

with any real or personal property owned by me, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, that

I now own or may hereafter acquire, in my name or for my benefit, enter into any lease agreement

or contract for sale or repair of said property with the right to collect all rents or other funds which

may be due from said property or properties, including but not limited to the execution of oil, gas

and mineral leases, related contracts, agreements and division orders and collection of rents,

bonuses and royalties on same, all upon such terms and conditions as my agent shall deem proper;

4. Receive, receipt for, deposit, withdraw and execute, and endorse checks and drafts thereon, in

my name and on my behalf, from any bank or any other financial institution, or any investment or

brokerage firm or credit union, funds, owned or claimed by me and which are on deposit in my

name, including but not limited to negotiating certificates of deposit in my name in banks, savings

and loan associations and other institutions and the execution of any papers or documents with the

Federal Social Security Administration and/or any other governmental agency, county, state or

federal; and to receive and receipt for every sum of money which is now or hereafter shall be due or

belonging to me;

5. Have access at any time or times to any safe deposit box rented by me, wheresoever located, and

open, enter into and remove, in my name and on my behalf, from any safe deposit box registered in

my name, or jointly in my name, located in any bank or any other financial institution, all or any

part of the property or contents contained therein, with the further right and power, in my name and

on my behalf to sell or otherwise dispose of such property, and to surrender or relinquish said safe

deposit box. Any institution in which any such box may be located shall not incur any liability to

me or my estate as a result of permitting my agent to exercise this power;

6. Execute, in my name and on my behalf, such contracts or other assurances as may be requested

or required by any bank or other institution or individual when carrying out the powers granted

herein; and prepare, execute and file in my name joint or separate federal and state tax returns,

declarations of estimated tax for any year or years and related forms on my behalf and make any

other related elections related thereto deemed necessary by my agent, including but not limited to

federal gift tax returns on my behalf; to consent to any gift and to utilize any gift splitting provisions

or other tax elections, including the authority to disclaim any assets otherwise passing to me; and to

prepare, execute and file any claims for refund or any tax; and to transfer or convey any assets on a

"net gift" basis if deemed advisable by my agent;

7. Acquire, purchase, exchange, gift, buy or sell options to buy or sell and convey real or personal

property, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, on such terms and conditions as my agent

shall deem proper. Execute and deliver, in my name and on my behalf, conveyances of real or

personal property including, but not limited to my homestead, for any consideration or gifts to my

wife, children and/or their issue without consideration, of any such real or personal property owned

by me at any time, including the execution of promissory notes and deeds of trust and including

instruments necessary to purchase real or personal property in my name, as well as the execution or

release of such deeds of trust or other security agreements as may be necessary or proper in the

exercise of the rights and powers herein granted;

8. Operate any business or corporation on my behalf in the same capacity as I would have with the

same powers and authority possessed by me at that time, including but not limited to exercising

stock options and voting all of my shares of stock in said corporation or corporations without the

necessity of a proxy and the right to appoint proxies therefore, and possessing all powers that I

possess as granted to me by the Bylaws of said corporation or corporations, to incorporate,

reorganize, merge, consolidate, recapitalize, sell, liquidate or dissolve any business; elect or employ

officers, directors and agents; carry out the provisions of any agreement for the sale of any business

interest or the stock therein;

9. Commence, prosecute, discontinue or defend all actions or other legal proceedings or remedies

touching my affairs or estate or any part thereof as may be deemed necessary by my agent; and to

adjust, sell, compromise, settle, and agree for the same, and to execute and deliver for me, on my

behalf, and in my name, all endorsements, releases, receipts, or other sufficient discharges for the

same;

10. Borrow any sum or sums of money on such terms and with security, whether real or personal

property, as my agent may deem necessary, and to execute all promissory notes, deeds of trust and

other instruments which may prove necessary or proper; to borrow against margin accounts on stock

and other investments and pledge assets therefore;

11. Engage, employ and dismiss any agents, servants, advisors, including accountants, attorneys or

other persons in and about the performance of these duties as my agent shall deem necessary and

grant such persons discretionary power;

12. Exercise in my behalf any right of amendment or revocation of any trust or other instrument

and to execute and deliver all documents required to evidence same as will as the right to create a

trust on my behalf (for example, a revocable trust) and to fund or complete the funding of any such

trust created or previously executed by me on my behalf;

13. Receive and receipt for any distribution from any trust under which I am the beneficiary and to

withdraw on my behalf any funds or assets held in any trust operating for my benefit, by

assignment, conveyance or otherwise;

14. Hold, purchase or invest in my name in "wasting assets" such as life estates or life interests in

property and "unproductive assets" such as reminder interests in property if deemed advisable by

my agent;

15. This instrument is to be construed and interpreted as a general power of attorney, with, but not

limited to the full power in my agents to make gifts on my behalf to my wife, children and/or their

issue. The enumeration of specific powers herein is not intended to, nor does it, limit or restrict the

general powers herein granted to my agent. This instrument is executed and delivered

in the State of Florida, and the laws of the State of Florida shall govern all questions as to validity

of this power and the construction of its provisions;

16. Third parties may rely upon the representations of the agents as to all matters relating to any

power granted to them hereunder, and no person who may act in reliance upon the representations

of the agent or the authority granted to it shall incur any liability to the principal or his estate as

result of permitting the agent to exercise any power.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the attorney in fact may not:

Perform duties under a contract that requires the exercise of personal services of

the principal;

Make any affidavit as to the personal knowledge of the principal;

Vote in any public election on behalf of the principal;

Execute or revoke any will or codicil for the principal;

Create, amend, modify, or revoke any document or other disposition effective at

the principal's death or transfer assets to an existing trust created by the

principal unless expressly authorized by the power of attorney; or

Exercise powers and authority granted to the principal as trustee or as

court-appointed fiduciary.

I do hereby undertake to ratify and confirm, all and singular, the acts heretofore performed and to be

hereinafter performed by my said agents, acting in my name and on my behalf.

IN WITNESS WHEREFORE, I have executed this General Power of Attorney consisting of

______ pages this the ____ day of ______________________________, 20_______.

Signed: _______________________________________________________________________

ATTESTATION

The hereinafter named Witnesses, each declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State

of Florida that the principal is personally known to us, that the principal signed and acknowledged

this power of attorney in our presence, that the principal appears to be of sound mind and under no

duress, fraud or undue influence, that we are not the person appointed as

attorney-in-fact by this document, and that we are not a health care provider, nor an employee of a

health care provider or facility. We are not related to the principal by blood, marriage or adoption,

and to the best of our knowledge, are not entitled to any part of the estate of the principal upon the

death of the principal under a will now existing or by operation of law.

Witness our signatures, this the ____ day of ______________________________, 20_______.

WITNESSES:

___________________________________ of _______________________________________

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STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF ___________________________

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged by me this ______ day of _____________, 20 ____

by:__________________________________________________________________ who is/are

personally known by me or who has/have produced:__________________________ as

identification and who did not take an oath.

__________________________________________

SEAL Notary Public

State of Florida

My Commission Expires:

______________________

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