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GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, as Partner in College Station Retirement Associates,
Ltd., of Travis County, Texas, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Saralee Lewis, of Travis County, Texas, my true and
lawful attorney, to act for me and in my name, place and stead
and to' do or exercise any and every act, power, duty, right or
pr iv! lege that I might or could do or exe:rcise through any other
person, in such manner as my said atto:rney may deem proper or
advisable, including specifically, but not limited to, the
power, on my behalf and in my name: (1) to demand, collect,
receive, receipt for and hold any debts, claims, sums of money
or any other thing o.f value, however irepresen,ted or arising,
which is, or may hereafter be, due, paya!ble, or owing to me, or
which may belong to me or in or to whic!h I may'hiave any right,
title or interest; (2) to take any lelgal ac.tion necessary or
appropriate to enforce' or protect any of: my righ.ts or property ;
(3) to pay, compromise, settle or adjust any liability for any
debt or obligation owed byrne, including any tax; (4) to settle,
compromise or release any claims held or asserted by me or
against me; (5) to cause to be prepared, and to execute and file
on my behalf, any tax return, claim for refund or other document
which must or should be:ifiled; to represeint me before any office
of the Internal Revenue. Service or any other tax,ing authority,
in any matter, with authority to executie a waiver of any type,
to consent to an extension of any period for assessment or
collection of any tax,: and execute a closing agr:eement; (6) to
make any return or r~port for me to any gove~n~ental agency
(federal or state), body, organization or corp(i)ration which I
may be entitled orrequirEf9- to make, regardless>o~the nature of
any such return or report; (7) to invest and reiI}Vestany of my
funds in any type of iAivei:;tment (including, withqtlt l~mitation,
United States Governmen~ bpnds redeemable at par. ~or 'I. t~e, payment
of federal estate taxeis); (8) to lend or b()rlR:w:m8n~y on my
behalf; (9) to buy, ~ell, mortgage, lease, e~cplt~p~e~ ~mprove,
repair, replace, manag8:,.: insure, part it ion 'iC(rrliYenY:~, grant an
option on, and otherwis~ deal with property, re<i\li':8,:r;i.prrrsonal or
mixed including, witho~'t, limitation, mineral i~t1!81~st~, I, royalty
interests, mineral lea~es: or leasehold intelFe~i~~,ar:ld mineral
overriding royalty int~re?ts, on such terms asm~f~H' attorney
may deem proper (the 'tefm "mineral," as, use? '~1~9!11~h()ut this
instrument, includes oil ard gas and their yons1it.i'~i~I}!it!llletements,
and all other substanoes' defined as minerals.. undier: 'lDexas law,
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including, without limi!,ta~ion, coal, lignite, :ir9~',!i~!~~,iuranium
and similar substances ,lc~JI.. iche , gravel, sand, .<1fr~~i~!~j'Tiiilia,d other
metallic or nonmetatliA. .<Dres and min~rals); q> 1!I~i~ill~~efcise on
my behalf any option, ri~!~~t or power wI-pch Illay~~~~!~I'!:~~ ~y favor
or which I may be eQiti fled to exerrcise. und~r !I~i~~ present or
future contract, deed:!, i~perating a~reement,:. ~!~an or other
instrument; (11) to nl1g~tiate, execqte, agre~, ~~i, acknowledge
and deliver any cont~~~f' deed, l~ase,. mq~t~~ge, release,
certificate of title to.!fl.q,! automobile, .mineralte~~,e, operating,
pooling or unitization ...Cl~reement, c0I1tract f()~. ~l);e drilling of
mineral wells or for the '~xploration :!jor o~ m~~iqg and recovery
of minerals, transfer or;division order, ~ny i~ther contract or
agreement pertaining to ~ny mineral. intere~~now owned or
hereafter acquired by me, lor other instrumEfnt i~Ef~'taining to any
of my affairs, rights or ~foperty; (12) to If'ec~*veHdividends and
exercise, sell or releiasr rights which ma~ aO~lf'9~ to me on any
security standing in ~y !mame; (13) to rec~ive 'Iorlmy behalf and
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to deposit any money,p~,ft or check, inc~udi1giany instrument
drawn on the Treasury oft~e United States, .and iifqr that purpose
to sign my name and enddr~t any such draft or C~Ef9~' to withdraw
any and all monies now :o~lhereafter on deposit lit9!iFY credit and
for that purpose to drawc,ecks and other wi thd~a~i~;l instruments
in my name, and to 'execute vouchers and icli.ia'im forms on
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my behalf for any and all allowances, compensation,
reimbursements and medical insurance payments properly payable
to me by the government of the United States or any agency or
department thereof, including, but not restricted to, medical,
dental, hospital and other health care.. claims and other payments
under Medicare, Medi.ca id or other social secur i typrogriam; (14)
to enter and have access to an:Y<S~fe deposit box and to !wiJ:hdraw
from or deposit in such safe deposit box any paper, document or
property; (IS) to have and receive any property held under
safekeeping receipt .in my name; (16) to exercise any and all
incidents of ownership to lif~.insurance poJicies own~d by me
(other. than anysu.chpol iciesoI'lthe 1 i feof> IllY sa id atitorney) ;
(17) to disclaim any inher i tanceor other propt=3rtypass iing to me
by reason of the death of any person or theoccurrencle of any
event; (18) to employ on my behalf any legal counsel, accountant
or other person or firm, professipnal or otherwise, when my said
attorney may deem such employment to be inmyl)est interest;
(19) to take possession and order the storage, removal or
shipment of any of my property from or to any post, warehouse,
depot, dock or. other . plaCe of storag~ or safe~eeping,
governmental or private, and to execute and deliver any release,
voucher, receipt, shipping ticket, certificate or other
instrument necessary or convenient for such purpose; (20) to
consent to my medical care, to arrange for my health,
maintenance and support, to incur expenses in my name therefor
and to pay from my funds any expense in conne.ction wi th my
health, maintenance or support, and, further '.including medical
and surgical services, nursing services and hospital ~oom and
services for me or for my benefit, and any other thing or
service incidental thereto deemed by my attorney to ,be nf=cessary
or appropriate; (21) to transfer any and all assets owned by me
at any time to the trustee or trustees of any trustl(whether
created by me or any other ",erson) of which I am a, current
beneficiary, and which is distributable to my estate at my death
or over which I hav.e a general testamentary or. inter vivas power
of appointment, to be held, admi.nistered and distributedl as part
of the trust estate of that trust; and (22)todoi any act
reasonably necessary or appropriate to the exercise of any power
hereby granted.
It is my intention to vest in my said attorney hereby a
full and universal power of attorney with full power and
authority to do and perform any and ~very act and thing
whatsoever which maybe necessary or advisable in.the management
of my affairs, as fully as I might or could do if acting in
person, and the enumeration of certain powers herein shall not
be construed as limited or restricting in any way thelgeneral
powers hereby granted to my said attorney to act on my behalf in
any and every lawful way, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as! might or could do if personally present; provided,
however, that any authority granted to my said attorney herein
shall be limited so as to. prevent this power of attorney (I)
from causing my said attorney to be taxed on my income, (2) from
causing my estate to be subject to a general p0wer of
appointment (as that term is defined in Section 2041 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended) by my said attorney,
and (3) from causing my said attorney to have any inci~ents of
ownership (within the meaning of Section 2042 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954,. as amended) to any life insurance policies
on the life of my said attorney.
I further specifically grant unto my said attorney full
power to substitute ODe or more attorney or attorney~,and I
author ize and empower my said attorney to gi vie to such
substitute attorney or attorneys all or any portion of the
powers herein granted to my said attorney, including the power
to appoint a substitute, and I authorize and empower;my said
attorney to revoke any power granted to any such substitute
attorney or attorneys.
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I agree and represen.t to those dealing wi thmy said
attorney, ora substitute or. substitutes, that my said attorney,
or any duly co.nstituted substitute.or substitutes, is my tru.e
and lawful agent and may be dealt with as such until actual
notice of the revocation of this power of attorney is received
or until such written revocation of it is filed of record in the
office of theCountyClerk..of Travis County, Texas; and I hereby
ratify and confirm whatsoever my said attorney or any duly
constituted substitute or substitutes may do by virtue of this
power of attorney.
This Power of Attorney shall not terminate on my
disability, either temporary or.permanent.
IN WITN~.~m... . E~~REO.F,. I., have. here.under set my hand this
/1 th day of . ~ . , 19 ~.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
Tl1is instrument was acknowledged before me on ()J~
11, 19 %5, by R.M. Sykes, I I I.
My commission expires:
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NJtary. Public- State of Texas
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