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**Exhibit 31(i)**

**CERTIFICATION**

**pursuant to
section 302 of thesarbanes-oxley act of 2002**



I, Douglas P. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of Taylor Devices, Inc.,
certify that:

> 1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Taylor Devices,
>   Inc.;
>   2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
>   of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
>   statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
>   were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
>   3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
>   information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
>   the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small
>   business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
>   4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I are
>   responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
>   procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
>   [omitted] for the small business issuer and have:
>   (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
>     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
>     ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer,
>     including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
>     within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
>     is being prepared;
>     (b) [NOT REQUIRED]
>     (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
>     disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
>     conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
>     procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
>     evaluation; and
>     (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
>     internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small
>     business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's
>     fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
>     affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business
>     issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and
>   5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have
>   disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
>   financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit
>   committee of small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing
>   the equivalent functions):
>   (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
>     operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
>     likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record,
>     process, summarize and report financial information; and
>     (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
>     employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's
>     internal control over financial reporting.

|Date: October 13, 2003 | /s/ Douglas P. Taylor                    
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|                       | Douglas P. Taylor Chief Executive Officer