**Exhibit 31(i)**

**CERTIFICATION**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-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: March 29, 2007 | /s/ Douglas P. Taylor                    
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|                     | Douglas P. Taylor Chief Executive Officer