State of Delaware









EXHIBIT

10.50




 




State of Delaware




Department of Labor




Office of Workers’

Compensation




 




Indemnity

Bond




 




Bond No. 1316099




 




Know All Persons By These Presents that the

undersigned surety does hereby agree to indemnify Labor Ready Northeast, Inc.

(“Principal”) in an amount up to and including Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand

Dollars ($750,000.00) payable upon the failure of Principal to pay benefits

under Title 19, Chapter 23 of the Delaware code that Principal is legally

obligated to pay.




 




	

   


  	

  Surety: Great American Insurance Company


  
	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Dated:


  	

  June 29, 2001


  	

  /s/ Patrick D. Dineen


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Patrick D. Dineen, Attorney-in-Fact


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Address:


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  580 Walnut Street


  
	

   


  	

  Cincinnati, Ohio 45202


  
	

   


  	

  513.369.5000


  
					





 




GREAT

AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY®




 




580

WALNUT STREET · CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 · 513-369-5000 · FAX 513-723-2740




 




	

  The number of persons authorized by


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  this power of attorney is not more than


  	

  No. 0


  	

  17201


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  SEVEN


  	

  POWER

  OF ATTORNEY


  
				





 




KNOW

ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:  That the GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE

COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws

of the State of Ohio, does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the person

or persons named below its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for it and in its

name, place and stead to execute in behalf of the said Company, as surety, any

and all bonds,




 





























 




undertakings and contracts of suretyship, or other written obligations

in the nature thereof; provided that the liability of the said Company on any

such bond, undertaking or contract of suretyship executed under this authority

shall not exceed the limit stated below.




 




	

  Name


  	

   


  	

  Address


  	

   


  	

  Limit of Power


  
	

  JAY A. MILEY


  	

   


  	

  ALL OF


  	

   


  	

  ALL


  
	

  PATRICK D. DINEEN


  	

   


  	

  SEATTLE, WASHINGTON


  	

   


  	

  UNLIMITED


  
	

  HEIDI BROCKUS


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  KRISTA M. STROMBERG


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  KATHIE L. WIEGERS


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  TEVY LOR


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  SUZANNE HOLDEN


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  





 




This Power of

Attorney revokes all previous powers issued in behalf of the

attorney(s)-in-fact named above.




 




IN WITNESS WHEREOF

the GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed and

attested by its appropriate officers and its corporate seal hereunto affixed

this 18th day of April, 2001




 




	

  Attest


  	

  GREAT AMERICAN

  INSURANCE COMPANY


  





 




STATE OF OHIO,

COUNTY OF HAMILTON - ss:




 




On this 18th day

of April, 2001, before me personally appeared DOUGLAS R. BOWEN, to me known,

being duly sworn, deposes and says that he resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, that he

is the Vice President of the Bond Division of Great American Insurance Company,

the Company described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows

the seal; that it was so affixed by authority of his office under the By-Laws

of said Company, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.




 




This Power of

Attorney is granted by authority of the following resolutions adopted by the

Board of Directors of Great American Insurance Company by unanimous written

consent dated March 1, 1993.




 




RESOLVED:  That the Division President, the several Division Vice Presidents

and Assistant Vice Presidents, or any one of them, be  and hereby is authorized, from time to time, to

appoint one or more Attorneys-In-Fact to execute on behalf of the Company, as

surety, any and all  bonds, undertakings and contracts of suretyship, or

other written obligations in the nature thereof; to prescribe their respective

duties and the  respective limits of their authority; and to revoke

any such appointment at any time.




 




RESOLVED FURTHER: That the Company

seal and the signature of any of the aforesaid officers and any Secretary or

Assistant  Secretary of

the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any power of attorney or certificate

of either given for the execution of any bond,  undertaking, contract or suretyship, or

other written obligation in the nature thereof, such signature and seal when so

used being hereby adopted by  the Company as the original signature of such officer

and the original seal of the Company, to be valid and binding upon the Company

with the  same force and effect as though manually affixed.




 




CERTIFICATION




 




I, RONALD C.  HAYES, Assistant Secretary of Great American

Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the foregoing Power of Attorney and

the Resolutions of the Board of Directors of March 1, 1993 have not been

revoked and are now in full force and effect.




 




Signed and sealed

this 29th day of June, 2001




 





























 




All-Purpose




Certificate of Acknowledgment




 




	

  State of


  	

  Washington


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  County of


  	

  King


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  On June 29, 2001  before me, Kathie

  L. Wiegers,


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  DATE


  	

  NAME OF NOTARY PUBLIC


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  personally appeared Patrick D. Dineen


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  NAME(S) OF SIGNER(S)


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  ý personally known to me - OR


  	

  proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence

  to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument

  and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their

  authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the

  instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s)

  acted, executed the instrument.


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Witness my hand and official seal.


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  /s/ Kathie L. Wiegers


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC


  	

   


  
							





 




Though the data

below is not required by law, it may prove valuable to persons relying on the

document and prevent fraudulent reattachment of this form.




 




	

  CAPACITY

  CLAIMED BY SIGNER


  	

   


  	

   


  	

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  ENTITY(IES)


  	

   


  





 




Great American Insurance Company