STATE OF OKLAHOMA









EXHIBIT

10.51




 




STATE OF OKLAHOMA




WORKERS'

COMPENSATION COURT




1915

NORTH STILES




OKLAHOMA

CITY, OKLAHOMA 73105-4904




 




SURETY

BOND OF SELF-INSURER OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION




 




	

  IN THE MATTER OF THE PERMIT OF


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  SURETY BOND


  	

   


  
	

  LABOR READY CENTRAL, INC.


  	

  NO.1835789


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  EFFECTIVE DATE: 

  10/1/01


  	

   


  





 




Employer,

Self-Insurance




Permit No.:  19190




 




KNOW ALL PERSONS

BY THESE PRESENTS:




 




	

  THAT LABOR

  READY CENTRAL.  INC.


  	

   


  
	

  (Employer)


  	

   


  





 




whose address is 1016

South 28th Street, Tacoma, WA 98409




 




	

  as Principal, and GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE

  COMPANY


  	

   


  
	

  (Surety)


  	

   


  





 




a corporation

organized under the laws of Ohio and authorized to transact a general

surety business in the State of Oklahoma, as Surety, whose address is 580

Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 are held and firmly bound to the State

of Oklahoma in the penal sum of SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 -- Dollars ($ 650,000.00

) for which payment we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators,

successors and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.




 




Sealed with our

seal and dated this 6th day of September, 2001.




 




WHEREAS In accordance

with the provisions of Section 61 of Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the

Principal elected to self-insure, and made application for, and received from

the Administrator of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court, a Self-Insurance

Permit, upon a




 





























 




 furnishing of proof satisfactory to the

Administrator of the ability to self-insure and to compensate any or all

employees of said Principal for injury or disability, and their dependents for

death incurred or sustained by said employees, pursuant to the terms,

provisions and limitations of the Oklahoma Workers Compensation Act.




 




NOW THEREFORE, the

conditions of this bond or obligations are such that if the Principal shall pay

and furnish compensation pursuant to the terms, provisions and limitations of

said Workers' Compensation Act to its employees for injury or disability, and

to the dependents of its employees for death incurred or sustained by said

employees, then this bond or obligation shall be null and void:  otherwise to remain in full force and

effect.




 




FURTHERMORE, It is

understood and agreed that:




 




1)                                      The

Surety does, by these presents, undertake and agree that the obligation of this

bond shall cover and extent to all past, present, existing and potential

liability of said Principal, as a self-insurer, to the extent of the penal sum

herein named, without regard to specific injuries, date or dates of injuries,

happenings or events.




 




2)                                      The

aggregate liability of the Surety hereunder on all claims whatsoever shall not

exceed the penal sum of this bond in any event.




 




3)                                      This

bond may be terminated at any time by the Surety upon giving thirty (30) days'

written notice by certified mail to the Administrator of the Oklahoma Workers'

Compensation Court, which notice shall be deemed to have been given when

received by said Court.  The liability

of the Surety shall cease at the expiration of the thirty days, save and except

as to all past, present, existing and potential liability of the principal

incurred as to self-insurer prior to the expiration of the thirty days.  This bond shall also terminate upon the

revocation of the Self-Insurance Permit, save and except as to all past, present,

existing and potential liability of the Principal, incurred as a self-insurer

prior to such revocation; and the Principal and the Surety, herein named, shall

be notified in writing, by said Administrator, in the event of such revocation.




 




4)                                      Where

the Principal posts with the Administrator of the Oklahoma Workers'

Compensation Court a replacement security deposit in the form of a surety bond,

irrevocable letter of credit, cash, securities or any combination thereof in

the full amount as may be required by the Administrator to secure all incurred

liabilities for the payment of compensation of said Principal under the

Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Act, the Surety is released from the obligations

under this surety bond upon the date of acceptance by the Administrator or said

replacement security deposit.




 




5)                                      If

the said Principal shall suspend payment of workers' compensation benefits or

shall become insolvent or a receiver shall be appointed for its business, the

undersigned Surety will become liable for the workers' compensation obligations

of the Principal on the date benefits are suspended and the Surety shall begin

payments within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notification by the

Administrator of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court to begin payments

under the terms of this bond.




 




6)                                      When

the Surety exercises its obligation to pay claims, it shall pay benefits due to

the Principals, injured workers without a formal award of the Workers'

Compensation Court and such payment




 




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 will be a credit against the penal sum of the

bond.  Administrative and legal costs

incurred by the Surety in discharging its obligations shall also be a charge

against the penal sum of the bond.




 




7)                                                If

any part of provision of this bond shall be declared unenforceable or held to

be invalid by a court of proper jurisdiction, such determination shall not

affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions or parts of this

bond.




 




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the

Principal has caused these presents to be executed by the signature of its

President, and its corporate seal attached thereto, attested by its Vice

President, and the Surety has likewise caused these presents to be executed by

the signature of its Attorney-in-Fact, and its corporate seal attached hereto,

attested by its Attorney-in-Fact.




 




	

  (SEAL)


  	

  LABOR READY CENTRAL, INC.


  
	

  Attest as to Seal:


  	

   


  	

  Principal


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  /s/ Steven Cooper


  	

   


  	

  By


  	

  /s/ Tim Adams


  	

   


  
	

  (Title)


  	

  Vice President


  	

  President


  	

  (Title)


  
	

   


  	

  Steven Cooper


  	

  Tim Adams


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  (SEAL)


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Attest as to Seal:


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  /s/ Tevy Lor


  	

   


  	

  By  


  	

  /s/ Kathie L. Wiegers


  	

   


  	 

	

  (Title) Tevy Lor, Attorney-in-Fact


  	

   


  	

  Kathie L. Wiegers, Attorney-in-Fact


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Countersigned


  	

  /s/ Marilyn J.

  Lowe


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  (Resident

  Representative of Oklahoma) Marilyn J. Lowe


  	

   


  	

   


  
															





 




(If executed by

other than a corporation)




 




IN WITNESS

WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals on the day and date first

above written.




 




	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

  Principal


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Witness:


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

  By


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

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If executed by the

Surety under a power-of-attorney)




 




THIS bond is

executed under a power-of-attorney.*




 




I certify (or

declare) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Oklahoma that

the foregoing is true and correct.




 




	

  September 6, 2001


  	

   


  	

  /s/ Kathie L. Wiegers


  	

   


  
	

  Date


  	

  Signature of Attorney-In-Fact


  
	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Kathie L. W.iegers


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Printed or Typed Name of Attorney-In-Fact


  
	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Countersigned 

  


  	

  /s/ Marilyn J. Lowe


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  (Resident Representative of Oklahoma) Marilyn J.

  Lowe


  
						





 




•                                          (A copy of the power-of-attorney, entitling or

authorizing the person who executed the bond to do so for and in behalf of the

Surety, must be filed with the Administrator of the Oklahoma Workers'

Compensation Court).




 




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




 




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  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 6th day of September, 2001.




 




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All-Purpose




Certificate of Acknowledgment




 




	

  State of


  	

  Washington


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  County of


  	

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  On


  	

  September  6, 2001


  	

  before me,


  	

  Krista

  M. Stromberg,


  	

   


  
	

  DATE


  	

   


  	

  NAME OF NOTRAY PUBLIC


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  personally appeared Kathie L. Wiegers


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  NAME(S) OF SIGNER(S)


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

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  personally known to me - OR


  	

  o  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 signatures 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/ Krista

  M. Stromberg


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   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


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

  DESCRIPTION

  OF ATTACHED DOCUMENT


  
	

  Attorney-in-Fact


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

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  Bond of Self-Insurer of Workers'


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

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  Signer(s) Other Than Named Above


  
	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

  Labor

  Ready Central, Inc.


  
	

   


  	

   


  
	

  SIGNER

  IS REPRESENTING:


  	

   


  
	

  NAME OF PERSON(S) OR

  ENTITY(IES)


  	

   


  





 




Great American Insurance Company




 




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