Bond Number    13 1 609 1









EXHIBIT

10.52




 




Bond

Number    1316091




 




DISTRICT OF

COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT




DEPARTMENT OF

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES




LABOR STANDARDS




 




OFFICE OF WORKERS’

COMPENSATION




 




INDEMNITY BOND

GIVEN BY SELF INSURER UNDER THE




PROVISIONS OF THE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA




WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

ACT OF 1979




 




Know

all Men by these Presents:




 




That Labor Ready Northeast, Inc. of 1016 S. 28th

St., Tacoma, WA 98409 (hereinafter, the Principal), as Principal, and Great

American Insurance Co. a corporation organized under the laws of the State

of Ohio having its principal office at 580 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH

45202 (hereinafter, the Surety) as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto

the District of Columbia Government for the use and benefit of the employees of

the Principal, in the sum of ($450,000.00) Four Hundred Fifty Thousand dollars,

for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves jointly

and severally, our joint and several heirs, executors and administrators,

successors and assigns, firms, by these presents.




 




Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of the

District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act of 1979, as amended, D.C. Code

1981, Section 36-334 (hereinafter the Act), the Principal has elected to pay

compensation directly to its employees under the provisions of the Act, and

likewise to pay and discharge all the obligations resting upon it under any and

all of the provisions of the Act, so far as

they relate to its employees




 




Now, therefore, if the said Principal shall fully

perform all the duties in this regard imposed upon it by the Act, or any

amendments thereto that may become effective during the life of this

obligation, then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in

full force and effect, subject, however, to the following express conditions:




 




1.                             That the Office of Workers’ Compensation

shall be, and hereby is, authorized to bring suit upon this obligation to

proceed prompt payment of compensation and benefits under the provisions of 




 





























 




the Act, it being the intention that said Office in

its discretion shall determine when recourse to suit shall be necessary in

order to secure prompt payment.




 




2.                             The liability of the Surety is limited to

the payments provided in the District of Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation Act,

for and on account of injury or death occurring to the employees of the

Principal during the period beginning  April

1, 2001 and ending March 31, 2002.




 




In witness

whereof, said Principal and said Surety have caused this instrument to be

signed by their duly authorized officers and their corporate seals to be

hereunto affixed  this 23rd

day of April, 2001.




 




	

  Attest:


  	

   


  	

   


  	

  Labor Ready Northeast, Inc.


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  /s/ Steven Cooper


  	

   


  	

  By 


  	

   /s/ Ronald

  Junck


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Attest:


  	

   


  	

   


  	

  Great American Insurance Co.


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  /s/ Elizabeth Riegos


  	

   


  	

  By


  	

   /s/ Michael

  J. Lahn


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Elizabeth Riegos


  	

   


  	

   Michael J.

  Lahn, Attorney-in-Fact


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

  CORPORATE SEAL


  
								





 




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  17135


  
	

  ONE


  	

   


  





 




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


  
	

  MICHAEL J. LAHN


  	

   


  	

  GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA


  	

   


  	

  UNLIMITED


  










 




This Power of

Attorney revokes all previous powers issued in behalf of the attorney(s)-in-fact

named above.




 




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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 23rd day of January, 2001




 




	

  Attest


  	

   


  	

  GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY


  





 




STATE OF OHIO,

COUNTY OF HAMILTON - ss:




 




On this 23rd day

of January, 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 A ttorneys-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 23rd day of April, 2001




 




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