Exhibit 24
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Certificate of Assistant Secretary
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The undersigned, Peter Sherry, Jr., an Assistant Secretary of FORD MOTOR
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that the
following resolutions were adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Company duly called and held on March 11, 1999 and that the same are in full
force and effect:
RESOLVED, That preparation of an Annual Report of the Company on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 (the "10-K Report"), including
exhibits and other documents, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, be and hereby is in all respects authorized and approved; that
the draft 10-K Report presented to this meeting be and hereby is approved
in all respects; that the directors and appropriate officers of the
Company, and each of them, be and hereby are authorized to sign and
execute in their own behalf, or in the name and on behalf of the Company,
or both, as the case may be, the 10-K Report, and any and all amendments
thereto, with such changes therein as such directors and officers may deem
necessary, appropriate or desirable, as conclusively evidenced by their
execution thereof; and that the appropriate officers of the Company,
and each of them, be and hereby are authorized to cause the 10-K Report
and any such amendments, so executed, to be filed with the Commission.
RESOLVED, That each officer and director who may be required to sign
and execute the 10-K Report or any amendment thereto or document in
connection therewith (whether in the name and on behalf of the Company,
or as an officer or director of the Company, or otherwise), be and hereby
is authorized to execute a power of attorney appointing J. M. Devine,
W. A. Swift, J. M. Rintamaki, L. J. Ghilardi and N. A. Patino, and each of
them, severally, his or her true and lawful attorney or attorneys to sign
in his or her name, place and stead in any such capacity the 10-K Report
and any and all amendments thereto and documents in connection therewith,
and to file the same with the Commission, each of said attorneys to have
power to act with or without the other, and to have full power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of said
officers and directors who shall have executed such power of attorney,
every act whatsoever which such attorneys, or any of them, may deem
necessary, appropriate or desirable to be done in connection therewith as
fully and to all intents and purposes as such officers or directors might
or could do in person.
WITNESS my hand as of this 11th day of March, 1999.
/s/Peter Sherry, Jr.
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Peter Sherry, Jr.
Assistant Secretary
(SEAL)
POWER OF ATTORNEY WITH RESPECT TO
ANNUAL REPORT OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON
FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
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Each of the undersigned, a director or officer of FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
appoints each of J. M. Devine, W. A. Swift, J. M. Rintamaki, L. J. Ghilardi and
N. A. Patino his or her true and lawful attorney and agent to do any and all
acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent
may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable FORD MOTOR COMPANY to comply
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, in connection with the Annual Report of FORD MOTOR
COMPANY on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 and any and all
amendments thereto, as authorized at a meeting of the Board of Directors of FORD
MOTOR COMPANY held on March 11, 1999, including, but not limited to, power and
authority to sign his or her name (whether on behalf of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or
as a director or officer of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or by attesting the seal of FORD
MOTOR COMPANY, or otherwise) to such instruments and to such Annual Report and
any amendments thereto, and to file them with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The undersigned ratifies and confirms all that any of the attorneys
and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Any one of the
attorneys and agents shall have, and may exercise, all the powers conferred by
this instrument.
Each of the undersigned has signed his or her name as of the 11th day of
March, 1999.
/s/ William Clay Ford, Jr. /s/ Jacques A. Nasser
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(William Clay Ford, Jr.) (Jacques A. Nasser)
/s/ Michael D. Dingman /s/ Edsel B. Ford II
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(Michael D. Dingman) (Edsel B. Ford II)
/s/ William Clay Ford /s/ Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
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(William Clay Ford) (Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.)
/s/ Marie-Josee Kravis /s/ Ellen R. Marram
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(Marie-Josee Kravis) (Ellen R. Marram)
/s/ Homer A. Neal /s/ Carl E. Reichardt
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(Homer A. Neal) (Carl E. Reichardt)
/s/ John L. Thornton /s/ John M. Devine
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(John L. Thornton) (John M. Devine)
/s/ William A. Swift
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(William A. Swift)