Exhibit 24.1


                     Stratus Properties Inc.

                     Secretary's Certificate

     I,  Douglas  N. Currault II, Assistant Secretary of  Stratus
Properties Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation organized  and
existing  under  the  laws of the State of  Delaware,  do  hereby
certify  that  the following resolution was duly adopted  by  the
Board  of  Directors  of the Corporation at  a  meeting  held  on
February 10, 1993, and that such resolution has not been amended,
modified or rescinded and is in full force and effect:

          RESOLVED,  That any report, registration statement
     or  other  form  filed  on behalf of  this  corporation
     pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any
     amendment to any such report, registration statement or
     other form, may be signed on behalf of any director  or
     officer  of  this corporation pursuant to  a  power  of
     attorney executed by such director or officer.

     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, I have hereunto  signed  my  name  and
affixed  the seal of the Corporation on this 20th day  of  March,
2002.





                  /s/ Douglas N. Currault II
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                      Douglas N. Currault II
                       Assistant Secretary
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