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EXHIBIT 24
COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM 10-K FILING
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an annual
report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, together with
such exhibits and amendments as may be necessary or appropriate thereto.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
J. H. Croom, M. W. O'Donnell, R. E. Lowe, D. L. Bell, Jr., and L. J. Bainter,
and each of them, as attorneys for him or her in his or her name, place and
stead to sign such Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and to file
the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and
authority (including substitution and revocation) to do and perform all and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about
the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could
do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand on the date indicated.
/s/CG Board of Directors
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Dated: February 15, 1995
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J. H. Croom
COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM 10-K FILING
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an annual
report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, together with
such exhibits and amendments as may be necessary or appropriate thereto.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
M. W. O'Donnell, R. E. Lowe, D. L. Bell, Jr., and L. J. Bainter, and each of
them, as attorneys for him or her in his or her name, place and stead to sign
such Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, hereby
giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority (including
substitution and revocation) to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as
fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do if
personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand on the date indicated.
/s/J. H. Croom
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Dated: February 2, 1995
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M. W. O'Donnell
COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM 10-K FILING
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an annual
report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, together with
such exhibits and amendments as may be necessary or appropriate thereto.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
J. H. Croom, R. E. Lowe, D. L. Bell, Jr., and L. J. Bainter, and each of them,
as attorneys for him or her in his or her name, place and stead to sign such
Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, hereby giving
and granting to said attorneys full power and authority (including substitution
and revocation) to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may
or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand on the date indicated.
/s/M. W. O'Donnell
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Dated: February 2, 1995
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R. E. Lowe
COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM 10-K FILING
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an annual
report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, together with
such exhibits and amendments as may be necessary or appropriate thereto.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
J. H. Croom, M. W. O'Donnell, D. L. Bell, Jr., and L. J. Bainter, and each of
them, as attorneys for him or her in his or her name, place and stead to sign
such Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, hereby
giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority (including
substitution and revocation) to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as
fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do if
personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand on the date indicated.
/s/R. E. Lowe
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Dated: Febuary 15, 1995
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D. L. Bell, Jr.
COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM 10-K FILING
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an annual
report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, together with
such exhibits and amendments as may be necessary or appropriate thereto.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
J. H. Croom, M. W. O'Donnell, R. E. Lowe, and L. J. Bainter, and each of them,
as attorneys for him or her in his or her name, place and stead to sign such
Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, hereby giving
and granting to said attorneys full power and authority (including substitution
and revocation) to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may
or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand on the date indicated.
/s/D. L. Bell, Jr.
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Dated: Febuary 2, 1995
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L. J. Bainter
COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM 10-K FILING
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an annual
report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, together with
such exhibits and amendments as may be necessary or appropriate thereto.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
J. H. Croom, M. W. O'Donnell, R. E. Lowe, D. L. Bell, Jr., and each of them, as
attorneys for him or her in his or her name, place and stead to sign such Form
10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, hereby giving and
granting to said attorneys full power and authority (including substitution and
revocation) to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as he or she might or could do if personally present at the doing
thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall
lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand on the date indicated.
/s/L. J. Bainter
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Dated: Febuary 15, 1995
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CERTIFICATION
I, Tejinder S. Bindra, Assistant Secretary of THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM,
INC., do hereby certify that the following is a true and complete copy of
resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of said Corporation at a
meeting duly called and held in Wilmington, Delaware, on February 15, 1995, at
which a quorum was present and acting throughout.
RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation be, and they
hereby are, authorized to file an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, together with such exhibits and amendments as may
be necessary or appropriate thereto; and
RESOLVED, that J. H. Croom, L. J. Bainter, D. L. Bell, Jr., R.
E. Lowe, and M. W. O'Donnell be, and each of them with full power to
act without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution hereby is, authorized to sign such Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, on Form 10-K, and any and all
amendments thereto, on behalf of and as attorneys for this Corporation
and on behalf of and as attorneys for the principal executive officer,
the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer, any
member of the Board of Directors, and any other officer of this
Corporation.
WITNESS my hand and the corporate seal of said Corporation, this 15th
day of February, 1995.
/s/T. S. Bindra
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Tejinder S. Bindra
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