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EXHIBIT 24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY
PROVIDENT BANKSHARES CORPORATION
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned persons, in his or her capacity as an officer or
director, or both, of Provident Bankshares Corporation (the "Company"), hereby
appoints Peter M. Martin, James R. Wallis and R. Wayne Hall, and each of them,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution and with full power in each
to act without the others, his or her attorney-in-fact and agent for the
following purposes:
1. To sign for him or her, in his or her name and in his or her capacity
as an officer or director, or both, of the Company, an Annual Report on Form
10-K for the Company pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and any amendments thereto (such report, together with all exhibits and
documents therein and all such amendments, the "Form 10-K").
2. To file or cause to be filed the Form 10-K with the Securities and
Exhcange Commission;
3. To take all such other action as any such attorney-in-fact, or his
substitute, may deem necessary or desirable in connection with Form 10-K.
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This power of attorney shall continue in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a writing filed with the Secretary of the Company.
/s/ Peter M. Martin December 16, 1998
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Peter M. Martin
/s/ James R. Wallis December 16, 1998
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James R. Wallis
/s/ R. Wayne Hall December 16, 1998
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R. Wayne Hall
/s/ Robert B. Barnhill, Jr. December 16, 1998
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Robert B. Barnhill, Jr.
/s/ Melvin A. Bilal December 16, 1998
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Melvin A. Bilal
/s/ Thomas S. Bozzuto December 16, 1998
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Thomas S. Bozzuto
/s/ Dr. Calvin W. Burnett December 16, 1998
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Dr. Calvin W. Burnett
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/s/ Ward B. Coe, III December 16, 1998
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Ward B. Coe, III
/s/ Charles W. Cole December 16, 1998
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Charles W. Cole
/s/ M. Jenkins Cromwell, Jr. December 16, 1998
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M. Jenkins Cromwell, Jr.
/s/ Pierce B. Dunn December 16, 1998
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Pierce B. Dunn
/s/ Enos K. Fry December 16, 1998
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Enos K. Fry
/s/ Herbert W. Jorgensen December 16, 1998
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Herbert W. Jorgensen
/s/ Mark K. Joseph December 16, 1998
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Mark K. Joseph
/s/ Barbara B. Lucas December 16, 1998
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Barbara B. Lucas
/s/ Frederick W. Meier, Jr. December 16, 1998
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Frederick W. Meier, Jr.
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/s/ Sister Rosemarie Nassif December 16, 1998
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Sister Rosemarie Nassif
/s/ Francis G. Riggs December 16, 1998
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Francis G. Riggs
/s/ Sheila K. Riggs December 16, 1998
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Sheila K. Riggs
/s/ Carl W. Stearn December 16, 1998
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Carl W. Stearn