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Exhibit 24
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 12, 1995
/s/ Richard L. Battram
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Richard L. Battram
3
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 11, 1995
/s/ B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.
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B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.
4
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 11, 1995
/s/ William E. Cornelius
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William E. Cornelius
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 11, 1995
/s/ Andrew B. Craig, III
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Andrew B. Craig, III
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 12, 1995
/s/ John E. Hayes, Jr.
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John E. Hayes, Jr.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 11, 1995
/s/ Samuel B. Hayes, III
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Samuel B. Hayes, III
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 14, 1995
/s/ C. Ray Holman
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C. Ray Holman
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 14, 1995
/s/ John Peters MacCarthy
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John Peters MacCarthy
10
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 14, 1995
/s/ William E. Maritz
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William E. Maritz
11
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 17, 1995
/s/ Andrew E. Newman
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Andrew E. Newman
12
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 11, 1995
/s/ Richard E. Peck
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Richard E. Peck
13
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 15, 1995
/s/ Jerry E. Ritter
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Jerry E. Ritter
14
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 12, 1995
/s/ William P. Stiritz
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William P. Stiritz
15
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 11, 1995
/s/ Albert E. Suter
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Albert E. Suter
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 15, 1995
/s/ Dwight D. Sutherland
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Dwight D. Sutherland
17
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 11, 1995
/s/ Theodore C. Wetterau
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Theodore C. Wetterau
18
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Westside Bancshares, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, before or after
effectiveness of such statements, and any and all other documents
required to be filed with the Commission in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, and ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 11, 1995
/s/ James W. Kienker
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James W. Kienker