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<br />BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD ('Oi~iPANY
<br />FORMERLY NAMED BURLINGTON NORTHERN I1VC.
<br />CORPORATE SU+CCFSSOR IN INTEREST AND TITLE BY MERGE~Ad
<br />TO CHICAGO, BURLINGTON A QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY
<br />AND TO
<br />GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
<br />AFFIDAVIT AND CERTIFICATE
<br />STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br />ea
<br />COUNTK OF RAMSEY _
<br />R. J, MORIN, being first duly sworn, upon oath, deposes, certifies and says; that I am one of the
<br />duly appointed, Qualified and acting Assistant Secretaries, a Corporate Officer, of Burlington Northern
<br />1ailroad Company, a Delaware corporation, formerly named Burlington Northern Inc., corporate suc-
<br />cessor in interest and title by merger to Chicago, Burlington 8c Quincy Railroad Company, and to Great
<br />Northern 8silway Company (hereinafter the "Company' ), whose General Office address is 178 East
<br />Filth Street, City of Saint Paul, County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota 6b101; that as such Assistant
<br />Sacr~etery and Offiaer I am one of the keepers of the records and corporate coal of the Company.
<br />That I make this Affidavit sad Certificate on behalf of the Burlington Northern Railroad Company
<br />for the purpose of evidencing in the Land Title Records, in the Land Mortgage Records, in the Corpor-
<br />ate Records, and in other fib, r~ords and indexes, in which same is filed, the fact that: Surlingtvn
<br />I~ar4hera Lae., renased Buritegtt~a Northern Railroad Company. a De4ware corporation, is the .-orpar-
<br />ate successor is interest and title by metier to Chicago, Burlington dt Qalney Railroad Company ; to Greed
<br />Northam Railway Cosrpaay• dhad Burlington Northern Inc„ has chanced its corporate name to Burling-
<br />toa Northam Raih~ead Coespany; that the oortbct corporate name of the railroad company ie Burlington
<br />Northers Rsilreed Coas*anY; thasd Borliasdon Northern Raiiraed Company is the successor obligor asd
<br />the ~~ - ;~eern ~ Quincy #ailroad Cam~ny F'i~€ and Refuaddng Mortgage;
<br />euadGreat Nordhern~ilwatiY Company Gaserel Gold Band Mortgage; and under the $uriingtoa
<br />N~tbern Coaselldaied Morigage; further that I make this Affidavit and Certificate for the laurpaee
<br />of inducing the p~ ~ of title to Company real property and personal pr~iperty, free ap;d eloar of all
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<br />.°~ l~s ~: :ie:..:_:. ces ~~ ~_.z:s ~1:._, s~_ i..~..~ __, _ ._. ~ ~ %:lr~~,rst:, ::wiz,, and ale
<br />gaesiJom pertaining ~theradD..~
<br />Chioayo, Bvrtin pton & Quin~ey Railroad Company
<br />ixto and with Bsrdittpton Narth6rn Inc.
<br />The original records of the Company reflect. and based on such recozda, I do hereby state and certify
<br />that pursuant to the provisions of a certain Agreement of Merger dated as of January 26, 1981, ("Agree-
<br />ment") made by and between Gant Northern Pacific &c Burlington Linea, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
<br />and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, an Illinois corporation, on March 2, 1970 Chicago,
<br />Burlington &c Quincy Iiaili•~d Company waa merged into and with Great Northern Pacific & Burlington
<br />Linea, Inc., wish Great Northern Pacific dr Burlington Linea, the surviving corporation, the separate
<br />corporate existence of Chicago, Burlintrtan & Quincy Railroad Company ceasing and terminating; that
<br />;ale merger waa author{:,esl by the trteratate Commerce Commiaxiar.. by Decision and Order ittt~rcd
<br />November 30, 198?, Service Date December 15, 1987, in Finance Da:ket No. 21478, Great Norther^>n
<br />Paoifio d: Eiurlington Linea, Inc.-Margar, Is'ta.-Great Northern Railway Company, vt al., 331 I.C.1;,"..
<br />228; L3nited States Supreme Court„ Northern Lines Merger Gases, United States v. Interstate Coni-
<br />+ntr~ Cammiaaiox, et aY., 896 II.S. 491 (1970); that immediately thereafter as an integral part of the
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