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SIGNATURE WILLIAM B. FRELS
TITLE PRESIDENT
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This report signed on behalf of the registrant in the City of St. Paul and State
of Minnesota on the 23rd day of August 2000.
MAIRS AND POWER BALANCED FUND, INC.
By: /s/ William B. Frels
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William B. Frels, President
WITNESS
/s/ George A. Mairs
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George A. Mairs, III, Secretary
