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Exhibit 24
MERCANTILE BANKSHARES CORPORATION
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Directors of
MERCANTILE BANKSHARES CORPORATION, a Maryland Corporation, hereby constitute and
appoint H. FURLONG BALDWIN and ALAN D. YARBRO, or either of them acting alone,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys in fact of the undersigned in each case
with full power and authority in either of said agents and attorneys in fact, to
sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as Directors of the
Corporation the Registration Statement of the Corporation to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
with respect to the offer and sale of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation
to stockholders of The Bank of Fruitland, and any amendment or amendments to
such Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys in fact, or either of them, as herein authorized. This
Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts.
Dated: June 13, 2000
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/s/ WILLIAM J. MCCARTHY Director /s/ DARRELL D. FRIEDMAN Director
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William J. McCarthy Darrell D. Friedman
/s/ CYNTHIA A. ARCHER Director /s/ FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI, III Director
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Cynthia A. Archer. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III
/s/ ROBERT A. KINSLEY Director /s/ CHRISTIAN H. POINDEXTER Director
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Robert A. Kinsely Christian H. Poindexter
/s/ H. FURLONG BALDWIN Director /s/ GEORGE L. BUNTING, JR. Director
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H. Furlong Baldwin George L. Bunting, Jr.
/s/ DONALD J. SHEPARD Director /s/ RICHARD O. BERNDT Director
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Donald J. Shepard Richard O. Berndt
/s/ WILLIAM R. BRODY Director Director
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William R. Brody
/s/ MORTON B. PLANT Director Director
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Morton B. Plant
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