POWER OF ATTORNEY
Published on January 31, 2000
EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors of Deluxe Corporation, a Minnesota
corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints John A. Blanchard III, Thomas W.
VanHimbergen and John H. LeFevre his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact,
and each of them, with full power to act without the other, for him and her and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute one
or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be filed under the Securities Act
of 1933 for the registration of shares of Common Stock of Deluxe Corporation for
issuance under the Deluxe Corporation 2000 Employees' Stock Purchase Plan and
any and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file such registration
statements(s), with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable state
securities commissions or agencies, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or
his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Dated: May 4, 1999
/s/ J. A. Blanchard III /s/ Donald R. Hollis
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John A. Blanchard III Donald R. Hollis
/s/ James J. Renier /s/ Robert C. Salipante
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James J. Renier Robert C. Salipante
/s/ Barbara B. Grogan /s/ Jack Robinson
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Barbara B. Grogan Jack Robinson
/s/ Stephen P. Nachtsheim /s/ H. A. Tyabji
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Stephen P. Nachtsheim Hatim A. Tyabji
/s/ Calvin W. Aurand, Jr.
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Calvin W. Aurand, Jr.