EXHIBIT 24.1

                              CERTIFIED RESOLUTIONS

     The undersigned,  Secretary of Butler Manufacturing  Company, a corporation
organized  and  existing  under the laws of the State of  Delaware,  does hereby
certify  that  effective  April  16,  2002,  the  Board of  Directors  of Butler
Manufacturing  Company  (the  "Company")  adopted the  following  Resolution  in
accordance  with  the  Bylaws,  Certificates  of  Incorporation  and  applicable
corporate  laws of the State of  Delaware,  and that the  Resolution  adopted is
still in effect and has not been rescinded or modified as of the date hereof.

     "NOW, THEREFORE,  BE IT RESOLVED, that John W. Huey is authorized to sign a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "S-8 Registration  Statement") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),  with respect to the offering of
Common  Stock of the  Company  under  the  Butler  Manufacturing  Company  Stock
Incentive  Plan of 2002 (the "Stock  Incentive  Plan") and the 2002 Stock Option
Plan for Outside  Directors  (the  "Directors  Plan" and together with the Stock
Incentive Plan, the "Plans"),  and any and all amendments  thereto, on behalf of
the  principal  executive  officers,  principal  accounting  officer,  principal
financial officer and directors of the Company, pursuant to a power or powers of
attorney duly executed by the persons holding such offices;"

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I have  hereunto  set my hand this 18th day of April,
2002.

                                          BUTLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY

                                          By:/s/ John W. Huey
                                                 John W. Huey, Secretary