Excerpt from Message and Public Documents of Governor Robert B. Smith: 1897-1901State of Montana, Executive Department, Helena, January 4, 1897. Gentlemen of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana: In complying with the constitutional mandate I must first speak of the expectation in the public mind (and which I be lieve to be well founded) that the work of this Assembly will be marked by such wise, prudent and just legislation that the public interests will be faithfully conserved and private rights be vigorously defended and maintained in a spirit of equal and exact justice to all.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.