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<br />excluding, however, from this Supplemental Indenture, and from the lien and
<br />operation hereof, the matters and things expressly excepted and excluded under
<br />the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Supplemental
<br />Indenture dated October 1, 1946, and the Supplemental Indenture dated November
<br />14, 1974.
<br />TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all said property, rights and interest hereby
<br />conveyed, assigned, pledged or mortgaged, unto the Trustees, their successor or
<br />successors in trust, and their assigns, forever, but in trust nevertheless upon
<br />the trusts, for the purposes, and subject to all the exceptions and
<br />reservations, terms, conditions, provisions and restrictions, of the Indenture,
<br />and for the equal and proportionate benefit and security, except as may
<br />otherwise be expressly provided in the Original Indenture, as amended and
<br />supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1946, and the
<br />Supplemental Indenture dated November 14, 1974, of the holders and owners of
<br />all bonds at any time issued and outstanding under the Original Indenture, as
<br />amended and supplemented, but subject, however, to all the conditions,
<br />agreements, covenants, exceptions, limitations, restrictions and reservations
<br />expressed or provided in the deeds or other instruments of record affecting the
<br />property, or any part or portion thereof, hereinbefore described, insofar as
<br />the same are at the time of execution hereof in force and effect and permitted
<br />by law.
<br />ARTICLE II
<br />THE TRUSTEES
<br />The Trustees hereby accept the trusts hereby declared and provided and
<br />agree to perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Original
<br />Indenture set forth and upon the following terms and conditions:
<br />The Trustees shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in
<br />respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the
<br />due execution hereof by the Company or for or in respect of the recitals
<br />contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. In
<br />general each and every term and condition contained in Article %V of the
<br />Original Indenture, as amended by Section 15 of Article IV of the Supplemental
<br />Indenture dated October 1, 1946, shall apply to this Supplemental Indenture
<br />with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full,
<br />with such omissions, variations and modifications thereof as may be appropriate
<br />to make the same conform to this Supplemental Indenture.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Northwestern Public Service Company has caused
<br />this instrument to be executed in its corporate name by its Chairman and Chief
<br />Executive Officer or its President and its corporate seal to be hereunto
<br />affixed and to be attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and said
<br />The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), to evidence its acceptance of
<br />the trust hereby created, has caused this instrument to be executed in its
<br />corporate name by one of its Vice Presidents or Second Vice Presidents and its
<br />corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and to be attested by its Secretary or
<br />one of its Assistant Secretaries, and said Vincent J. Marino, to evidence his
<br />acceptance of the trust hereby create', has signed this instrument, in several
<br />counterparts, all as of the day and year first above written.
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