The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free... Senate Manual - Page 34by United States. Congress. Senate - 1890Full view - About this book
| George Gale - 1867 - 480 pages
...attention of the government of the United States. By the ordinance of 1787, Congress declared that " the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...places between the same, shall be common highways and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1867 - 732 pages
...declared that "All navigable waters leading into the St. Lawrence and Mississippi, and the carrying-places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the territory as the citizens of the United States, or those of any other state that may be admitted into... | |
| Nathan Howe Parker - 1867 - 504 pages
...nor with any regulation which Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; nor shall lands belonging to persons residing out of the limits of this State ever be taxed at a... | |
| 1969 - 292 pages
...or territory now or hereafter to be formed, and bounded by the same; and the river Mississippi and the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the state as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost or duty therefor. Territorial... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Public Works - 1967 - 190 pages
...United States Constitution, the principle was stated in the Northwest Ordinance, on July 13, 1787 : "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...the same, shall be common highways and forever free. . . .'' One of the first acts of the new Congress was to re-enact the Northwest Ordinance statement... | |
| Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Reference Bureau - 1967 - 308 pages
...or territory now or hereafter to be formed, and bounded by the same; and the river Mississippi and the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the state as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost or duty therefor. Territorial... | |
| 1967 - 308 pages
...or territory now or hereafter to be formed, and bounded by the same; and the river Mississippi and the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the state as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost or duty therefor. Territorial... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1864 - 696 pages
...securing the title in such soil to the bond fide purchasers. No taxes shall be imposed on the lands and property of the United States ; and in no case shall...navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and Saint Lawrence, and the conveying-places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free,... | |
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