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" The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those... "
The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States - Page 118
by John Codman Hurd - 1862
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Report of the Proceedings and Debates in the Convention to Revise the ...

Michigan. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1850 - 990 pages
...proposed to be stricken out, is found in the fourth of the articles of compact, and is in these words: "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost or duty therefor."...
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Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the ..., Volume 1

Ohio. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1851 - 760 pages
...the United States; and in no case shall nonresident proprietors •be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor....
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Views on the Free Navigation of the St. Lawrence, Reported

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - Saint Lawrence River - 1850 - 24 pages
...declares the said waters and the carrying places between the same " to be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory...to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor."...
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Commentaries on the constitution of the United States, Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1851 - 642 pages
...property of the United States; and non-resident proprietors shall not be taxed more than residents; that the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...the same shall be common highways, and forever free. The fifth provides, that there shall be formed in the territory not less than three, nor more than...
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The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical ...

William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1851 - 580 pages
...of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. 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,...
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The constitution of the United States of America; ... the Declaration of ...

William Hickey - 1851 - 588 pages
...of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. 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,...
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The Constitutions of the Several States of the Union and United States ...

A. S. Barnes - Constitutional history - 1852 - 674 pages
...state or territory now or hereafter tobe formed and bounded by the same. Anil 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 Uiutcd States, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor. 2. The title...
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 164

Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 844 pages
...understood as adopted in furtherance of the policy of the Ordinance of 1787, which stipulated that 'the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...same, shall be common highways, and forever free.' " The legislation in force when such authority was given is found in 1 Comp. Laws, §§ 2494, 2495....
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The Constitutions of the Several States of the Union and United States ...

Constitutional history - 1852 - 680 pages
...And the river Mississippi and the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, anil the carrying places between the same, shall be common...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. 2'. The...
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 59

Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 736 pages
...can have no bearing upon the question of its navigability. The ordinance of 1787, in providing that the "navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence and the carrying places between them shall be common highways, and forever free." etc., did not by its terms, or in the spirit of its...
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