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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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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 3

James Kent - Law - 1854 - 684 pages
...of the river Ohio, declared it to be a fundamental provision, to remain for ever unalterable, that the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, should be common highways, and for ever free. But this provision did not abolish or impair the common...
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The Western Journal and Civilian: Devoted to Agriculture ..., Volume 11

Missouri - 1854 - 468 pages
...the Union, provides '.'that the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said State as to other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, imposts, or toll, therefor...
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Institutes of American Law, Volume 1

John Bouvier - Law - 1854 - 674 pages
...north-western territory, it is provided, that the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and the St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free.(e) This provision does not deprive the owner of any such river, of the right to the bed of the...
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History of the State of Ohio ...: First Period, 1650-1787

James Wickes Taylor - Ohio - 1854 - 562 pages
...public lands, or taxing the lands of non-residents higher than those of residents; and established the navigable waters, leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the portages between them, as common highways for the use of all the citizens of the United States. The...
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The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical ...

William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 590 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 and St. Lawrence, and the currying places between the same, shall be common highways, and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants...
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History of the State of Ohio

James Wickes Taylor - Indians of North America - 1854 - 604 pages
...public lands, or taxing the lands of non-residents higher than those of residents ; and established the navigable waters, leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the portages between them, as common highways for the use of all the citizens of the United States. The...
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The American's Guide

Constitutions, State - 1855 - 576 pages
...state or territory now or hereafter to be formed and bounded by the same. And the rirer 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. 2. The title...
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Pennsylvania Archives

Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban - History - 1855 - 804 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...the same shall be common highways, and forever free, aa well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those...
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Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1928 - 1000 pages
...territory now or hereafter to be formed and bounded by the same ; and the said river Mississippi, and the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...the same shall be common highways and forever free as well to the inhabitants of this state as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax,...
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Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 1; Volume 35

United States. Congress - Law - 1855 - 714 pages
...committee provides, " that the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said State as to other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor,...
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