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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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Parties and Their Principles: A Manual of Political Intelligence, Exhibiting ...

Arthur Holmes - Political parties - 1859 - 410 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...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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A History of Indiana, from Its Earliest Exploration by Europeans to the ...

John Brown Dillon - Indiana - 1859 - 696 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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On Civil Liberty and Self-government

Francis Lieber - Democracy - 1859 - 644 pages
...seconded by Mr. King, of Massachusetts. Listen to its words, so broadly national, so purely American: "' The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...carrying places between the same, shall be common property, and FOREVER FREE, as well to the inhabitants of the said country, as to the citizens of the...
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Institutes of International Law: Public and Private, as Settled by the ...

Daniel Gardner - International and municipal law - 1860 - 740 pages
...declaratory of American law, in article 4, it was enacted by the Congress of the confederation that the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory (northwest of the Ohio) as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that...
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Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, Volume 129

Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 644 pages
...instrument is: 'That all of the navigable waters leading into the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi, and the carrying places between the same, shall be...and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the territory as the citizens of the United States, or those of any other stnte that may be admitted into...
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Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - Public works - 1975 - 628 pages
...Hyder reads as follows : And that the river Mississippi and the navigable rivers and waters leading to 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, imposed or toll therefore imposed...
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User Taxes for the Inland Waterways of the United States: Hearings Before ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - Government publications - 1977 - 466 pages
...article IV, that : 1 "Domestic Waterborne Shipping Market Analysis," AT Kearney, Inc., February 1974. 70 "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...the same, shall be common highways and forever free * * * to citizens of the United States * * * without any tax, impost or duty therefore." This policy...
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Replacement of Locks & Dam 26 at Alton, Ill: Hearings Before the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources - Dams - 1977 - 542 pages
...construction costs. We do not think that is feasible. Mr. OBERSTAR. Let me read you this to get your reaction: Navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...and the carrying places between the same shall be highways and forever free as well to the inhabitants of said territory as to citizens of the United...
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Proposed Waterway User Charges and Replacement of Locks and Dam 26: Hearings ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources - Dams - 1977 - 2038 pages
...Mississippi. The Northwest Ordinance decreed 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, without any tax, impost or duty therefor." It appears possible that the attorney general of any affected...
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Minnesota Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme ..., Volume 1

Minnesota. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 512 pages
...the ordinance above alluded to is, 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 as well to the inhabitants of said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of...
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