 | Commerce - 1868 - 490 pages
...United States northwest of the Ohio river, it is declared that " 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 territories as to the citizens of the United... | |
 | Louis Houck - Harbors - 1868 - 268 pages
...North-western Territory. The 4th article of that ordinance provides that " The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying...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... | |
 | James M. Hiatt - United States - 1868 - 426 pages
...case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall he common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens... | |
 | 1905 - 1256 pages
...nearly 300 are organizations. The ordinance of 1787 provides that " 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... | |
 | United States. Circuit Courts, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 670 pages
...territory. That portion of the ordinance referred to in the bill is, "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 said territory as to the citizens of the United States,... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1870 - 412 pages
...adopted July 14th, 1787, it is provided that the navigable waters leading into the Mississipi and the St. Lawrence and the carrying places between the same shall be common highways, and forever free. The same provision, in substance, is embodied in an act of Congress relating to said... | |
 | Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives - Illinois - 1871 - 926 pages
...to make these improvements ? The ordinance of 1787 provides that "tho 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 said territory as to the citizens of the United States... | |
 | Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate - Legislation - 1871 - 1052 pages
...of aiticle four, of the ordinance of 17£7, provides as follows : "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, ah all be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the eaid Territory, as to... | |
 | Illinois - 1872 - 1108 pages
...the Northwestern Territory, in consequence of Article 4:, of the Ordinance of 1787, which provides that: " The navigable waters leading to the Mississippi...carrying places between the same shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to Vol. Ill— 7 the citizens... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 556 pages
...river Ohio." Ohio LL 252. Article 4, page 256, contains this clause: "The navigable waters loading 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 said territory as to the citizens of the "United States... | |
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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... 
