 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - Harbors - 1985 - 334 pages
...origin of national policy can be traced to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, in which it was pledged that "the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well as to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - Harbors - 1985 - 332 pages
...origin of national policy can be traced to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, in which it was pledged that "the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well as to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - Business & Economics - 1990 - 478 pages
...regulations 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...than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Missisippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same shall be common highways, and... | |
 | Arthur M. Woodford - Geodesy - 1991 - 298 pages
...1787. This "Northwest Ordinance" provided not only for the governing of the territory, but also that "the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...the same, shall be common highways and forever free . . ."16 But the transition of governments in the Great Lakes area was slow. The British were loath... | |
 | Peter S. Onuf - History - 1991 - 470 pages
...been affected by Article VI. Finally, Article IV of the ordinance provided for free navigation of the "waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same" for all Americans.27 It is doubtful if the congressmen from the southern states, as well as the representatives... | |
 | Elizabeth Brand Monroe - Business & Economics - 1992 - 296 pages
...sess. (1836), H. Rept. 672, 3. 20. 2 US Stat. 226. 21. Ibid., 4-5. 22. They relied on the following: "the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi...same, shall be common highways, and forever free." Article IV, Northwest Ordinance of 1787. 23. Remonstrance against Obstructing the Navigation of the... | |
 | Ralph D. Gray, Michael A. Morrison - History - 1994 - 500 pages
...been affected by Article VI. Finally, Article IV of the ordinance provided for free navigation of the "waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same" for all Americans.27 It is doubtful if the congressmen from the southern states, as well as the representatives... | |
 | Gyeorgos C. Hatonn - Self-Help - 1995 - 244 pages
...regulations 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; and, in no case SHALL NON RESIDENT PROPRIETORS BE TAXED HIGHER THAN THE RESIDENTS. THE NAVIGABLE WATERS (now you know why... | |
 | Daniel Judah Elazar - Political Science - 1998 - 312 pages
...regulations 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...navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and Saint Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free,... | |
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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... 
