...be formed, and bounded by the same; and the river Mississippi and 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 state as to the citizens of the United States,...

...be formed, and bounded by the same; and the river Mississippi and 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 state as to the citizens of the United States,...

...be formed, and bounded by the same; and the river Mississippi and 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 state as to the citizens of the United States,...

...and the St. Lawrence. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 states : The navigable waterways leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying...places between 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...

...and the St. Lawrence. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 states : The navigable waterways leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence^ and the carrying...places between 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...

...be formed, and bounded by the same; and the river Mississippi and 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 state as to the citizens of the United States,...

...that some of the language of the Northwest Ordinance was taken: [T]he 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...

...Waterborne Shipping Market Analysis," AT Kearney, Inc., February 1974. 70 "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free * * * to citizens of the United States * * * without any tax, impost or duty therefore."...

...is feasible. Mr. OBERSTAR. Let me read you this to get your reaction: Navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence 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...

...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...