...residing therein ; and that no taxes shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States, and that the river Mississippi and the navigable rivers...into the Gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said State as to other citizens of the United States,...

...Proviso. That it shall be taken as a condition npon which the said State is incorporated in the Union, that the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, and into the Gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways, and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants...

...Louisiana to the Mississippi. She was admitted into the Union on the solemn pledge and condition : ' 'That the River Mississippi, and the navigable rivers...Mexico, shall be common highways and forever free to the inhabitants of said State, as to other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty,...

...fourth section of the act of congress for the admission of this state into the Union, which provides that " the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, and into the gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants...

...character, to the passage of vessels. He cites in support of this position the act of February 20th, 1811, enabling the people of the Territory of Orleans...well to the inhabitants of the said State as to other citixens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor, imposed by the said...

...the acts for the admission of the states of Louisiana and Mississippi into the Union it was declared that the river Mississippi and the navigable rivers and waters leading Into same or Into the Gulf of Mexico shall be common highways mid forever freel Act Feb. 20, 1811; c. 21,...

...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 the other citizens of the United States, without any tax, import or toll therefor, imposed by the said...

...form a constitution there is a provision that the State convention shall " pass an ordinance providing that the River Mississippi and the navigable rivers...State as to other citizens of the United States." And in the act for the admission of Louisiana the above provision as to the navigation of the Mississippi...

...ordinances admitting the State of Louisiana to the Union, which provide that the river Mississippi, and navigable rivers and waters leading into the same...into the Gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways, free to the use of all, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor, imposed by the said State....

...form a constitution there is a provision that the State convention shall "pass an ordinance providing that the river Mississippi and the navigable rivers...State as to other citizens of the United States." And in the act for the admission of Louisiana the above provision as to the navigation of the Mississippi...