...secured by the sixth article of that instrument. The fourth article of that compact provides thus: "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...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,...

...to be stricken out, is found in the fourth of the articles of compact, and is in these words: "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...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...

...United States; and in no case shall nonresident proprietors •be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...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...

...of the United States; and non-resident proprietors shall not be taxed more than residents; that the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...the same shall be common highways, and forever free. The fifth provides, that there shall be formed in the territory not less than three, nor more than...

...the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...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,...

...the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...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,...

...be formed or bounded by the same ; and said river and waters, and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said State as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor....

...territory now or hereafter tobe formed and bounded by the same. Anil the river Mississippi and the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...the same, shall be common highways, and forever free as well to the inhabitants of the state, as to the citizens of the Uiutcd States, without any tax,...

...understood as adopted in furtherance of the policy of the Ordinance of 1787, which stipulated that 'the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...same, shall be common highways, and forever free.' " The legislation in force when such authority was given is found in 1 Comp. Laws, §§ 2494, 2495....

...have no bearing upon the question of its navigability. The ordinance of 1787, in providing that the " navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between them, shall be common highways, and forever free," etc., did not by its terms, or in the spirit of...