4 	The Compact of 1785

	2. Maryland agrees likewise that vessels belonging to
	Virginians, or carrying on commerce with them, shall
	freely enter Maryland waters without the payment of
	any port duty or charge.

	3. Vessels of war of either state shall not be subject to
	the payment of any port duty or charge.

	4. Vessels belonging to citizens of either state, when
	not exceeding forty feet keel or fifty tons burden and
	when having on board only the produce of either or both
	states, are to be subject to no port charges, requiring only
	a permit from the naval officer of the district from which
	the vessel departs.

	5. All merchant vessels except those described in the
	fourth article, above, when navigating the Potomac River,
	are to enter and clear from ports according to the laws of
	the state concerned; and any vessel making an entry in
	both states is to be subject to tonnage in each state only
	in proportion to the commodities carried on or taken from
	that state.

	6. The Potomac River shall be considered a common
	highway for the purposes of navigation and commerce
	to the citizens of both states, and of the United States,
	and to all persons in amity with these states trading to
	or from Virginia or Maryland.

	7. Citizens of each state shall have full property in the
	shores of the Potomac River adjoining their lands, with all
	emoluments and advantages belonging thereto, and with
	the privilege of building wharves and other improvements
	if the navigation of the river is not injured thereby; the
	right of fishing is to be common to and equally enjoyed
	by the citizens of both states, though citizens of one state
	may not hinder or disturb the fisheries on the shores of
	the other state, nor shall the citizens of one state have a
	right to fish with nets or seines on the shores of the other.