§ 10. Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways  


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  • All the navigable rivers and waters in the former Territories of Orleans and Louisiana shall be and forever remain public highways.

(R.S. § 5251.)

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R.S. § 5251 derived from act Mar. 3, 1811, ch. 46, § 12, 2 Stat. 606.