United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 33. NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
Chapter 1. NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY |
SubChapter I. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
§ 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.)
Codification
R.S. § 5251 derived from act Mar. 3, 1811, ch. 46, § 12, 2 Stat. 606.