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  2. Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
  3. Chapter 1 - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
  4. Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
  5. 33 USC § 10
33 USC § 10
Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways
through Public Law 118-10
USC

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

Editorial Notes

Codification

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