Title 33 of the U.S. Code § 10 - Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways
Full text of § 10 from Title 33 of the United States Code.
§ 10. Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways
All the navigable rivers and waters in the former Territories of Orleans and Louisiana shall be and forever remain public highways.
(R.S. §5251.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §5251 derived from act Mar. 3, 1811, ch. 46, §12, 2 Stat. 606.
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