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33 U.S.C. § 10

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Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways
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Title
33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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

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