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1995 U.S. Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1 - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 10 - Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1 - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 10 - Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways
Containssection 10
Date1995
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 1996
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditR.S. §5251.
Statutes at Large Reference2 Stat. 606

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§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.)

Codification

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

Cross References

Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana, declared nonnavigable, see section 21 of this title.

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