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2003 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, 2000 Edition, Supplement 3, 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
Date2003
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 19, 2004
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.

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