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Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 1 - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY (§§ 1 - 59kk)
Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1 - 12)
Section 10 - Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 1 - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 10 - Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways |
Contains | section 10 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | R.S. §5251. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 2 Stat. 606 |
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GENERAL PROVISIONS - 33 U.S.C. § 10 (2012)
§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.)
CodificationR.S. §5251 derived from act Mar. 3, 1811, ch. 46, §12, 2 Stat. 606.
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