§ 10. — Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC10]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1--NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 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. Sec. 5251.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 5251 derived from act Mar. 3, 1811, ch. 46, Sec. 12, 2
Stat. 606.
