Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§10 Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 10

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §10

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

All the navigable rivers and waters in the former Territories of Orleans and Louisiana shall be and forever remain public highways.

Legislative History

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

Reference

Citation

33 U.S.C. § 10

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73