Expropriation powers given by Congress may be exercised

La. Rev. Stat. § 48:857, under Roads, Bridges and Ferries.

La. Rev. Stat. § 48:857

§857. Expropriation powers given by Congress may be exercised Every parish may exercise, in this and in any other state, such powers of expropriation or eminent domain as are conferred upon it by any act of Congress.