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Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways

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Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS > CHAPTER 1—NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

(R.S. § 5251.)

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