Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 45, § 68. Highways, crossing or utilizing

Corporations described in R.S. 45:64 have the right to build, construct, lay out, operate and maintain a line of canals, lateral ditches or conduits, and hydro-electric lines, over, under, and across all public rural highways and roads, with the consent of the local authorities having jurisdiction or control upon such terms the authorities may impose.