There is created a navigation and river improvement district which shall be known as the "Jennings Navigation District of Louisiana", composed of the territory embraced in Ward 2 of the parish of Jefferson Davis, for the purpose of improving the Mermentau River and other streams with respect to the navigation thereof within the state of Louisiana, by extending the navigation thereof to the corporate limits of the city of Jennings, and for such other purposes as are provided for in this Chapter.
La. Navigation and Shipping § 34:461