N.Y. General Municipal Law § 75: Limitation on acquisition of water rights in Dutchess county

§ 75. Limitation on acquisition of water rights in Dutchess county.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, a

municipal or other corporation shall not have power to acquire by

condemnation for the purpose of increasing or improving its water

supply, any stream or water, situated outside the boundaries of such

municipal corporation, that flows through the town of Fishkill,

Wappingers or Poughkeepsie into the Hudson river, which stream or water

affords the chief source of power to, or is necessary in the process of

manufacturing, washing or dyeing in, a mill situated in a city or

village within the county of Dutchess, the inhabitants whereof are

chiefly dependent on such mill for employment and support.