§ 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.