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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  from 
  which 
  a 
  given 
  water 
  supply 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  drawn, 
  such 
  a 
  defini- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  with 
  due 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  interests, 
  what- 
  

   ever 
  they 
  may 
  be. 
  Especially, 
  in 
  making 
  their 
  determinations, 
  

   the 
  interests 
  of 
  manufacturing 
  by 
  water 
  ,power 
  should 
  be 
  duly 
  

   conserved. 
  

  

  After 
  these 
  preliminaries 
  had 
  been 
  attended 
  to, 
  the 
  commission 
  

   should 
  investigate 
  the 
  possible 
  sources 
  of 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  as 
  

   they 
  now 
  exist, 
  and 
  should 
  tabulate 
  and 
  report 
  in 
  detail 
  upon 
  

   each 
  supply. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  sup- 
  

   ply 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  ample, 
  but 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  purity 
  cannot 
  be 
  improved, 
  

   but 
  due 
  consideration 
  should 
  be 
  had 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  sufficiency 
  of 
  the 
  

   present 
  supply 
  for 
  future 
  growth. 
  The 
  possibility 
  of 
  sewage 
  in 
  

   the 
  future 
  going 
  into 
  any 
  present 
  water 
  supply 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  

   into 
  account. 
  

  

  These 
  commissioners 
  would 
  be 
  empowered 
  to 
  construct 
  and 
  

   maintain 
  works 
  to 
  supply, 
  from 
  the 
  specially 
  reserved 
  State 
  catch- 
  

   ments, 
  any 
  city 
  or 
  town 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  which 
  would 
  comply 
  with 
  

   certain 
  conditions. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  made 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  com- 
  

   mission 
  to 
  defend 
  the 
  rights 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  as 
  regarded 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   reserved 
  waters, 
  and 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  policing 
  and 
  other 
  lawful 
  control 
  

   of 
  the 
  same. 
  Where 
  necessary, 
  proper 
  sewage 
  disposal 
  works 
  

   would 
  be 
  included, 
  although 
  generally, 
  with 
  the 
  rivers 
  left 
  free 
  

   to 
  take 
  sewage, 
  this 
  would 
  he 
  unnecessary 
  — 
  at 
  any 
  rate, 
  for 
  the 
  

   present. 
  

  

  Any 
  town 
  or 
  group 
  of 
  towns 
  wishing 
  to 
  receive 
  a 
  water 
  supply 
  

   from 
  a 
  State 
  catchment 
  would 
  be 
  authorized 
  to 
  make 
  application 
  

   to 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  therefor, 
  and 
  thereupon 
  the 
  commissioners 
  

   should 
  consider 
  such 
  application, 
  make 
  examination, 
  and 
  submit 
  

   plans 
  and 
  estimates, 
  together 
  with 
  recommendations 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   best 
  source 
  and 
  method 
  of 
  furnishing 
  a 
  supply, 
  either 
  singly 
  or 
  

   jointly 
  with 
  other 
  municipalities, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  judgment 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  

   was 
  most 
  expedient. 
  Preferably, 
  such 
  recommendations 
  would 
  be 
  

   made 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  each 
  municipality 
  being 
  an 
  

   integral 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  comprehensive 
  system 
  of 
  State 
  water 
  supply. 
  

  

  The 
  plan 
  proposed 
  could 
  be 
  submitted 
  to 
  a 
  vote 
  of 
  the 
  electors 
  

   of 
  the 
  town 
  or 
  towns 
  at 
  such 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  a® 
  might 
  be 
  decided 
  

   upon. 
  If 
  resulting 
  favorably, 
  the 
  commission 
  would 
  proceed 
  to 
  

   construct 
  the 
  works 
  and 
  furnish 
  the 
  municipalities 
  so 
  accepting 
  

  

  