* § 1032. Power to furnish service within district. The authority
shall have power to construct or acquire, by purchase or condemnation,
or to lease, and to equip, own and operate, within or without the
territorial limits of the county, any plant, works, structures, poles,
lines, wires, conduits, mains, systems, waterpower, franchises, and any
and all other real and personal property, used, connected with or
appertaining to the manufacture, conveying, transportation and
furnishing of gas, whether natural or manufactured or a mixture of both,
for light, heat and power and in the generation, furnishing and
transmission of electric current for light, heat and power, for the
purpose of furnishing such service to the county and to any municipality
or district and to persons in such district, including the state capitol
and the branches, departments and offices of the state government; and
also, for such purpose, to purchase gas or electrical energy from the
state of New York, or from any state agency, or from any municipality
within or outside of the county, or from any private or public
corporation.

* NB Terminated July 1, 1963