§ 1096. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have power:\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. To acquire, in the name of the authority, lease, hold and dispose\nof personal property or any interest therein for its corporate purposes,\nincluding the power to purchase prospective or tentative awards in\nconnection with the exercise of the power of condemnation hereinafter\ngranted;\n 4. To purchase or lease, in the name of the authority, any water\nsupply system, water distribution system, including plants, works,\ninstrumentalities or parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, lands,\neasements, rights in land and water rights, rights-of-way, contract\nrights, franchises, approaches, connections, dams, reservoirs, water\nmains and pipe lines, pumping stations and equipment, or any other\nproperty incidental to and included in such system or part thereof, and\nany improvements, extensions, and betterments, situated within the\ncounty, or in Genesee county, or in the town or village of Victor, the\nvillage of Bloomfield and the towns of East Bloomfield, Canadice,\nRichmond and West Bloomfield in Ontario county, or in the village of\nHolley and the towns of Clarendon and Kendall in Orleans county for the\npurpose of supplying water for domestic, commercial, and public purposes\nat retail to individual consumers within the county of Monroe or in the\nmanner provided by subdivision seven of this section; and as a means of\nso acquiring for such purposes, and subject to the approval of the\npublic service commission, the authority may purchase all of the stock\nof any existing privately owned water corporation or company, and\nthereafter, within a reasonable time, such water corporation or company\nshall be dissolved;\n 5. To condemn in the name of the authority in the counties of Monroe\nand Genesee, or in any other county or municipality specifically\nenumerated in the first sentence of subdivision six of this section, or\nin the name of the county in the case of any water facilities to be\nowned and financed by the county pursuant to subdivision sixteen-b of\nthis section, except where located in any other county or municipality,\nany water supply system, water distribution system, including plants,\nworks, instrumentalities, or parts thereof and appurtenances thereto,\nlands, easements, rights in land and water rights, rights-of-way,\ncontract rights, franchises, approaches, connections, dams, reservoirs,\nwater mains and pipe lines, pumping stations and equipment, or any other\nproperty incidental to and included in such system or part thereof, and\nany improvements, extensions, and betterments for the purpose of\nsupplying water for domestic, commercial, and public purposes at retail\nto individual consumers within the counties of Monroe and Genesee or in\nany other county or municipality specifically enumerated in the first\nsentence of subdivision six of this section, or at wholesale in the\nmanner provided by subdivision seven of this section. The authority\nshall exercise the power of condemnation hereby granted in the manner\nprovided by the eminent domain procedure law or any such proceeding to\ncondemn may be instituted by the authority before a justice of the\nsupreme court or an official referee thereof. In the exercise of such\npower of condemnation, the property being condemned shall be deemed,\nwhen so determined by the authority, to be for a public use superior to\nthe public use in the hands of any other person, association, or\ncorporation; provided, however, that the authority shall have no power\nto condemn property the legal title to which is vested in a municipality\nor in a private corporation owning such property primarily for its own\nuse, unless such municipality or private corporation shall consent\nthereto;\n 6. To construct and develop any water supply system, water\ndistribution system, including plants, works, instrumentalities, or\nparts there
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