§ 41-6-127 — Purchase of machinery, tools or equipment

In the operation and maintenance of the works under its charge,
the board of district managers shall, as far as practicable,
avoid a duplication of labor and equipment. It shall have no
power, however, to purchase machinery, tools or other equipment
on account of any district, without written authority from two
(2) of the commissioners from such district, and it shall have
no power to purchase machinery, tools or other equipment on the
joint account of two (2) or more districts, without written
authority from two (2) of the commissioners of each of the
districts to be charged therewith, which authority shall
prescribe the agreed basis upon which the cost of such purchase
shall be apportioned between or among such districts. Each
district shall be charged with a reasonable rental or hire for
the use of property or equipment owned by the associated
districts. Such rental or hire shall be uniform to all the
districts and shall be so adjusted as to cover, all nearly as
can be estimated, repair, interest and replacement costs, and
such readjustments shall be made from time to time as may be
necessary in order that these costs shall ultimately be borne by
the districts in proportion to the use which each has made of
such property or equipment.