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.