39-2-7: [Depositions to perpetuate testimony; taxing costs.]

The costs and expenses of taking the depositions shall be audited and allowed by the officer taking the same, and such costs and expenses, together with the fees of recording and copying the same, shall be taxed in favor of the party or parties paying the same, and collected as other costs in the suit or suits in which such depositions, or any part thereof, may be used.