Every person who operates a railroad locomotive in this state shall carry on such operator's person while operating such locomotive an engineer's operator permit.Code 1858, § 1166 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 94, §§ 1, 5-9; 1857-1858, ch. 44, § 3); Shan., § 1574; impl. am. Acts 1921, ch. 41, § 2; Acts 1925, ch. 133, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 2628; Acts 1959, ch. 130, § 1; 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1208; Acts 1982, ch. 632, § 1.
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