Section 79. Air-brakes  


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  • It  shall  be  unlawful for any railroad or other
      company to haul or permit to be hauled or used  on  its  line  or  lines
      within  this state any freight train that has not a sufficient number of
      cars in it so equipped with continuous  power  or  air-brakes  that  the
      engineer  on  the  locomotive  drawing  such train can control its speed
      without requiring brakemen  to  use  the  common  hand  brake  for  that
      purpose.