Language

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-137 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-137

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Construction of Section 17 of House Bill 266, Acts of the 60th Legislature, R. S., 1967, Chapter 565, amending Section 3 of Article 2338-19, in reference to the enlargement of the jurisdiction of the Domestic Relations Court of Brazoria County.
Date: September 28, 1967
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report (FY 1968): Freeport Test Facility and Vertical-Tube-Evaporator Test-Bed Plant, Freeport, Texas (open access)

Annual Report (FY 1968): Freeport Test Facility and Vertical-Tube-Evaporator Test-Bed Plant, Freeport, Texas

Report that presents "information, findings, and recommendations concerning the multiple-effect falling-film-evaporation method of desalination" (p. 1).
Date: September 1969
Creator: Stearns-Roger Corporation
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Gulf Coast Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores (open access)

Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores

Patent for the Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores. This machine makes the extraction of sulfur from ores containing less than 20% sulfur, while also removing the impurities.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Austin, Paul P. Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide (open access)

Insecticide

Patent for an insecticide specifically for insects that burrow into the shucks of corn. "The general object of my invention is to provide a compound capable, when affected by moisture incidental to the sweating of the corn in the crib, of generating a poisonous gas which will permeate the shucks and reach and destroy the insect within the shucks, where it cannot be destroyed by simply sprinkling the corn with a poisonous powder or solution" (lines 17-25).
Date: September 13, 1892
Creator: Carter, Joseph John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life-Boat. (open access)

Life-Boat.

Patent for an improved life boat that "consists principally of a central closed hull equipped with propelling machinery, and floats extending on the sides of the said hull and rigidly secured thereto, to support the hull in position." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1896
Creator: James, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tread for Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Tread for Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for an improvement in treads for pneumatic tires "to prevent excessive wear or puncture of the parts of the tire constituting the tread portion" (lines 12-14).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Twombly, Royal W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hunting-Knife. (open access)

Hunting-Knife.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in hunting knives, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: Shelton, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seeding-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Seeding-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of seed-planters using a rotary system to distribute seeds from a drum and into the soil, including illustration.
Date: September 4, 1860
Creator: Park, A. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for oil burners that is designed specifically for burning crude fuel oil that also has improved construction that centers the spray head with the burner head.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Booker, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Clothes-Pounder. (open access)

Design for a Clothes-Pounder.

Design patent for a clothes-pounder that consists of a hollow conical body provided at an immediate point with a downwardly-dished diaphragm.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Crooker, Heman D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History