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Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-357
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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Bayou Manor is exempt from ad valorem taxes as an institution of purely public charity.
Date:
December 8, 1964
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-740
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, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Selection of a county auditor in Harris County, and related questions.
Date:
July 8, 1987
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Drifting-Valve.
Patent for locomotive drifting valves to admit saturated steam from the boiler to the steam chamber of the valve chest and cylinders while the locomotive is running with the main steam throttle closed.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Meister, Alfred A.; Surles, John W. & Boyle, Edmund F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel For Bicycles.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wheels for bicycles. This design is to "provide an improved tire for this purpose which is adapted to take the place of a pneumatic tire and to operate in a similar manner" (line 13 - 17).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Bowley, James Deamess
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen
Patent for a well screen which allows water to flow through easily while stopping any other items from going through into the well.
Date:
November 8, 1910
Creator:
Decker, Harry R. & Houk, Russell W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen
Patent for a durable well screen with a wide area.
Date:
November 8, 1910
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Winding-Tool For Bale-Fastenings.
Patent for a new and useful winding tool for bale fastenings.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device
Patent for lubricating device which is a dispenser for liquids or semi liquids to come out of.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Aycock, Nathaniel. M
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boat.
Patent for boat with improvements towards easy movements by using a propeller and rudder. The boat is designed with the user to use their feet to manually move the boat. The boat is designed for hunting or fishing while keeping the hands free.
Date:
March 8, 1921
Creator:
Greer, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Forming Cotton-Seed Meal into Cakes
Patent for "an organized machine adapted to rapidly compress charges of cotton-seed meal into cakes of sufficient solidity to bear handling and removal to a press, whereby the oil is expressed therefrom, and to deliver said cakes at a point or points in convenient proximity to said press or presses, so that the time and labor involved in preparing the meal for the, press and of inserting it therein will be reduced to the minimum" (lines 9-18).
Date:
April 8, 1890
Creator:
Price, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Adjustable Cultivators"
Date:
February 8, 1876
Creator:
Price, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating-Fastener.
Patent for an improved tuft fastening device that provides ventilation through cushion tufts to make cushions cooler to the touch, including illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Davis, Don M. & Underwood, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine
Patent for improvements in vending machines.
Date:
August 8, 1911
Creator:
Linck, George E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay-Presses.
Patent for improving the cotton and hay press.
Date:
August 8, 1871
Creator:
McGowen, Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for an improved pump for oil or water wells after completion. It is designed to remove sand and slush and keep it out of the valve cage and seat.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Kutschbach, August E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling-Presses.
Patent for improvements to presses used for baling cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date:
April 8, 1879
Creator:
McGowen, Edmond Felder
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressure-Controlling Valve Mechanism For Hydraulic Presses.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pressure controlling valve mechanism for hydraulic presses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1898
Creator:
Price, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Guard.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stock guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1898
Creator:
Lee, Jacob M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire - Protector
Patent for a new and useful improvements in tire-protectors. This design "has relation to armor for pneumatic tires" (line 8-9).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Cross, Abraham
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Separating Associated Liquids.
Patent for an invention that "relates to the art of separating associated liquids" (lines 9-10).
Date:
April 8, 1919
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horizontal-Drilling Machine.
Patent for an easily adjustable and transportable machine that drills a horizontal hole in the ground to accompany a previous invention of the inventor, a method for the destruction of military fortifications. The machine's mechanisms are so housed to protect against exploding shells and includes illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Strap
Patent for a hitching strap to prevent animals from running away.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Stifter, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guide Device For Ironing-Machines
Patent for a device that guides Ironing Machines.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Terry, Mosley J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for fire escapes adapted for "being carried fro one portion of a building to another to effect the escape of persons from any portion of the same and at an elevation thereof." (Lines 16-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Sjolander, Eric O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History