Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-747 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-747

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; Authority of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to Purchase land for salt water experiment pond.
Date: August 30, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wardrobe and Book-Case. (open access)

Combined Wardrobe and Book-Case.

Patent for a combined bookcase and wardrobe cabinet, with illustrations. The purpose of the bookcase and wardrobe cabinet is to be "used as a bookcase, wardrobe, or show-case at will" (lines 10-11).
Date: November 30, 1886
Creator: Schmidt, Julius Friedrich
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Second Called Session, Tuesday, July 30, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Second Called Session, Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the seventh day of the Second Called session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: July 30, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Third Called Session, Tuesday, July 30, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Third Called Session, Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the first day of the Third Called session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: July 30, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the forty-ninth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: April 30, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the eighth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: January 30, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Financial Report: 2011 (open access)

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Financial Report: 2011

Annual financial report of the Capital Area Council of Governments including summaries and statements for relevant funds, as well as supplementary information.
Date: September 30, 2011
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine for the Blind (open access)

Type-Writing Machine for the Blind

Patent for "an improvement in machines for the production of writings for the blind, under what is technically termed the point system" (lines 8-11).
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Sthreshley, Lizzie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for a windmill that qualifies as "a substantial and strong machine capable of withstanding the high winds of the Western prairies, which will be at the same time inexpensive and simple in construction, and which will automatically regulate itself in such a manner as to run with a uniform speed in all kinds of winds" (lines 16-22)
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Campbell, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lining for Pneumatic Tires and Other Pneumatic Articles (open access)

Lining for Pneumatic Tires and Other Pneumatic Articles

Patent for a lining for pneumatic tires and other pneumatic articles. The invention is designed to immediately close ruptures. It applies to bicycles, automobiles, and the like. Illustration included.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Petmechy, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hat-Ventilators. (open access)

Improvement in Hat-Ventilators.

Patent for improvement in mode of ventilating hats, bonnets, and or caps by “providing the inside of the head-coverings, at the point of contact with the head, with a liuing or an elastic spiral formed into a cushion, through which the air can freely circulate around the whole head.” (Lines 28-32) Illustration is included.
Date: March 30, 1869
Creator: Stremme, Conrad C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Cleaning, Tinting, and Polishing Pecan and Other Nuts. (open access)

Process of and Apparatus for Cleaning, Tinting, and Polishing Pecan and Other Nuts.

Patent for a new and improved method and machine for cleaning, tinting, and polishing nuts. This design facilitates "[t]he process of cleaning and tinting pecan and other nuts, which consists in first subjecting them to the action of a lye, abrading substances, and water within a rotating close vessel, and subsequently to the action of a dyeing solution in a separate rotating close vessel" (lines 5-11).
Date: October 30, 1883
Creator: Koerber, Rudolph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shears (open access)

Shears

Patent for shears to be used by metal workers. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Burkett, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan for Rocking Furniture. (open access)

Fan for Rocking Furniture.

Patent for a new and improved fan for rocking furniture. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the fan-supporting frame . . . the fan adjustably journaled to the bar, and the holding forks pivoted to uprights of the fan pivoted to the ends of the horizontal arms of the frame, all arranged to form a set of fans for front and rear service" (lines 94-100).
Date: July 30, 1889
Creator: McComas, Arthur William & Fitzhugh, Henry Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rubber Compound. (open access)

Rubber Compound.

Patent for a new and improved rubber compound, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1899
Creator: Petmecky, Joseph Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Staple. (open access)

Design for a Staple.

Design for a staple provided with series of barbs or spurs and intervening corrugations arranged in continuous series at the inner and outer edges of the staple.
Date: May 30, 1899
Creator: La Prelle, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for a headlight design that turns with the front wheels, allowing the driver to illuminate the road ahead whether driving straight or turning.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Fay, Peter J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History