Combined Turning and Leveling Plow. (open access)

Combined Turning and Leveling Plow.

Patent for an improved combined turning and leveling plow.
Date: February 9, 1901
Creator: Collins, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-125 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-125

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether, considering sections 42.001 and 42.002 of the Property Code and article 21.22 of the Insurance Code, life insurance policy proceeds and cash values are completely exempt from seizure under process, and related question (RQ-281)
Date: June 9, 1992
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-760 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-760

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 or not the approval of the Commissioners' Court is necessary before the Housing Authority of Hidalgo County may sell surplus real estate owned by the Authority, and related question.
Date: September 9, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-786 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-786

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 the Comptroller to issue warrants for deposit with the United States Marshall for use in serving subpoenas in a Haebeas Corpus suit in the Federal Court against the Director of the Department of Corrections and related questions.
Date: December 9, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-787 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-787

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 the terms "convicted", "conviction", or "finally convicted" as used in the cited provisions of the Texas Liquor Control Act, mean and include a conviction where the sentence is probated under the terms of Art. 42.12 or Art. 42.13 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Date: December 9, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-788 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-788

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; Questions relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to include certaint provisions in the bid proposal and purchase agreement in purchasing road machinery.
Date: December 9, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-308 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-308

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 concrete containers to enclose caskets in garden type cemetaries to prevent graves from settling , are funeral merchandise within the contemplation of Article 548b, Vernon's Civil Statutes and related questions.
Date: September 9, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-309 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-309

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 the order of Criminal District Court No. 4 of Harris County cediting the sentence of an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections under Article 768, C.C.P. is a valid order.
Date: September 9, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Caldwell County, Block 1

Parent map for Caldwell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 9, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Caldwell County, Block 2

Parent map for Caldwell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 9, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, May 9, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, May 9, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 72nd day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 9, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Caldwell County, Index

Index map for Caldwell County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:92,115.
Date: December 9, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Second Called Session, Tuesday, July 9, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Second Called Session, Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the 1st day of the second called session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: July 9, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Eyeglasses. (open access)

Improvement in Eyeglasses.

Patent for improvements to eyeglasses to accommodate facial differences.
Date: July 9, 1878
Creator: Hawkes, Albert K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam, Air, or Water Engine. (open access)

Steam, Air, or Water Engine.

Patent for simplifying the construction of steam-engines allowing them efficiently use the power of steam" gas, vapor or air in varying positions, vertical, horizontal, or inclined.
Date: May 9, 1882
Creator: Adams, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire (open access)

Tire

Patent for a tire. Illustration included.
Date: May 9, 1905
Creator: Gordon, Mary S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Fastener. (open access)

Hat-Fastener.

Patent for an adjustable hat holder using a band and fasteners, with illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Huppertz, Lina
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press as it "relates to certain improvements in hay-presses, and has for its principal object to improve the construction of the power-head and pitman connection" (lines 7-10). Illustrations included.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Dixon, Albert S. & Schneider, Jacob P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Solar-Time Instrument. (open access)

Solar-Time Instrument.

Patent for a new and improved solar-time instrument with "the telescopic tube provided at one end with a lens, and at the other end with a removable diaphragm having horizontal and vertical lines marked thereon" (page 2).
Date: September 9, 1879
Creator: Hayford, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin Point Protector (open access)

Hat-Pin Point Protector

This patent is for the device that is to be used for protecting the point of the hat pin, and the invention aims to improve the operative connection between the compartmental members which shield and grip the point of the pin.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Koch, Charles Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Head (open access)

Piston-Head

This patent relates to piston heads particularly designed for use in connection with a hydrocarbon engine. The purpose of this invention is to provide a novel form of a ball and socket connection between the piston rod and the piston head. The said connection is designed to be durable in construction , cheap to manufacture and easily applied.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Collier, William Reid
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a car-coupling that provides "a link of this character which will remain set in a coupling position at all times, so that the coupling of the cars can be effected in an automatic manner" (lines 10-14). It can be easily adjusted to different heights and its construction prevents jerky movements.
Date: April 9, 1895
Creator: Yeiser, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Hook. (open access)

Fish-Hook.

Patent for a fish hook with two hooks twisted together, which come apart when a fish pulls on the hook that is reliable in its action.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Willis, Charles Marshall
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Needle for Graphophones and the Like. (open access)

Needle for Graphophones and the Like.

Patent for a gramophone needle that produces better sound due to allowing for vibrations and can be used longer by producing a a sharpened point on one side while playing that can be used the next time by turning over the needle.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Petmecky, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History