Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-277 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-277

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: Whether the Commissioners Court of Dallas County has the option to expend county funds in the repair, maintenance and operation of court houses and other public buildings through its own employees or through an independent contractor.
Date: September 10, 1968
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe Attachment (open access)

Syringe Attachment

Patent for an attachment to connect syringe to liquid container for increased efficiency
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Poe, James Granger
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sound-Producing Maching (open access)

Sound-Producing Maching

Patent for "sound producing instruments and sound imitators and comprises an assemble of a plurality of sound producing instruments all unified through a central control for us in connection with theaters and particularly moving pictures."
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Illo, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filing-Cabinet Unit (open access)

Filing-Cabinet Unit

Patent for a filing cabinet unit. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator and Burner. (open access)

Gas Generator and Burner.

Patent for a new and improved gas generator. This design "has for its object to improve the efficiency of that type of vapor generators and burners wherein oil and air pipes enter a casing having burner orifices and filled with an incombustible substance, which when heated vaporizes the oil" (lines 8-13).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Street, Joseph G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Educational Device (open access)

Educational Device

Patent for a combined folding desk, blackboard, scroll, and map cabinet to be used for educational purposes. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Fanning, Sam H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brush. (open access)

Brush.

Patent for brush used to add adjustable sized stripes onto vehicles and to add lettering onto signs. The brush contains its own paint reservoir.
Date: September 10, 1911
Creator: Penn, George Rollins
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History