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
Still Creek Flood Protection Study (open access)

Still Creek Flood Protection Study

"The City of Bryan (City) has contracted Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI) to perform a detailed study of existing flooding issues within the Still Creek watershed...This report provides a summary of FNI's study methodologies, results, and recommendations for mitigating each flooding hazard." (p. 3-4).
Date: February 2012
Creator: Hubley, Scott K. & Johnston, J. Garrett
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chain-Steamer. (open access)

Chain-Steamer.

Patent for a chain steamer that has an improved means of propulsion with a uniform speed despite a changing current. It does not allow the boat to laterally deflect. It is especially meant to be used with tow boats that travel on fast-moving, shallow streams. It can be used to move ferry boats across fast-moving rivers as well.
Date: February 7, 1893
Creator: Pfeifer, Edmund I. & Pfeifer, Eduard A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Danger-Signal for Railroads. (open access)

Automatic Danger-Signal for Railroads.

Patent for a "device for indicating at railroad crossings and other points, the approach or departure of trains within any given distance of such crossing or with relation to any point where persons might come into dangerous proximity to the train if they were left unadvised by some such signal as this." (Lines 19-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1895
Creator: Lee, Horatio Grooms; White, John P.; Ball, Thomas & White, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-607 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-607

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 Taylor County can legally pay a short-rate cancellation premium on an "error and omissions" insurance policy procured and cancelled under the stated conditions.
Date: February 11, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-608 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-608

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; Additional Bonds to Secure Payment of Motor Fuel Tax Under Chapter 9, Title 122A, Taxation-General, V.C.S.
Date: February 14, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-609 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-609

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 Sec. 4 of Senate Bill No. 130, 59th Legislature makes it mandatory that the State Board of Health make and examination for tuberculosis infection of all pupils in the first and seventh grades, or whether this section only requires the Board to provide materials for the test if and only if school boards make this a requirement.
Date: February 14, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-610 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-610

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; Expenditure by institutions of higher learning of income on short term investments of certain restricted funds.
Date: February 15, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-611 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-611

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; In a town with fireman, widows and children drawing benefits, where there is not sufficient money on hand to pay full pensions, should a paid fireman who terminates his service be refunded his contributions from the State Emergency Reserve Fund before the pensioners are pain and related question.
Date: February 15, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-612 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-612

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 paragraph (b) of Article 53.07 V.C.C.P. becomes void and inoperative due to holding in AG Opinion C-497 that paragraph (a) and (b) are void, being in conflict with Sec. 61 XVI of the Texas Constitution and related question.
Date: February 16, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-613 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-613

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; Applicability of Article 827a-6, V.P.C., to facts outlined.
Date: February 17, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-614 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-614

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 certain funds appropriated to the Armory Board can be legally expended for constructing a building addition for the Adjutant General's Department at Camp Mabry under the provisions of Section 6 Paragraph (7) of Article 5767 V.C.S., and related questions.
Date: February 17, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-615 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-615

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 Harrison County is authorized to employ a secretary for the juvenile officer pursuant to the provisions of Article 5139J, Vernon's Civil Statutes, and related question.
Date: February 17, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-616 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-616

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 a county attorney to bring removal proceedings against the city attorney of a general law city.
Date: February 17, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-4 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-4

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 a county may make a purchase in excess of $10,000 without competitive bids if, after advertising, no bids are recieved (RQ-2187)
Date: February 22, 1991
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-5 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-5

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 clarificationl; Whether section 102.51 of the Alcoholic Beverage Code imposes a territorial limitation on the resale of beer by persons who purchase from general distributions (RQ-2151)
Date: February 26, 1991
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-6 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-6

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 release of census counts subject to possible adjustment constitutes publication of the United States decennial census for purposes of article III, section 28, of the Texas Constitution and related questions (RQ-24)
Date: February 27, 1991
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-7 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-7

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 the Parker County Committee on Aging is a governmental body under the Open Meetings Act, article 6252-17, V.T.C.S. (RQ-6)
Date: February 27, 1991
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-8 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-8

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; Duty of Teacher Retirement System to compute the adjusted statewide average maintenance and operations tax rate pursuant to section 825.405(h) of the Government Code (RQ-2162)
Date: February 28, 1991
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strontium Program Quarterly Summary Report: November 1958 - January 1959 (open access)

Strontium Program Quarterly Summary Report: November 1958 - January 1959

From Abstract: "This report is one of a sequence of quarterly reports, each designed to up-date its predecessor beginning with HASL-42, "Environmental Contamination from Weapon Tests." Herein are reported data which have accrued since HASL-51. In particular, the levels of strontium 90 in fallout, milk, tap water, vegetation, and foods are given, based on data available from November 1, 1958 to January 30, 1959."
Date: February 24, 1959
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Klein, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

McKinney Falls State Park

This is an illustrated map of the McKinney Falls State Park in Austin Texas. The map provides the hiking trails, access routes, camp sites, and has a legend that show the location of all parks amenities. Also included is information of importance to visitors.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

SH 71 Improvements Exhibit

Map depicting SH 71 from FM 2322 / Pedernales River to Silvermine Drive with existing and proposed configurations divided by section including anticipated construction start date.
Date: February 28, 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Performance Review of Austin Independent School District (ISD), February 1993 (open access)

A Performance Review of Austin Independent School District (ISD), February 1993

A performance review of Austin Independent School District (ISD) examining their use of funds in different areas of the school system.
Date: February 22, 1993
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

McKinney Falls

Map of the McKinney Falls State Park outlining hiking trails and highlighting activities, facilities, and other features such as bathrooms, lodgings, water/electric, etc. It also contains general information for the park and for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History