Animal Shears. (open access)

Animal Shears.

Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design is "of a platinum or other wire or conductor heated to a high temperature, sufficient to burn through the fibers of the wool or hair, and [is] passed over the surface of the body as close as may be deemed desirable to the roots. No injurious effects are produced upon the animal or upon the wool or hair removed, while at the same time the same may be removed with great uniformity and expedition" (lines 28-36).
Date: June 8, 1886
Creator: Harrell, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base Ball Game. (open access)

Base Ball Game.

Patent for a new and improved board game. This design "consists of a game-board marked out to represent a baseball field and provided with a series of marked depressions and a number of baffle-pins, guideways, or gutters being arranged in either side of the board, and a back-stop being arranged at the upper end of the board, provision being made for imparting a proper inclination to the board and for the propulsion of marbles through the gutters or troughs" (lines 13-22).
Date: June 3, 1890
Creator: Maxcy, John Wharton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 747, Chapter 1405 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 747, Chapter 1405

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to charge certain fees and limit groundwater production during a drought.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 159 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 159

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate welcoming the World Congress on Information Technology to Austin in May 2006.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1836, Chapter 447 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1836, Chapter 447

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Pflugerville Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 479, Chapter 492 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 479, Chapter 492

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of campus peace officers commissioned by The University of Texas at Austin and law enforcement agencies of the state and political subdivisions of the state.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3236, Chapter 753 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3236, Chapter 753

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the service areas of the Austin Community College District and the Blinn Junior College District.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3385, Chapter 1268 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3385, Chapter 1268

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the use of certain state money for costs related to the relocation to the city of Austin, Texas, of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and for the support of that commission.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2042, Chapter 591 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2042, Chapter 591

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the New Sweden Municipal Utility District No. 1 and municipalities with extraterritorial jurisdiction in the district to enter into annexation and tax allocation agreements.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2043, Chapter 592 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2043, Chapter 592

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the New Sweden Municipal Utility District No. 2 and municipalities with extraterritorial jurisdiction in the district to enter into annexation and tax allocation agreements.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 660, Chapter 514 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 660, Chapter 514

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of an additional statutory county court in Travis County.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 21 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 21

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives authorizing the naming of the natatorium at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin for LeRoy Colombo.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-162 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-162

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May the Livestock Sanitary Commission of Texas change the location of its headquarters from Fort Worth, Texas, to Austin, Texas, should it so desire, in order to have better accommodations and at less cost, if possible?
Date: June 13, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
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-705 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-705

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 control of the building and grounds purchased with Texas Employees Retirement System Trust funds is within the jurisdiction of the State Board of Control or the Retirement System.
Date: June 7, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-706 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-706

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; Construction of Section 8 of Article V of House Bill 12, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, (General Appropriation Act) relating to payment for injuries for state employees injured while performing the duties of any hazardous position to which he is assigned.
Date: June 7, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-707 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-707

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 Article 1436-2, V.P.C., authorizes the prosecution of a person who is customarily engaged in the business of obtaining motor vehicles for scrap disposal, for failure upon demand by the State Highway Department to surrender to such Department certificates of title to such motor vehicles.
Date: June 10, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-708 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-708

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; When, under section 2(b) of Article 2688L, Vernon's Civil Statutes, the abolishment of the office of County Superintendent becomes effective, do Articles 2701 and 3888, Vernon's Civil Statutes, apply: 1. To constitute the County Judge as ex-officio County Superintendent and related questions.
Date: June 13, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-709 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-709

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 a school district (Bay City I.S.D.) is eligible for a refund under article 4054, Vernon's Civil Statutes (Which refers to Article 4053d) on shell purchased and used for building roads around its high school property pursuant contract.
Date: June 15, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-710 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-710

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; Where a husband fails to pay child support pursuant to a divorce decree, is it the duty of the District Clerk to prepare and file papers citing the husband for contempt of Court, and is it the duty of the County or District Attorney to represent the wife at such hearing?
Date: June 15, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-712 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-712

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 the interpretation of the meaning of the term "nonresident", as the same is used in Art. 6687b, Vernon's Civil Statutes, Sec. 3, paragraph, is there a presumption, rebuttable or otherwise, that a member of the armed forces of the United States, who has been required by his military duties to reside in the State of Texas for a period of more than 90 days, is no longer a "nonresident"?
Date: June 20, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-713 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-713

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; Construction of Article 26.04, Vernon's Code of Criminal Procedure, in reference to fees of attorneys appointed to represent defendants who are too poor to employ counsel.
Date: June 20, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-714 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-714

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; Under Article 14.21, V.C.S., Taxation-General, what is the authority of the County Judge to act as agent or representative of the Comptroller of Public Accounts and related questions?
Date: June 21, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-272 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-272

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 receipts from sale of securities by non-independent executor are subject to County Judge's fee under Article 3926, V.C.S., and related question.
Date: June 22, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History