Bale Tile. (open access)

Bale Tile.

Patent for a new and improved bale-tie. This design "consists, principally, of a bale-tie jaw stamped from sheet metal and formed with an open hook at one end standing in front of a curved edge, with an opening at the other for attachment to the bale-hoop, said opening being shaped to permit the jaw to have a pivotal side motion upon the hoop. The invention also consists of the combination of two of such jaws applied to the bale-hoop to form a complete tie" (lines 7-16).
Date: January 11, 1887
Creator: Rylander, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014 (open access)

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014

Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2014. It includes the budget resolution, summary, and charts, with segments on area agency on aging, sustainable communities, and homeland security.
Date: September 11, 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Locking Shafts in Hubs or Couplings. (open access)

Device for Locking Shafts in Hubs or Couplings.

Patent for a new and useful device for locking shafts in hubs or couplings. This design is to "avoid the use of a key-way in the shaft and o provide the tubular member with a removable and reversible key having a serrated face adapted to be forced into close contact" (line 12-16).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Rylander, Parrish H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Extinguishers for Lint-Rooms. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Extinguishers for Lint-Rooms.

Patent for a fire-extinguisher for lint-rooms with design specifications and instructions on operating procedures and usage, including illustrations.
Date: June 11, 1878
Creator: Morrell, Zachariah N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Neck-Yokes. (open access)

Improvement in Neck-Yokes.

Patent for an improvement on neck-yokes that have a "swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole" (line 18-19).
Date: September 11, 1877
Creator: Hannig, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Index. (open access)

Index.

Patent for "an improved method of indexing books of reference, and more especially city and county records, and the means for carrying over from one line to another where several indexes are to be set opposite one name" (lines 9-14).
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Heppenstall, James Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7456 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7456

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under the facts submitted and under the provisions of Article 6081e, Section 3, R.C.S., can Caldwell County legally levy a tax of not exceeding five (5) cents on the $100 property valuation to create a fund to help defray the expenses of maintenance and operation of the park in question?
Date: December 11, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History