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Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-85
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, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Are provisions of Corpus Christi city code regulating pawnshops inconsistent with section 10(b) of article 5069 ,V.T.C.S
Date:
November 2, 1983
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jim Wells County, Block 10
Parent map for Jim Wells County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
November 27, 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): Jim Wells County, Block 7
Parent map for Jim Wells County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
November 27, 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): Jim Wells County, Index
Index map for Jim Wells 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 1:128,961.
Date:
November 27, 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): Jim Wells County, Block 4
Parent map for Jim Wells County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
November 27, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hat and Coat Rack.
Patent for a simple hat and coat rack "wherein a hat holder is supported by two garment hooks" and mounted on a wall (lines 11-12).
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Trice, Bacon S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3955
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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Should the salaries of the court reporters mentioned be paid on the basis of $3,000.00 per annum for the time served in Nueces County only
Date:
November 5, 1941
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jim Wells County, Block 3
Parent map for Jim Wells County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
November 27, 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): Jim Wells County, Block 13
Parent map for Jim Wells County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
November 27, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land-Surface Subsidence in the Texas Coastal Region
Report on the land-surface subsidence in the Texas coastal region published in agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey. Includes information on the geography and topography of 5 different subregions of the Texas coastand maps of the different areas.
Date:
November 1982
Creator:
Ratzlaff, Karl W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern.
Patent for a lantern related to a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 522,062). This patent has a more simple design and improved means for keeping the chimney on the base of the lantern. The base has a pivoted main-bail that extends above the chimney, and the bail has hinged to a handle-bail.
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Jarmin, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive oil lantern made to operate in strong winds. It is "easily handled and manipulated for adjusting and fastening the several parts thereof properly in position" (lines 17-19).
Date:
November 12, 1895
Creator:
Holden, William G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train Control System
Patent for an improved train control system that will help to stop train movement when approached b another train or vehicle on tracks within a predetermined or dangerous distance. It is intended to cause a signal that will allow the train engineer to both opportunity and warning in time to apply brakes and stop. The design also enhances the utility and efficiency of the train control system.
Date:
November 9, 1915
Creator:
Smith, S. G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand-Vises.
Patent for hand vise to use as a tool for mechanics to hold small articles, can be attached to bits or augers for gauging the depth of a hole bored, and also for countersinking such holes for screws.
Date:
November 19, 1872
Creator:
Overton, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a valve for the improvement of flushing water in tanks. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Cahill, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flush Valve
Patent for flush valve that stabilizes the cup or trough housing mercury.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Cahill, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for improving a plow device that is curved and has open grooves.
Date:
September 11, 1875
Creator:
Freeman, Irvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch.
Patent for a multiple point switch that may be connected to a standard light socket.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Kilmer, Edward J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Equilibrium-Retaining Device for Flying-Machines.
Patent related to automatic means for maintaining equilibrium while operating heavier-than-air flying machines through the use of valves.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Macmanus, Augustus Frederick Watson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed Water Heater.
Patent for a new and improved feed-water heater. This design "is to provide a boiler with a feed-water heater which will serve as a spark-arrester, and which will also purify the water and prevent the formation of scale in the water, and whereby, also, the heating surface will be increased and fuel economized. The invention consists of a feed-water heater composed of a series of pipes attached to half-cylindrical heads, placed diagonally in the fire-box of the boiler, and connected with the water-space of the boiler" (lines 8-19).
Date:
November 9, 1886
Creator:
Green, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sack Attachment for Cotton Picking Machines
Patent for an improved sack attachment for cotton-picking machines that is waterproof and stays in position on the machine to prevent its walls from collapsing during suction of cotton.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Chaney, Bailey E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Tuning-Pin
Patent for a piano tuning pin that has "superior advantages and of a simple and effective construction and arrangement of parts, which will provide for a more accurate tuning of the piano with which the device is used and at the same time preserve the strings against breakage by avoiding the use of sharp corners" (lines 14-18).
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Enos, Henry B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History