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Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1358 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1358

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Texas State Parks Board to transfer King's State Park to the City of Refugio.
Date: November 29, 1951
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land-Surface Subsidence in the Texas Coastal Region (open access)

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
Improvement in Ironing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing-Machines.

Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.
Date: November 18, 1873
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop. (open access)

Envelop.

Patent for an adjustable envelop design for storing documents and articles. This is a design with flaps within the inner fold that are made to secure and protect the document. Straps that extend from the outer edge secure the outer flap over the contents as well as the inner protective flaps.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Low, Eugene
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History