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Ebenezer Baptist Church - Building Dedication (open access)

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Building Dedication

Plaque commemorating the dedication of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Austin, TX on August 8, 1955.
Date: August 8, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1115 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1115

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: May Travis County issue bonds for the purpose of widening and improving Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin.
Date: October 31, 1950
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Roster of LULAC Ladies Council Number 202 of Austin, Texas - 1953] (open access)

[Roster of LULAC Ladies Council Number 202 of Austin, Texas - 1953]

Roster of LULAC Ladies Council Number 202 of Austin, Texas, with handwritten date of 1953. Lists members, officers and their addresses.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1454 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1454

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: Legality of accepting day students at Austin State School who have not been committed by a county court.
Date: May 7, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1514 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1514

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: Legality of expending funds of Travis County for the purpose of widening and improving the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin.
Date: August 28, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-326 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-326

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: Exemption from taxation of 87 acres of land dedicated to the Catholic Cemetery Association of Austin, Texas.
Date: December 16, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-344 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-344

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: The effect of Section 17, Article I and Section 7a, Article VIII of the Constitution of Texas and your recent opinions numbered WW-45; WW-78; WW-125 and WW-236 on whether or not State and Federal Highway Funds can be legally used by the State Highway Department for the payment of the cost of removal, relocation or adjustment of the telephone facilities belonging to Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, the gas lines belong to South Union Gas Company and the water, electrical and sanitary sewer facilities belonging to the City of Austin which are located within the public right of way along East Avenue and the streets which intersect East Avenue in Austin, Texas.
Date: January 21, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-757 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-757

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: Authorization of the State Building Commission to pay the City of Austin for paving its half of the existing thoroughfare and the additional five feet (approximate) inside the State property line in order to render the access completely finished up to the curbing at the west end of the Supreme Court Building.
Date: December 4, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-444 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-444

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: Whether the real property owned by Alcoholics Anonymous of Austin is taxable.
Date: June 4, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-505 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-505

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: Whether the General Land Office can pay registration fees for the Chief Appraiser, the Executive Secretary of the Veterans' Land Board and an attorney, to attend the Southwest Appraisal Conference to be held in Austin.
Date: September 22, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Louis Scott Wilkerson to T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1950] (open access)

[Telegram from Louis Scott Wilkerson to T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1950]

A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, Abilene, Texas from Louis Scott Wilkerson, Assistant Secretary of State, Austin, Texas dated 1950 AUG 4 4 20 PM. Wilkerson advises Carswell, with regret, that the Barber Board in Austin is going to prosecute.
Date: August 4, 1950
Creator: Wilkerson, Louis Scott
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate by Governor Allan Shivers commissioning T. N. Carswell as Chairman of the Taylor County Parole Board - December 18, 1950] (open access)

[Certificate by Governor Allan Shivers commissioning T. N. Carswell as Chairman of the Taylor County Parole Board - December 18, 1950]

A certificate issued by The State of Texas, dated December 18, 1950. T. N. Carswell is commissioned Chairman of the Taylor County Voluntary Parole Board by Allan Shivers, Governor of Texas.
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: Shivers, Allan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proclamation by Texasa Governor Allan Shivers issuing revocation of conditional pardon - July 31, 1951] (open access)

[Proclamation by Texasa Governor Allan Shivers issuing revocation of conditional pardon - July 31, 1951]

A proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas revoking the conditional pardon granted to Subject No. 108,345, dated July 31, 1951. Signed by Governor Allan Shivers and Tesas Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd.
Date: July 31, 1951
Creator: Shivers, Allan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proclamation by Texas Governor Allan Shivers Granting Conditional Pardon - April 29, 1955] (open access)

[Proclamation by Texas Governor Allan Shivers Granting Conditional Pardon - April 29, 1955]

A proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas granting a conditional pardon to Subject No. 130,969 dated April 29, 1955 (received May 12, 1955), Texas Prison System, Huntsville, Texas. Signed by Allan Shivers, Governor of Texas, and Al Muldrow, Secretary of State.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: Shivers, Allan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Board of Pardons & Paroles, Texas to T. N. Carswell - March 16, 1955] (open access)

[Telegram from Board of Pardons & Paroles, Texas to T. N. Carswell - March 16, 1955]

A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, Abilene, Texas, from the Board of Pardons & Paroles, Austin, Texas, dated 1955 MAR 16 425PM. The Board grants permission for Subject 40-7940 to go to California.
Date: March 16, 1955
Creator: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Parolee transfer form from Ruby Blackburn addressed to T. N. Carswell - August 19, 1957] (open access)

[Parolee transfer form from Ruby Blackburn addressed to T. N. Carswell - August 19, 1957]

A report from Ruby Blackburn, Administrative Assistant of the Voluntary County Parole Board System in Austin, Texas, dated August 19, 1957, and addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, Abilene, Texas. The form gives notice of the granting of the petition for the transfer of subject from Taylor County to El Paso County, and naming the subject's prospective employer as Davis, Foster and Thorps, Architects, and the parole officer as P. W. Williams.
Date: August 19, 1957
Creator: Blackburn, Ruby
System: The Portal to Texas History
[PROCLAMATION BY Governor Allan Shivers Granting Conditional Pardon - May 17, 1952] (open access)

[PROCLAMATION BY Governor Allan Shivers Granting Conditional Pardon - May 17, 1952]

A proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas granting a conditional pardon to Subject No. 121,140, dated May 17, 1952 by Allan Shivers, Governor of Texas and Jack Ross, Secretary of State.
Date: May 17, 1952
Creator: Shivers, Allan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate by Governor Allan Shivers commissions T. N. Carswell as Chairman of the Taylor County Voluntary Parole Board - July 20, 1953] (open access)

[Certificate by Governor Allan Shivers commissions T. N. Carswell as Chairman of the Taylor County Voluntary Parole Board - July 20, 1953]

A certificate commissioning T. N. Carswell as Chairman of the Taylor County Voluntary Parole Board, by Texas Governor Allan Shivers, and Howard Carney, Secretary of State dated July 20, 1953.
Date: July 20, 1953
Creator: Shivers, Allan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notice of Post Office Box Renewal Fee for the Texas State Baord of Public Accountancy] (open access)

[Notice of Post Office Box Renewal Fee for the Texas State Baord of Public Accountancy]

A notice of post office box renewal fee, in the amount of $5.00 for the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, dated November 30, 1955.
Date: November 30, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: October 6, 1952] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: October 6, 1952]

Minutes from the Fall 1952 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Austin, Texas. Included is a list of members and guests present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting, as well as a secretary's report.
Date: October 6, 1952
Creator: Hartman, Albert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 6, 1959] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 6, 1959]

Minutes from the Spring 1959 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Austin, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting, as well as a secretary's report.
Date: April 6, 1959
Creator: Brindley, G. V., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 4, 1955] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 4, 1955]

Minutes from the Spring 1955 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Austin, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting, as well as a secretary's report.
Date: April 4, 1955
Creator: Hartman, Albert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition in Support of Texas HB 216] (open access)

[Petition in Support of Texas HB 216]

Petition with a brief statement asking representative Latimer to support HB 216 in order to give teachers a $600 pay increase. Below, there are 12 signatures with both addresses and occupations listed for all but two.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History