Resource Type

[Abilene Electrical Ordinance] (open access)

[Abilene Electrical Ordinance]

Electrical ordinance of the city of Abilene, Texas.
Date: January 1, 1926
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Executive Order Regarding Hours and Wages] (open access)

[Executive Order Regarding Hours and Wages]

A document titled, "Executive Order: Prescribing Rules and Regulations Relating to Wages, Hours of Work, and Conditions of Employment Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. File No. 1676-A." Also includes "Executive Order: Prescribing Rules and Regulations Relating to Procedures for Employment of Workers Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. File No. 1676-B."
Date: May 20, 1935
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene, Texas Ordinance 173 Regarding Fair Grounds in City Limits] (open access)

[Abilene, Texas Ordinance 173 Regarding Fair Grounds in City Limits]

A copy of Abilene, Texas City Ordinance 173, passed and approved on December 23, 1921.
Date: December 23, 1921
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Sidewalk Construction Ordinance] (open access)

[Abilene Sidewalk Construction Ordinance]

An Ordinance titled "An Ordinance Regulating the Construction and Repairing of sidewalks: Providing for Notice to Property Owners and Fixing a Lien on the Abutting property, and Providing for a penalty." The ordinance is signed by Thomas. E. Hayden, Jr., Mayor.
Date: 1927
Creator: Hayden, Thomas E., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendants' Fourth Amended Original Answer to Plaintiff's First Amended Original Petition] (open access)

[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendants' Fourth Amended Original Answer to Plaintiff's First Amended Original Petition]

Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., discussing the complaints brought by A. D. Fulton and countering his claims of damage to his property by the Gulf Pipe Line Company and the Gulf Production Company. There are several notes written on the back of the last page. This document is unsigned.
Date: September 1931
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Vehicle Registration Certificate, 1936] (open access)

[Vehicle Registration Certificate, 1936]

Certificate of vehicle registration listing the identifying details of a car owned by Perry Sayles.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of an Oil and Gas Lease From John Miller to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, 1939] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of an Oil and Gas Lease From John Miller to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, 1939]

Photostat copy of an oil and gas lease from John Miller to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company regarding land in Hemphill County, Texas.
Date: July 28, 1939
Creator: Miller, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Destruction of Oil and Gas Well by Negligent "Shooting" With Nitro-Glycerine (open access)

Destruction of Oil and Gas Well by Negligent "Shooting" With Nitro-Glycerine

Document discussing several cases related to shooting oil wells. The quotes listed from the cases discuss the finding of negligence and the damages in the causes.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Action in Suit Against Hattie Irvine et al.] (open access)

[Action in Suit Against Hattie Irvine et al.]

Document listing Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company's complaint against Hattie Irvine alias Hattie Smith and Smith Irvine alias Irvine Smith and the unknown heirs of Hattie Irvine alias Hattie Smith and Smith Irvine alias Irvine Smith.
Date: December 30, 1908
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
System: The Portal to Texas History
In the Case of Jake L. Hamon Jr. vs. United States Torpedo Company (open access)

In the Case of Jake L. Hamon Jr. vs. United States Torpedo Company

Document in the cause, Jake L. Hamon Jr. vs. United States Torpedo Company, discussing the oil and gas lease held by Jake L. Hamon, Jr. and Fred R. Ellis. The document appears to be an excerpt of the transcript of the court records, including statements by Mr. Sayles and Mr. Funderburk.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed From H. E. Hoover, J. S. Hood, G. B. Kelly, and Della V. Kelly to Maude B. Johnson] (open access)

[Deed From H. E. Hoover, J. S. Hood, G. B. Kelly, and Della V. Kelly to Maude B. Johnson]

Deed certifying the sale land in Hemphill County, Texas from H. E. Hoover, J. S. Hood, G. B. Kelly, and Della V. Kelly to Maude B. Johnson. The deed lists the previous claims of all the grantors and describes the apparent conflicts between the surveys regarding the land. The deed has several corrections and notes in pencil.
Date: November 24, 1939
Creator: Hoover, H. E.; Hood, J. S.; Kelly, G. B. & Kelly, Della V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Sale of Land from James C. Wallace to Mac Sayles] (open access)

[Draft of Sale of Land from James C. Wallace to Mac Sayles]

Document certifying the sale of land in McLennan County, Texas, from James C. Wallace to Mac Sayles, with corrections in red ink.
Date: September 1, 1913
Creator: Wallace, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 3677: Defendant's Plea of Privilege] (open access)

[Cause No. 3677: Defendant's Plea of Privilege]

Document in the cause no. 3677, W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, claiming the defendant's home or business is not located in Jones County, Texas and that the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company has an office in Abilene, Texas.
Date: April 22, 1938
Creator: Sayles, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition of Perry Sayles Against Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Company] (open access)

[Petition of Perry Sayles Against Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Company]

Petition of Perry Sayles against Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Company in the Justice Court of Precinct. No. 1 in Eastland County, Texas. The petition details Sayles' complaint against Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Company, stating that the company has not provided Sayles' with appropriate compensation for his 3/512 interest in the oil, gas, and minerals in, under, and upon a tract of land in Eastland County, Texas.
Date: 1934~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Final Opinion of Title Related to the Oil and Gas Lease From Jacob B. Wiebe and Aganetha Wiebe to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company] (open access)

[Final Opinion of Title Related to the Oil and Gas Lease From Jacob B. Wiebe and Aganetha Wiebe to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company]

Document describing the terms of an oil and gas lease from Jacob B. Wiebe and Aganetha Wiebe to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company for a tract of land in Ochiltree County, Texas. It states that Jack Sayles has examined the documents and that the examination was conducted on behalf of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: March 30, 1940
Creator: Sayles, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Relating to Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of America at Abilene, Texas] (open access)

[Document Relating to Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of America at Abilene, Texas]

Document in the condemnation proceeding, Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of America at Abilene, Texas, listing the damages to be paid by the railway company.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Motz, Charles; McDonald, A. F. & McKinney, P. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of B. I. Terry] (open access)

[Affidavit of B. I. Terry]

Affidavit sworn by B. I. Terry, attesting to the circumstances under which she acquired her property in Comanche County, Texas. This affidavit is unsigned.
Date: January 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6551: Mr. Scarborough's Speech] (open access)

[Cause No. 6551: Mr. Scarborough's Speech]

Document in the cause no. 6551, Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. R. L. Over et al. and J. W. Bettis et al., which appears to be a transcript of Mr. Scarborough's closing remarks. It discusses the evidence presented in the cause and asking the commissioners to award damages of no less than $5,000 to Mr. Over and no less than $10.000 to Joe Bettis.
Date: unknown
Creator: Scarborough, Dallas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Subdivision Deed for Austin and Williams League Number 340] (open access)

[Blank Subdivision Deed for Austin and Williams League Number 340]

Blank, unsigned deed contract meant for selling or renting subdivisions of the Austin an Williams League #340, owned by Mary E. Sayles.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed Transferring Land from Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles, and Henry Sayles, Jr.] (open access)

[Deed Transferring Land from Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles, and Henry Sayles, Jr.]

Deed transferring land from Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles, and Henry Sayles, Jr.. There are four transfers within the deed, concering land in Taylor County; Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles to Henry Sayles, Jr., and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Henry Sayles.
Date: March 22, 1913
Creator: Sayles, Henry & Sayles, Henry, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 36-B: Decision of the Court] (open access)

[Cause No. 36-B: Decision of the Court]

Document in cause no. 36-B, the State of Texas vs. Mrs. Hattie M. Sayles, stating that Sayles has paid her taxes for the years 1885-1891, 1894, and 1901 for her property in San Jacinto County, Texas, and that the state is liable for court costs. This order is unsigned.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition of Plaintiff Stephens County to Defendent Mary E. Sayles] (open access)

[Petition of Plaintiff Stephens County to Defendent Mary E. Sayles]

Petition of plaintiff stating that taxes on certain lands within the county of Stephens have gone unpaid by the land owner, Mary E. Sayles.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Final Opinion of Title Related to the Oil and Gas Lease From A. C. Froese and Kathrine Froese to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company] (open access)

[Final Opinion of Title Related to the Oil and Gas Lease From A. C. Froese and Kathrine Froese to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company]

Document describing the terms of an oil and gas lease from A.C. and Kathrine Froese to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company for a tract of land in Ochiltree County, Texas. It states that Jack Sayles has examined the documents and that the examination was conducted on behalf of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: April 1, 1940
Creator: Sayles, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Describing 12 Demurrers in a Court Case Involving Abilene Central Railway Company] (open access)

[Document Describing 12 Demurrers in a Court Case Involving Abilene Central Railway Company]

Document listing twelve demurrers in a cause against the Abilene Central Railway Company. The document details each demurrer and it's basis in law. The document is unsigned.
Date: April 1910
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
System: The Portal to Texas History