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Order and Final Judgment: Mica England, Plantiff v. The State of Texas, The City of Dallas, and Mack Vines, Chief of Police of the City of Dallas, Defendants (open access)

Order and Final Judgment: Mica England, Plantiff v. The State of Texas, The City of Dallas, and Mack Vines, Chief of Police of the City of Dallas, Defendants

Final order and judgment in England v. The City of Dallas, Mack Vines, and the State of Texas.
Date: February 8, 1992
Creator: Fuller, Lawrence
System: The UNT Digital Library
Affidavit of Mica England (open access)

Affidavit of Mica England

Mica England's affidavit from the anti-discrimination lawsuit she filed against the Dallas Police Department, England vs. The City of Dallas, Mack Vines, and the State of Texas.
Date: January 3, 1991
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Legislative attempt to repeal Section 21.06] (open access)

[Legislative attempt to repeal Section 21.06]

Document from Craig A. Washington attempting to repeal Section 21.06. "H.B. No. 153"
Date: 1981~
Creator: Washington, Craig A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Official Certification of documents, American Express vs. LULAC - February 4, 1977] (open access)

[Official Certification of documents, American Express vs. LULAC - February 4, 1977]

Official Certification of documents regarding American Express vs. League of United Latin American Citizens by Texas Secretary of State Mark White is dated February 4, 1977. The certification indicates documents were sent, but unable to be delivered, to LULAC's agent, Roberto Ornales.
Date: February 4, 1977
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition In Intervention] (open access)

[Petition In Intervention]

Petition in intervention filed by C. K. Richards to the District Court of Travis County, Texas. The petition pertains to the court law suit of Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company versus the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Date: 195X
Creator: Richards, C. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas sodomy laws legal document] (open access)

[Texas sodomy laws legal document]

A legal document to do with Texas sodomy laws - The State of Texas v. Linda Morales, Tom Doyal, Patricia Cramer, Charlotte Taft, and John Thomas.
Date: unknown
Creator: State of Texas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Travis County Election Records: Miscellaneous Elections Returns (open access)

Travis County Election Records: Miscellaneous Elections Returns

Travis County miscellaneous undated election returns from the 1800s.
Date: 18xx
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Election Records: Poll Tax List 1909 (open access)

Travis County Election Records: Poll Tax List 1909

List of poll tax payers, exemption certificate holders, and aliens in Travis County in 1909. Shows precinct number; ward number or letter; poll tax or exemption certificate number; and name, age, race, occupation, address, length of residency, and place of birth of voter. Arranged alphabetically by name of voter.
Date: unknown
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cause Number 37,900. Amicus Curiae Brief for Appellant, Jack Ruby (open access)

Cause Number 37,900. Amicus Curiae Brief for Appellant, Jack Ruby

Photocopy of a legal brief compiled for Jack Ruby and filed by his defense attoneys in preparation for hearings in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. It is split into two volumes: (1) excerpts of transcripts and exhibits from Ruby's previous trial, with legal analysis, citations for previous cases and Texas laws, and (2) exhibits A-D providing other documentation. An index to topical arguments and other information for the first volume is at the start of the document.
Date: June 15, 1966
Creator: Tonahill, Joe H. & Colvin, Emmett, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cause Number 39,613. Brief for Appellee, The State of Texas (open access)

Cause Number 39,613. Brief for Appellee, The State of Texas

Legal brief compiled by the district attorneys for the State of Texas in preparation for hearings in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals regarding the decision of Texas v. Jack Ruby. It includes excerpts of transcripts and exhibits from Ruby's previous trial, with legal analysis, and citations for previous cases and Texas laws.
Date: May 1966
Creator: Douglas, Leon; Wade, Henry; Alexander, William F.; Watts, Frank W.; Alsup, Al & Williamson, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Official Memorandum by John Connally, Governor of Texas, designating LULAC Week, February 1, 1965] (open access)

[Official Memorandum by John Connally, Governor of Texas, designating LULAC Week, February 1, 1965]

Copy of the official memorandum by John Connally, Governor of Texas, declaring the period of February 14-20, 1965 as LULAC Week.
Date: February 1, 1965
Creator: Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Law Enforcement Certification Awarded to Arthur Howard Malone] (open access)

[Law Enforcement Certification Awarded to Arthur Howard Malone]

Photograph of a certification from the Texas Department of Public Safety, completion of Law Enforcement Academy awarded to Arthur Howard Malone in 1960.
Date: 1960
Creator: Texas. Department of Public Safety.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement regarding petition, Augustine Picaso vs.Trustees of the Nixon Independent School District of Nixon, Texas - 1951-12-03] (open access)

[Agreement regarding petition, Augustine Picaso vs.Trustees of the Nixon Independent School District of Nixon, Texas - 1951-12-03]

Agreement regarding petition of Augustine Picaso versus Trustees of the Nixon Independent School District of Nixon, Texas, dated December 3, 1951. This is the rendering of final agreement following the hearing of the above petition before the Commissioner of Education of the State of Texas, J. W. Edgar. It was agreed that segregation practices in Nixon Independent School District shall cease with regards to children of Latin-American descent.
Date: December 3, 1951
Creator: Edgar, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Exemption Certificate, July 16, 1947] (open access)

[Exemption Certificate, July 16, 1947]

Exemption certificate, dated July 16, 1947, allowing the Lutheran Concordia College exemption from sales tax for the International Business Machines.
Date: July 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain to J. H. Collet] (open access)

[Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain to J. H. Collet]

Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain, comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas to J. H. Collet, agent for H. C. Hendrick. The deed states that Swain published in the Dallas Weekly Herald his intent to seize and auction the lands listed due to unpaid taxes and that the listed lands were purchased at the auction by J. H. Collet on behalf of H. C. Hendrick. There's a statement signed by Hiram Park stating that this document is a correct copy of the deed in the Deed Records of Hemphill County, Texas.
Date: November 9, 1939
Creator: Swain, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of Bascom Giles, November 3, 1939] (open access)

[Affidavit of Bascom Giles, November 3, 1939]

Affidavit sworn by Bascom Giles listing the details of several papers regarding a property in Hemphill County, Texas filed with the General Land Office of the State of Texas.
Date: November 3, 1939
Creator: Giles, Bascom
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement From C. F. Petet, February 10, 1926] (open access)

[Statement From C. F. Petet, February 10, 1926]

Document certifying that the copy of a log of Root, Huff & Duff well number two on the C. U. Connellee lease in Eastland County in accurate.
Date: February 10, 1926
Creator: Petet, C. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town Schools - Scholastic Year 1919-1920 (open access)

Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town Schools - Scholastic Year 1919-1920

An application for state aid funding filled out by C. C. Cox for the Splendora school in Montgomery County, Texas, Common School District 15. The application includes detailed information about the school's employees, students, grounds, sanitation, library, and other relevant information.
Date: August 18, 1919
Creator: Texas. State Board of Education.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Election Records: Poll Tax List 1913 (open access)

Travis County Election Records: Poll Tax List 1913

List of poll tax payers, exemption certificate holders, and aliens in Travis County in 1913. Shows precinct number; ward number or letter; poll tax or exemption certificate number; and name, age, race, occupation, address, length of residency, and place of birth of voter. Arranged alphabetically by name of voter.
Date: 1913
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed From Perry Sayles to W. C. Cargill and J. A. Martin, Jr.] (open access)

[Deed From Perry Sayles to W. C. Cargill and J. A. Martin, Jr.]

Document certifying the sale of three tracts of land in El Paso County, Texas from Perry Sayles to W. C. Cargill and J. A. Martin, Jr. The deed specifies that the fences on the land are not conveyed in the contract. This deed is unsigned.
Date: March 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revised Ordinances of the City of Austin. (open access)

Revised Ordinances of the City of Austin.

This book contains the text of Austin City ordinances which were revised and adopted in 1908. Subject index begins on page 351.
Date: 1908
Creator: Austin (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Property tax receipt for Lizzie Williams] (open access)

[Property tax receipt for Lizzie Williams]

Receipt for payment of fifty dollars towards Lizzie Williams' (Lizzie Johnson) property tax for 1886.
Date: February 1, 1886
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Reciept for payment in court case, December 22, 1880] (open access)

[Reciept for payment in court case, December 22, 1880]

Receipt for a court payment made by Levi Perryman in the case No.4061, Driskill, et al vs. W. a Morris, et al.
Date: December 22, 1880
Creator: Normandy, W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams, dated July 12, 1879 (open access)

Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams, dated July 12, 1879

Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams. Catherine Johnson was Lizzie's mother, and this loan of 1000 dollars was to Lizzie and her husband, Hezekiah, for the purchase of of the land of the Johnson Institute, founded by Catherine's husband and Lizzie's father, Thomas Jefferson Johnson.
Date: July 12, 1879
Creator: Johnson, Elizabeth Ellen (Lizzie); Johnson, Hezekiah & Johnson, Catherine
System: The Portal to Texas History