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Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-457 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-457

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: Applicability of H.B. 785, 50th Legislature (Article 3912e-12, V.C.S.) to Chambers County in the event the Commissioners' Court places the county officials on a salary basis in 1948.
Date: December 16, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-262 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-262

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: Local option status of Justice Precincts, Numbers 1, 2, 5 and 6 in Chambers County.
Date: June 23, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1275 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1275

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 Game & Fish Commission has the authority to regulate the size of oysters to be taken from private oyster leases in Galveston and Chambers Counties and related question.
Date: March 8, 1962
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1199 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1199

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: Authority of a county to donate money, property, or services to nonprofit corporations that conduct local festivals (RQ-1911)
Date: July 31, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-273 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-273

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Chambers County Commissioners Court has the authority to create a civil process department, separate and apart from the control of the sheriff (RQ-505)
Date: December 10, 1993
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Chambersea] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Chambersea]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for Chambersea (the home of Thomas Jefferson Chambes), in Anahuc, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 1968
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louise Fowler Himes, February 4, 1986 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louise Fowler Himes, February 4, 1986

Transcript of an interview with Louise Fowler Himes, who moved to Cedar Bayou in 1919 as a teacher. Mrs. Himes discusses life when she first moved such as her teaching and going to movies and games with other townspeople. Among other topics, Himes answers questions and describes her experiences with influenza, malaria, the Ku Klux Klan, and the hurricanes of 1900 and 1908.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Himes, Louise Fowler
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interviews with Don McLeod, February and March 1975 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interviews with Don McLeod, February and March 1975

Transcript of an interview with Don McLeod, who moved to Mont Belvieu in 1929 from Beaumont, Texas. McLeod answers questions and describes the growth of the oil business in Mont Belvieu and Baytown, including what companies were already here and how the business has changed from then until now.
Date: 2018
Creator: Webber, Betsy & McLeod, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, October 2, 1979 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, October 2, 1979

Transcript of an interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, a resident of Cedar Bayou, Texas circa 1900-1925. Busch details her childhood and early life in Cedar Bayou as well as the oil boom and early days of Baytown, Texas.
Date: 2018
Creator: Busch, Bessie Jane Kilgore & Swofford, Sarah
System: The Portal to Texas History