82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to requesting the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for a joint interim legislative study regarding the development and potential economic impact of a cruise industry on the Texas coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties.
Date: 2011-03/2011-06
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a gate that is "a structure hanging and sliding by means of rollers on an inclined cross-bar, and so connected by ropes and pulleys to stationary posts that a person approaching it on horseback or in a vehicle may easily open the gate (without dismounting) by pulling the rope, and on releasing the rope the gate will close automatically" (lines 12-19); illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Smith, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History