Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6376 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6376

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the two-year or four-year statute of limitation apply to a suit on the surety bond of the Tax Assessor-Collector of Collin County? And other questions.
Date: February 6, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wooden Bridge (open access)

Wooden Bridge

Patent for a wooden bridge with a focus on increased durability of the structure and effective drainage for moisture from the timbers and for the free circulation of air between, around, or through the structure.
Date: April 9, 1891
Creator: Ferguson, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hame Fasteners (open access)

Improvement in Hame Fasteners

Patent for a new and useful improvement in hame-fasteners. "This fastening can be readily fastened and unfastened without taking off the gloves, and with cold and benumbed fingers, and when fastened will hold the hames securely" (lines 35-38). Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1877
Creator: Poland, Tunis H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows (open access)

Improvement in Plows

Patent for improvements in the construction of plow-beams to be attached to the front axles of a wagon.
Date: July 6, 1869
Creator: Cummins, A. G. & Cummins, J. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvester-Truck. (open access)

Harvester-Truck.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Trucks for Harvesters"(lines 5-7)
Date: January 6, 1886
Creator: Willcoxson, Coulmon W. & Hamilton, Samuel R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaving-Cup (open access)

Shaving-Cup

Patent for a shaving cup with two compartments for soap and water and a drain. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Cook, Howard Price
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Buckle. (open access)

Harness-Buckle.

Patent for a new and useful harness buckle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1899
Creator: Comer, Little Berry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History