Breech-Protector (open access)

Breech-Protector

Patent for a breech protector for guns which protects exposed parts of the gun and the hands of the person handling it. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Hann, Edmund Lyne
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3182, Chapter 752 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3182, Chapter 752

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Tradition Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Denton County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 389, Chapter 276 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 389, Chapter 276

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the eminent domain authority of Texas Woman's University.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4044, Chapter 791 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4044, Chapter 791

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the qualifications and method of electing directors of the Mustang Special Utility District.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4057, Chapter 962 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4057, Chapter 962

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and duties of the Denton County Levee Improvement District No. 1 of Denton and Dallas Counties, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4061, Chapter 793 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4061, Chapter 793

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 7; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4101, Chapter 967 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4101, Chapter 967

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers of the Talley Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1983, Chapter 1343 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1983, Chapter 1343

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 902, Chapter 643 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 902, Chapter 643

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a student fitness and recreational fee at Texas Woman's University.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 58 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 58

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives designating Lewisville Lake as the Urban Bass Fishing Capital of Texas.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn having two dashers for reciprocation.
Date: February 15, 1915
Creator: Jarnigan, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1329, Chapter 912 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1329, Chapter 912

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government; increasing a fee.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2987, Chapter 800 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2987, Chapter 800

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and duties of the Denton County Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 4 and 5; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2566, Chapter 788 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2566, Chapter 788

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 9; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2565, Chapter 787 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2565, Chapter 787

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and duties of the Big Sky Municipal Utility District of Denton County and the Smiley Road Water Control and Improvement District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4207 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4207

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the Board of Regents of North Texas State Teachers College have the legal authority to authorize the expenditure of a portion of the income from revenue-bearing inflammable properties for insurance purposes?
Date: November 15, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fry Street Small Area Plan (open access)

Fry Street Small Area Plan

This report describes small planning area for citizen to become actively involved in municipal government and future growth and development of their community. This report is a series of specific community plans as a supplement to the comprehensive plan with more detail necessary to guide everyday community development decisions.
Date: June 15, 1999
Creator: Denton (Tex.). City Council Planning and Zoning Commission.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Violin Bow (open access)

Violin Bow

Patent for an addition to tip of the violin bow, including illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1903
Creator: Roark, B. Mortimer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laundry Apparatus. (open access)

Laundry Apparatus.

Patent for a laundry apparatus with a detachable head that can be used on any kind of support for roller washers.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Merritt, Rex C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c.

Patent for "an improved apparatus for use in fumigating substances used as food; and also for impregnating water with sulphurous-acid gas, for the purpose of preserving such substances by the antiseptic quality of sulphur" (lines 9-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Ames, Theodore George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stalk cutters to "product chopper in which the cutter-wheels may be adjusted with relation to each other to accommodate rows of varying widths" (line 13 - 16).
Date: August 15, 1899
Creator: Terrell, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Brazing (open access)

Process of Brazing

Patent for a process of brazing. Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Hornsby, Charley C. & Bell, Robert F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measure (open access)

Measure

Patent for a measure. Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Turpin, Thomas L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Cot. (open access)

Extension-Cot.

Patent for an extension cot, which can be widened through the folding out of extra slats from the top of the cot and folds compactly for transportation.
Date: October 15, 1907
Creator: Whitlock, Henry B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History