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Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3849
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: Is Grimes County entitled to an exemption from the payment of the State tax of eight cents per gallon on the distillate it purchases?
Date:
August 2, 1941
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Staple for Barbed Wire.
Patent for a tool meant to assist with attaching fence wire to posts. The nail-staple supports the wire during application to the post, which allows it to be done by a single person, saving time and labor.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Washington, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in wire-stretcher for use in fence-building in which wire is secured to a fence-post, using horse power to hitch to the whiffletree and driven along close to the lines of posts. When wires are being leaded out, they are being stretched simultaneously. A lever is inserted in front of the spools as a final additional tension device to tighten and staple the wire to the fence-posts. Illustration is included.
Date:
August 11, 1891
Creator:
Woodward, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for "a compound or composition for the extermination of ants, moles, salamanders, prairie-dogs, large rats, &c." (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 21, 1888
Creator:
Simpson, James Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Mill.
Patent for a new and improved water mill. This design "relates to current water-mills, the object being to provide a mill of inexpensive and durable construction, having a wheel adapted to rise and fall with the tide, and thus to maintain a constant revolution and working of the mill. The invention consists in the combination of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date:
August 28, 1883
Creator:
Steinhagen, Cristofer Friderich Carl
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Steam-Engines.
Patent for "a steam engine governor for shutting off the supply of steam to the engine in the event of the governor-belt breaking or slipping from the pulley, which is operatively connected with the weighted arms of the governor, so as to control the motion of the latter." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1896
Creator:
Wilcox, Ferdenand, S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Screen.
Patent for a portable, ornamental fire screen. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Havecotte, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History