79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 105 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 105

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate designating Buda as the official Outdoor Capital of Texas.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1738, Chapter 864 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1738, Chapter 864

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the release of certain restrictions on the use of certain highway rights-of-way transferred to a municipality from the Texas Department of Transportation.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4184, Chapter 886 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4184, Chapter 886

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the Hays County Development District No. 1.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon (open access)

Wagon

Patent for "relates to the construction of wagon beds or bodies; and it has for'its object to provide a simple means for bracing such beds-or bodies to prevent the sides thereof from spreading under a load, and whereby the heavy standards usually employed may be dispensed with" (lines 23-30).
Date: March 18, 1890
Creator: Haupt, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooling Device. (open access)

Water-Cooling Device.

Patent for a water cooling device in refrigerators and iceboxes that provides drinking water from the ice compartment.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Boyer, Robert Y. & Caldwell, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tool (open access)

Tire Tool

Patent for a tool designed to remove the tire casings from vehicle rims and also to replace the casing back on to the rims.
Date: August 18, 1919
Creator: Rylander, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Cleaning Plow. (open access)

Self Cleaning Plow.

Patent for a new and improved self-cleaning plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a mold-board having a plane face on the larger portion of its area, a blade having an axle journaled near the center of the said plane, a wheel journaled in the plow, with its rim parallel to and extending below the landside of the plow, a beveled gear-wheel upon the said wheel-axle, and another beveled wheel upon the blade-axle, engaging each other" (lines 79-87).
Date: August 18, 1885
Creator: Jones, Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Padlock. (open access)

Permutation-Padlock.

Patent for an improved and simple combination padlock that only opens if the operator knows the combination, and it can be used with watch charms, bracelet locks, valises, trunks, bicycles, tool chests, writing desks, store rooms, and similar articles.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Sanderson, Benjamin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History