Machine for Distributing Poison on Plants. (open access)

Machine for Distributing Poison on Plants.

Patent for a new and improved machine for distributing poison on plants. This design consists in "the combination, with a wheeled-frame, a counter-shaft thereon driven from the wheels, a poison-hopper, an air and discharge pipe communicating therewith, a fan giving air-blast through said pipe, and an agitator in the poison-hopper, of wheel and belt-gearing operating the fan and agitator from the counter-shaft on the frame" (lines 112-119).
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an improvement to the plow by providing a plastic or plastic-like material to help sticky, thick soil and clay to glide over the surface and decrease frictional resistance, including illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Fleehearty, Edward L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Stretcher and Splicer. (open access)

Wire Fence Stretcher and Splicer.

Patent for a new and improved wire fence stretcher and splicer. This design "relates to improvements in wire-fence stretchers and splicers; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts" (lines 10-13).
Date: March 25, 1884
Creator: Pierce, Jonathan E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-636 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-636

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the County Attorney of Matagorda County, Texas, has the duty to act under the new Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.
Date: March 14, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1015 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1015

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether persons who were over 60 years of age on January 1, 1960, and reside in Bay City are required to possess an exemption certificate, by virtue of the fact that the 1960 Federal census shows that Bay City is now a city of 10,000 inhabitants or more.
Date: March 13, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 801, Chapter 629 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 801, Chapter 629

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the seawall commission in Matagorda County to build and maintain recreational facilities near the seawall.
Date: 2011-03/2011-06
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fountain-Valve for Locomotives (open access)

Automatic Fountain-Valve for Locomotives

This patent relates to new and useful improvements in an automatic fountain valve for locomotives. The purpose of the invention is to provide a valve that will automatically close in the case of the locomotive overturning. This valve will cut off the escaping or steam from broken pipes and prevent the scalding of engine-men who may be trapped in the cab.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Yeamans, Eugence N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History