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Improvement in Chair-Backs. (open access)

Improvement in Chair-Backs.

Patent for chair back.
Date: March 10, 1874
Creator: Perrenet, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways. (open access)

Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways.

Patent for an improved apparatus for scouring water-ways by using water-discharge pipes and air-discharge pipes arranged at each side of the vessel. When “vessel is slowly moved forward while the water and air forcing pumps are working,..... direct force of the water-jets and air-jets will agitate and scatter and lift the dislodged particles and float them much higher and longer than would be the case were the water-jet pipes alone used.” (Lines 63-75) Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1891
Creator: Holden, Elbridge G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-384 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-384

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: Does Article 978j, Vernon's Penal Code, repeal the effect of Article 952 1-10, Vernon's Penal Code as to the waters of Copano Bay, Mission Bay and connecting waters west of State Highway No. 35 in Aransas County.
Date: March 5, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 802, Chapter 1236 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 802, Chapter 1236

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to allowing the Aransas County Commissioners Court to charge interest on assessments for certain county road improvements.
Date: 2011-03/2011-06
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Bracht House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Bracht House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Bracht House, in Rockport, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, maps, and photographs.
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar. (open access)

Horse-Collar.

Patent for a "simpler, less expensive" (line 22) horse collar, with an adjustable, laced seam that utilizes less material than other collars. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Hendrix, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Three alarm fire] (open access)

[News Script: Three alarm fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 10, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library