Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-268 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-268

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Ranger Hospital District is authorized to donate tobacco settlement funds to the City Ranger for the purchase of an ambulance without the City assuming any District liabilities, and related questions.
Date: August 16, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2018 (open access)

Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2018

Annual financial report of the Eleventh Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2018.
Date: August 31, 2018
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (11th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Hook. (open access)

Door-Hook.

Patent for a low-cost door hook designed for securing screen doors in a closed position which may be operated from either side of the door.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Randazzo, Lillian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench with a "novel means for adjustably controlling the position of the movable jaw with respect to the stationary jaw" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Parmer, Ernest W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lever-Operated Cutting Mechanism (open access)

Lever-Operated Cutting Mechanism

Patent for lever-operated cutting mechanism, that used leavers to provide a cutting surface that is both adjustable and can be reversibly held, including illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1900
Creator: Orr, William Oliver
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a seed planter that has a revolving set of cups that are filled with seed and then planted as the seed planter crosses a field.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Adams, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft Bearing. (open access)

Shaft Bearing.

Patent for Improvements in Shaft Bearing. This bearing shaft is used to withstand heavy thrusts.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Ball, Authur T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for an adjustable size silo, including illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Starr, William Burr
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Device (open access)

Power-Transmitting Device

Patent for improvements to a power transmitting device, the likes of which may be attached to motor vehicles or other motor operated machinery.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Foster, Frank A. & Rockwell, Clayton S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Reel Support (open access)

Detachable Reel Support

Patent for detachable reel support. "Invention aims to provide a new and novel form of support to be hereinafter more specifically referred to and which can be readily secured to and removed from a vehicle-wheel" (lines 10-15). Illustration included.
Date: August 2, 1904
Creator: Baker, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History