Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-308 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-308

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 the Tax Assessor-Collector for Johnson County have the proper authority to assess and collect taxes for the Johnson County Rural Fire Prevention District established under the Rural Fire Prevention Districts Act, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, Article 2531a-6?
Date: December 13, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Burleson Sewer Pipeline Route, Johnson County, Texas (open access)

An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Burleson Sewer Pipeline Route, Johnson County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed route for the Burleson sewer pipeline in Johnson County, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date: January 13, 2006
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheelwright-Machine. (open access)

Wheelwright-Machine.

Patent for a wheelwright machine for attaching tires to wheels that includes a sliding wrench.
Date: February 13, 1921
Creator: Gosett, Allen Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter. (open access)

Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "has for its object to produce a machine which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency. To this end it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same" (lines 10-14).
Date: November 13, 1883
Creator: Snider, John J. & O'Bannon, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mirror-Holder (open access)

Mirror-Holder

Patent for a mirror holder containing a bracket that allows for easy fixing to various items of furniture.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Barnard, Elmer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Guide (open access)

Rein-Guide

Patent for rein guides to support a harness and guide horses. The device yields little space during storage and transportation.
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Nathan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History