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Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-87
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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Liability of Navarro County for injuries sustained by a person delivering flowers to a hospital operated by Navarro County.
Date:
March 15, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1317, Chapter 1008
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of certain highways and locations, including the establishment of the Tom Lea Trail.
Date:
June 15, 2017
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightening Implement.
Patent for a wire-tightening implement meant to tightening wires in fences by making loops or twists in the wires. It has two handles forming jaws around a fulcrum, the jaws have flat faces with parallel grooves, and the jaws coming together at their ends. The grooves in the jaws form different sized loops.
Date:
October 15, 1895
Creator:
West, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design has a reversible trough, "having bearings for the detachable rollers and provided with a pair of flat springs affixed rigidly to opposite sides and at opposite ends of the trough, hooked screw-bolts having thumb-screws, and shaft of the main roller" (lines 1-6).
Date:
November 15, 1881
Creator:
Blake, Llewellyn A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence.
Patent for a new fence design that "can be adapted to any desired length, width, or height" (lines 14-15). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 15, 1870
Creator:
Kerr, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Switch
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Track-Switches" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
South, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Attaching Device.
Patent for device to attach vehicle wheel hubs to axles and spindles without screw-threads, including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Nathan S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint Compound
Patent for "a fire and water proof compound for roofs and the like, possessing great elasticity and capable of contracting and expanding under cold and heat without cracking and peeling off [while also forming] a body equal to cement for covering the nail-heads of roofs and the like" (lines 12-20).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Jackson, Abner A. & Neal, Columbus M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge.
Patent for gate-hinge that will attach to gate and supporting-post and will "retain the gate normally in closed position." (lines 11-12), including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Roots, Preston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for improvements in resilient wheels. "This invention relates to a new and useful resilient vehicle wheel embodying flat arcuate springs by means of which the tread or shoe of the wheel is resiliently mounted with relation to the hub."(lines 8-12)
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Roberts, Samuel A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pole Splicing Device
Patent for a pole splicing device. This invention is designed to splice two poles together, such as telephone poles. Illustration included.
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Drane, Frank Neal
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History