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80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 747, Chapter 1405
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to charge certain fees and limit groundwater production during a drought.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3236, Chapter 753
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the service areas of the Austin Community College District and the Blinn Junior College District.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3385, Chapter 1268
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the use of certain state money for costs related to the relocation to the city of Austin, Texas, of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and for the support of that commission.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2042, Chapter 591
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the New Sweden Municipal Utility District No. 1 and municipalities with extraterritorial jurisdiction in the district to enter into annexation and tax allocation agreements.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2043, Chapter 592
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the New Sweden Municipal Utility District No. 2 and municipalities with extraterritorial jurisdiction in the district to enter into annexation and tax allocation agreements.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 660, Chapter 514
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of an additional statutory county court in Travis County.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for an improved plow to turn and reverse the mold-board by using a single bolt to secure the reversible mold-board onto the stock of a plow.
Date:
May 15, 1860
Creator:
Pitts, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for the improvement of planting seeds using a single seed-slide and double tubes from seed box to distribute seeds to planting point in a more direct route than other seed-planters, including illustration.
Date:
May 15, 1860
Creator:
Pitts, W. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Joining and Fitting Hoof-Hooks.
Patent for "a new and improved Hoof-Hook or cleaner, for cleaning the hoofs of horses and mules" (line 3) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 15, 1868
Creator:
Stanley, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Food
Patent for "combustible compositions which, when ignited, produce a gas or gasses which have preservative and purifying effects upon various substances and surfaces or places exposed to the fumes. It is more especially designed, however, for preserving fruits, vegetables, meats, and other perishable articles." (lines 12-19).
Date:
April 15, 1890
Creator:
Radam, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a nut-wrench capable of tightening different sized nuts. The lower jaw of the wrench has different levels, the overall effect being that of a staircase, while the upper jaw is flat with a bite that holds the nuts in place.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design "consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a brace consisting of two rings secured together, and having recesses in their meeting sides, and provided with a number of brace-rods passing to one or two rings secured upon the hub of a vehicle-wheel, the spokes fitting in the recesses in the meeting sides of the rings" (lines 19-27).
Date:
January 15, 1884
Creator:
Stein, Philip Harris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Square.
Patent for a square meant "to provide a simple and cheap steel square embodying also a level, an inclinometer, and mitrometer" (lines 13-15).
Date:
September 15, 1896
Creator:
Johns, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail Driving Tool.
Patent for a new and improved nail-driving tool. This design consists, "with the shell of the tool formed with recesses and a guide-groove . . . the driving-bar provided with notch, die, and roller, spline guided in the groove of the shell, and the returning-spring, of the levers having toes, the former of said levers bearing normally upon the roller, the spring secured to said shell, bearing by its ends upon the ends of the said levers, and the magazine obliquely attached to the shell, provided with an opening and a spring-closing device" (lines 32-43).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Brady, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved device used to connect rail cars, including illustrations and descriptions of how the new coupling works.
Date:
April 15, 1884
Creator:
Hathaway, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Produced From Lignite.
Patent for the process by which fuel is created from lignite coal.
Date:
March 16, 1891
Creator:
Edelmann, Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Culvert.
Patent for "a culvert which shall be so constructed that the jarring caused by the passing of trains or wagons will not impair the solidity of the culvert." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1896
Creator:
Parker, William Sink
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Siphon-Pump for Oil-Cans.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive siphon meant to transfer oil from a container to another container without spilling the liquid. It can transfer a liquid from a reservoir to a receptacle and back again without spilling.
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4626
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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Right of firemen to participate in both city of Austin and State retirement plans.
Date:
June 15, 1942
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-610
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; Expenditure by institutions of higher learning of income on short term investments of certain restricted funds.
Date:
February 15, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-611
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; In a town with fireman, widows and children drawing benefits, where there is not sufficient money on hand to pay full pensions, should a paid fireman who terminates his service be refunded his contributions from the State Emergency Reserve Fund before the pensioners are pain and related question.
Date:
February 15, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-709
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 a school district (Bay City I.S.D.) is eligible for a refund under article 4054, Vernon's Civil Statutes (Which refers to Article 4053d) on shell purchased and used for building roads around its high school property pursuant contract.
Date:
June 15, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-710
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; Where a husband fails to pay child support pursuant to a divorce decree, is it the duty of the District Clerk to prepare and file papers citing the husband for contempt of Court, and is it the duty of the County or District Attorney to represent the wife at such hearing?
Date:
June 15, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
File-Wrapper and Package Fastener.
Patent for securing expansible envelopes and file wrappers with a flexible cord.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Davis, Frederick Clarke
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History