Barrel Cover. (open access)

Barrel Cover.

Patent for a new and improved cover for barrels. This design calls for downward-extending flanges with wings along the perimeter of the cover. These flanges hold the cover in place over the barrel opening, but they also allow for the cover to rest at an angle on the upper rim of the barrel so that one has access to the contents of the barrel without the cover touching the ground.
Date: May 29, 1883
Creator: Lane, Fernando Gustavous
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-745 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-745

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 Article 3933a, Vernon's Civil Statutes, relative to Sheriffs fees for serving citations issued out of a Small Claims Court, is repealed by Article 2460a, which applies to counties in excess of 1,200,000 inhabitents.
Date: August 29, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-746 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-746

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 road disctrict may be formed which encompasses territory lying in more than one county and related questions.
Date: August 29, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-770 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-770

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; An interagency contract between the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Department or an institution under its control and the Texas Education Agency for stated purposes.
Date: September 29, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-771 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-771

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 there is authority under Article 2922-13, Vernon's Civil Statutes, which define physically handicapped, mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed children, to allocate exceptional children classroom units for special education of children who have only a language disability or handicap which is covered by the Committee definition.
Date: September 29, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-793 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-793

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; Eligibility of FHA insured first lien mortgages as investments for the Permanent University Fund of the University of Texas, and the authority of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, the State Board of Education, State Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System and the State Board of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System to contract for the servicing of FHA insured first lien mortgage investments.
Date: December 29, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-276 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-276

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 it is the responsibility of the County Auditor of the County Treasurer to recommend financial procedures and to suggest internal and inter-office control and related questions.
Date: June 29, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-368 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-368

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 the Galveston County Commissioners Court is authorized to promulgate regulations for traffic control on public beaches in Galveston County.
Date: December 29, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Sunday, May 29, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Sunday, May 29, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the eight-ninth day of the Regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 29, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Second Called Session, July 29, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Second Called Session, July 29, 2013

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 7th day of the second called session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: July 29, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, April 29, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, April 29, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the forty-eighth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: April 29, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the seventh day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: January 29, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeding Machine (open access)

Weeding Machine

Patent for a weeding machine to run between rows of crops. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Lloyd, William Daniel & Steck, E. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life-Preserver (open access)

Life-Preserver

Patent for Life-Preserver. Can be used in any emergency situation but mostly in the water.
Date: February 29, 1916
Creator: Carlson, Carl O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minnow Trap (open access)

Minnow Trap

Patent for Minnow Trap
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Bonner, John Sturgis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester. (open access)

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for an improvement to spark-arresters, which deflect sparks and cinders released by locomotive engines. Includes illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: McCormick, John Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stem Winding and Setting Watch. (open access)

Stem Winding and Setting Watch.

Patent for a new and improved watch. This design "has relation particularly to an improvement in mechanism for winding and setting the watch, so that the 'movement' may be rendered interchangeable for application to a case, whether arranged for a hunting-case watch or an open-face watch. In watches as commonly constructed a different arrangement is made for the winding and setting mechanism for a hunting-case watch from that of one having an open face" (lines 12-21).
Date: July 29, 1890
Creator: Heidbrink, Bernard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slate for the Blind. (open access)

Slate for the Blind.

Patent for a slate that allows the blind to read and write with lettered pegs. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 28, 1891
Creator: Sthreshley, Elizabeth
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Float. (open access)

Fishing-Float.

Patent for a new and improved fishing float, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1898
Creator: Lubbock, William Lockart
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding-Machine. (open access)

Seeding-Machine.

Patent for "a new and useful improvements in Seeding-Machines" (lines 5-6) the light draft interchangeable seeding-machine can be converted from a cotton-planter to a corn-planter, and vice versa. The invention is "compact, simple, and durable" (line 13)
Date: June 29, 1880
Creator: McCall, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a combined cotton-chopper and cultivator.
Date: July 29, 1902
Creator: Forister, John H. & McAda, James N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for a new and useful churn dasher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1898
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History