Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton choppers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Bartels, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bookbinder's Gluing-Press. (open access)

Bookbinder's Gluing-Press.

Patent for a bookbinder's gluing press, which can be used for books of varying thicknesses.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Giesecke, Julius; Nebergall, Ben F. & Oheim, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Badge, Button, or similar article. (open access)

Design for a Badge, Button, or similar article.

Patent for design for a badge, button or similar article demonstrating the logo for the National Anti-Tipping League.
Date: July 11, 1911
Creator: National Anti-Tipping League, Inc.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill. (open access)

Drill.

Patent for improvements in drills by providing “a frame which may be readily attached to any suitable support and wherein the drill-spindle may be engaged for operation by a common form of chest-brace.” (Lines 9-13) The frame would enable the stock-rest to adjust in proper positions to receive different thicknesses of stock.” (Lines 15-17) Illustration is included.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Willmann, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn - Husking Machine (open access)

Corn - Husking Machine

Patent for improvements to the corn-husking machine with a butt-end cutter for the ears of corn. (lines 9-10)
Date: July 3, 1900
Creator: Werner, Anton, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Husker and Chopper (open access)

Corn Husker and Chopper

Patent for a corn husker and chopper. Illustration included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Willmann, Joseph, Sr. & Leek, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Husker. (open access)

Corn-Husker.

Patent for a "simple, inexpensive, and convenient hand-operated machine employing an oscillating knife or cutter for severing the stalk or stem and at at the same time clamping the shucks, so that the ear, when turned, will effect the bursting open of the shucks, thus permitting the ready removal of the ear" (lines 8-15).
Date: December 22, 1896
Creator: Willmann, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind Engine. (open access)

Wind Engine.

Patent for a new and improved wind engine. This design "relates to an improvement in wind-engines, in which a vertical circular frame having a wind-wheel is covered to the half by a hemispherical roof supported by posts" (lines 8-12).
Date: February 2, 1886
Creator: Serdinko, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Telephone-Exchange System. (open access)

Automatic Telephone-Exchange System.

Patent for "a simple system and arrangement which is especially adapted for a telephone exchange, which enables the instruments to be connected by a single wire, which dispenses with the use of an operator at the central station, which has automatic means for registering the messages sent by each subscriber, and which is provided with an automatic switching device by means of which one subscriber may connect with any other" (lines 10-19).
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: Serdinko, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3515, Chapter 1325 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3515, Chapter 1325

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the composition of the Comal County Juvenile Board.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3560, Chapter 1334 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3560, Chapter 1334

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the boundaries and organization of the Spring Branch Area Management District.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 935, Chapter 42 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 935, Chapter 42

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of magistrates in Comal County.
Date: May 15, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO98-058 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO98-058

Letter opinion 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the City of New Braunfels must reimburse New Braunfels Utility ratepayers if it disposes of nonrevenue-producing land originally purchased, but never used, for future expansion of the utility system (RQ-976)
Date: July 30, 1998
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5848 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5848

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Te possession of oat fish in Comal County.
Date: 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-344 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-344

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: Does the extension of the boundaries of the City of New Braunfels automatically extend the boundaries of the New Braunfels Independent School District.
Date: August 15, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hays County, Block 18

Parent map for Hays County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Kendall County, Inset C01

Inset map for Kendall County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:4,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comal County, Block 5

Parent map for Comal County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comal County, Block 21

Parent map for Comal County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comal County, Block 18

Parent map for Comal County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Bexar County, Block 8

Parent map for Bexar County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:8,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comal County, Block 15

Parent map for Comal County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hays County, Block 23

Parent map for Hays County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comal County, Block 14

Parent map for Comal County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History