Corn or Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn or Cotton Planter

Patent for a corn and cotton planter. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Wilks, Chance
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3534, Chapter 774 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3534, Chapter 774

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 6; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-128 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-128

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Who has the authority to set the compensation of official courts of law in Denton County (RQ-195)
Date: June 17, 1992
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Constitution Day Debate: Free Markets vs. Socialism captions transcript

Constitution Day Debate: Free Markets vs. Socialism

Debate held during the 2019 Constitution Day on the topic "Does 'promoting the general welfare' require capitalism or socialism?"
Date: September 17, 2019
Creator: de Oliveira, GlĂȘnisson; Cox, W. Michael & McNally, David
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3840, Chapter 860 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3840, Chapter 860

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the extension of the deadline for holding the confirmation and initial directors' election of the Tradition Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Denton County.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pitmen. (open access)

Improvement in Pitmen.

Patent for "a new and and useful Improvment in Crank and Pitman;" (lines 3-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 17, 1870
Creator: Kealy, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Square. (open access)

Square.

Patent for a a carpenters square, which has tables printed on it for calculating the length and angle that rafter boards should be cut to.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: McCormick, Terrill William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Harvester. (open access)

Hand Harvester.

Patent for a hand harvester that contains a plate and cutter to be used for harvesting corn and maize with more ease.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Taylor, Joseph S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Tug (open access)

Shaft-Tug

Patent for a support that provides "simple and effective means whereby a shaft may be readily inserted in or removed from the top portion of the tug or support instead of by threading the shaft through the latter." (lines 9-13)
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Wiggs, Zeph & Henderson, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match Box (open access)

Match Box

Patent for match box. This invention is designed to push matches forward and ejecting it without disturbing the other matches remaining in the box. Illustration included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Kerley, Melvie V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Trouser-Fastener Member. (open access)

Design for a Trouser-Fastener Member.

Design patent for a trousers-fastener with duplicate compoundly curbed edges converging to a common point.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Salich, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Disk Journal. (open access)

Cultivator-Disk Journal.

Patent for a cultivator disk journal, which is more efficient than previous models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Doyle, Edward Silas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History