Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-561 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-561

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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Obligation and authority of County Commissioner for city streets within incorporated city in county.
Date: January 21, 1970
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey within the Wynnewood Peninsula Development Tract, Denton County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey within the Wynnewood Peninsula Development Tract, Denton County, Texas

A report of an archaeological survey conducted in order to locate cultural resources for the proposed construction of a marina and associated facilities along the shoreline of Lake Lewisville.
Date: February 21, 2008
Creator: Todd, Jesse E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Wheel-Plows. (open access)

Improvements in Wheel-Plows.

Patent for an improvement in riding attachment for plows.
Date: September 21, 1875
Creator: Flow, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy (open access)

Toy

Patent for a toy. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Whitefield, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe Holder for Boot Blacking Stands (open access)

Shoe Holder for Boot Blacking Stands

Patent for a shoe holder for boot blacking stands. This invention is to provide an inexpensive tree stand to firmly hold in place shoes for polishing. Illustration included.
Date: July 21, 1903
Creator: Hann, Edmund Lyne
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Rail for Suspension-Bridges. (open access)

Side Rail for Suspension-Bridges.

Patent for a side rail for suspension bridges that is meant "to provide an improved side railing constituting a truss, which will be light, durable, and of structural simplicity" (lines 20-23).
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Runyon, Edwin Elijah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Clothes-Press. (open access)

Power Clothes-Press.

Patent for a "manually operated clothes press which is provided with a self-heating iron and a self sprayer" (lines 11-14). Includes a pressure release feature that removes iron from clothing to prevent burning when foot pedal is not engaged.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Mundy, Edmund
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History