Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1059 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1059

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: The salary of the court reporter of the 6th Judicial District comprised of Fannin and Lamar Counties.
Date: May 16, 1950
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Bait (open access)

Artificial Bait

Patent for an artificial bait. Illustration included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Caldwell, Charley D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Seay, Mark Machel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Brake Lock (open access)

Air Brake Lock

Patent for an air brake lock. Illustrations included.
Date: May 16, 1905
Creator: Mabry, Davis L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tightener (open access)

Tire Tightener

Patent for a tire tightener. Illustration included.
Date: August 16, 1904
Creator: Leveritt, Nicholas Tompkins & Cameron, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Churn-Frame. (open access)

Design for a Churn-Frame.

Design patent for a churn frame.
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: O'Marrow, Mattie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inside Trimming Machine for Trimming Wooden Handles for Tools and the Like. (open access)

Inside Trimming Machine for Trimming Wooden Handles for Tools and the Like.

Patent for a machine to trim wooden handles for tools. The "invention relates to trimming machines and more particularly to machines for trimming the inside portions of wooden tools or handles, such as handles for spades, shovels, and like articles." (Lines 10-14)
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Kimerer, Joseph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Oil-Burners (open access)

Improvement to Oil-Burners

Patent for the improvement of oil-burners in which it is “extremely cheap and simple, which may be readily installed, and which is adapted to burn oil practically without smoke” (lines 12-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Hope, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History