Combined Minnow Bucket and Trap. (open access)

Combined Minnow Bucket and Trap.

Patent for a combined minnow bucket and trap that overcomes past disadvantages, is simple in constructions, inexpensive to manufacture and reliable.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Petmecky, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice. (open access)

Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.

Patent for a new and improved ice maker. This design calls for "two or more sheets of galvanized iron or other metal set in a tank of fresh water, one on either side of the evaporation-pipes, and held in a position parallel to each other by anchors or yokes that connect them" (lines 15-20). This eliminates the need for strong (ammoniacal) brine and is a faster, more reliable, and less leaky ice-making process than previous ones that used said brine.
Date: March 2, 1880
Creator: Zilker, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-9 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-9

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; Whether an individual whose juvenile files may not be sealed by virtue of section 51.16(j) of the Family Code has an affirmative duty to disclose his prior criminal history in an application for employment, information, or licensing (RQ-2188)
Date: March 25, 1991
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-10 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-10

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; Termination of a depositer's interest in a joint account by deletion of the depositer's name at the direction of another joint owner (RQ-2190)
Date: March 26, 1991
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 29 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 29

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to recognizing Austin Can! Academy, a dropout recovery charter high school serving at-risk students of Travis County.
Date: 2011-03/2011-04
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, March 26, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the thirty-firth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: March 26, 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, Wednesday, March 27, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the thirty-second day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: March 27, 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, Thursday, March 21, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Thursday, March 21, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the 29th day of the regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: March 21, 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, Monday, March 25, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, March 25, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the thirtieth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: March 25, 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, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the twenty-ninth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature, documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: March 20, 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, Wednesday, March 13, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the twenty-sixth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: March 13, 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, Monday, March 18, 2013 (open access)

Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, March 18, 2013

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the twenty-seventh day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: March 18, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, March, 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, March, 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Separator. (open access)

Centrifugal Separator.

Patent for a centrifuge that can effectively and efficiently separate heavy oils from acids "with which the oil has been mixed or emulsified as a clarifying or decolorizing agent" (lines 14-16), with illustrations.
Date: March 14, 1922
Creator: Paul, Christian F., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Head-Light (open access)

Locomotive Head-Light

Patent for improvements to locomotive headlights granted to John Robert McCormick in order to make the headlights movable by levers or gears.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: McCormick, John Robert
Object Type: Patent
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
Improvement in Vitreography. (open access)

Improvement in Vitreography.

Patent for an invention that is similar to an adhesive, which aids in the ornamentation of windows. The patent includes a description, instructions, but no illustration(s).
Date: March 26, 1867
Creator: Stremme, C. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Paper Boxes. (open access)

Improvement in Paper Boxes.

Patent for improved techniques in folding paper boxes using a single piece of paper in which the bottom part is safely secured. Illustration is included.
Date: March 7, 1876
Creator: Kuehne, Franz
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Journalist, Volume 3, Number 5, March 1917 (open access)

The Texas Journalist, Volume 3, Number 5, March 1917

Monthly publication of the University of Texas School of Journalism containing articles related the newspaper industry and other topics of interest to students pursuing journalism.
Date: March 1917
Creator: University of Texas. School of Journalism.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manual-Training Apparatus. (open access)

Manual-Training Apparatus.

Patent for a new improvement in a manual training apparatus for teaching swimming without water. The device allows the exerciser to lie face down on the provided mat and turn cranks to simulate swimming motions.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Hartnett, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Millstone-Dress. (open access)

Millstone-Dress.

Patent for an improved millstone-dress that produce less heat while grinding by employing a greater number of furrows, including illustration.
Date: March 20, 1860
Creator: Littlepage, C. V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hat-Ventilators. (open access)

Improvement in Hat-Ventilators.

Patent for improvement in mode of ventilating hats, bonnets, and or caps by “providing the inside of the head-coverings, at the point of contact with the head, with a liuing or an elastic spiral formed into a cushion, through which the air can freely circulate around the whole head.” (Lines 28-32) Illustration is included.
Date: March 30, 1869
Creator: Stremme, Conrad C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole. (open access)

Trolley-Pole.

Patent for a trolley pole, which is extendable and contractible.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Bouchard, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Washer for Vehicle Axles. (open access)

Nut and Washer for Vehicle Axles.

Patent for a new and improved nut and washer combination. This design consists, "with a threaded end on an axle-spindle, which is longitudinally grooved on opposite sides of the thread, and a radially-flanged nut made to engage the threaded-end of the spindle, of a cap-ring having an annular recess formed on one side from its inner edge outwardly, said ring being secured upon the radial flange of the nut, and a cylindrical outer shell having an inwardly-extended flange on one end, and ears on the edge of said flange, which hook over the reduced edge of the cap-ring" (lines 20-31).
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Sullivan, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History