Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1165 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1165

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, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether consultant to private corporation that contracts with the state receives compensation "directly or indirectly" from state funds within article XVI, section 40, of the Texas Constitution (RQ-1872)
Date: April 24, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Killing Composition (open access)

Weed-Killing Composition

Patent for "new and useful composition of matter designed for killing and preventing the growth of weeds and noxious grasses, and is particularly designed for killing and preventing the growth of Bermuda and Johnson grasses." (lines 9-14)
Date: April 24, 1912
Creator: Owen, Hillery O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reamer. (open access)

Reamer.

Patent for a reamer with a hexagonal shaped body and shell, central hub, a series of plates, springs, and metal dogs. Used for reaming well drilling tubes, which are used to drill artesian wells and deep water, and for cleaning out the reamer's own interior.
Date: April 24, 1911
Creator: Sly, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History