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80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1091, Chapter 982
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Somerset Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1092, Chapter 983
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Somerset Municipal Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved combined seed planter and cultivator. This design "is to provide combined seed-planters and cultivators constructed in such a manner that the seed-planting mechanism can be readily detached when not required for use, and also in such a manner that each plow can be adjusted independently of the others when desired" (lines 18-24).
Date:
August 15, 1882
Creator:
Gifford, George L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals.
Patent relating to "an apparatus for cooling the journals and boxes of railroad-cars and other vehicles" (lines 27-29). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[a] lock . . . for a nut having a non-circular recess in its rear face, consisting of a washer having a non-circular opening whereby it may be keyed upon a bolt and fitted to enter the non-circular recess of a nut, and a securing-plate having an opening fitted to receive the locking-washer" (lines 81-87).
Date:
June 15, 1886
Creator:
Unger, Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape
Patent for "a fire-escape and observation-tower, which may be raised or extended at any point, or be lowered and compactly folded for transportation" (lines 7-10).
Date:
January 15, 1889
Creator:
Rüllmann, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-581
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: Terms of office of trustees of San Antonio Union Junior College District.
Date:
May 15, 1948
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Torch
Patent for a acetylene gas torch. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Marsh, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge-Loading Machine.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in shell-loading machines.
Date:
March 15, 1898
Creator:
Handshy, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle - Stopper.
Patent for a new and useful bottle-stopper. This design is to "improve the construction of bottle-stoppers and to enable a metallic sealing-cap to be readily removed from the neck of a bottle without the use of an instrument" (line 11 - 14).
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Neuendorff, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collector's Receipting-Recording
Patent for a device for keeping a record of the money received in commercial transactions. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Hayes, Arthur Ward & Stevens, Clarence D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Concrete Walls
Patent for an apparatus for molding concrete walls which is easy to assemble and move around and can be used for different size and shape walls.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Cross, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a new and useful combination lock designed for safe.
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Wise, Harry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool.
Patent for a new and improved tool for "various uses, being especially adapted as a clamp, vise, brace or drill-stock, or wrench" (line 9 -10).
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Poor, Morrill Hart
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Torpedo Receptacle
Patent for a torpedo receptacle. This invention is an improvement for use with railroad lanterns. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1903
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Signaling System for Railways
Patent for an electric signaling system for railways which allows the engineer to see whether there is any danger or obstruction ahead on the track, and send and receive signals to and from a distant point. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 15, 1909
Creator:
Lacroix, Fred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Steam-Boilers
Patent for a safety device designed to cut off steam in the even of an accident.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Foskett, Fred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elastic Bulletin Board
Patent for a general utility bulletin-board. This device applies to various function whereby exists a need for posting bulletins and announcements. The bulletin board is made of elastic material to increase efficiency and serviceability. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Review of Program and Administrative Activities of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation
Report on the activities of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation from 1977-1978 for Representative Henry B. Gonzalez, from the United States General Accounting Office.
Date:
December 15, 1977
Creator:
Ahart, Gregory J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: March 1983 [Part 2]
Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities.
Date:
April 15, 1983
Creator:
San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Stretcher
Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Buckreis, Valentine
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Mowers
Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Muller, Hermann W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Fender
Patent for automobile fenders to provide a fender that can be used in conjunction with various types of motor vehicles and "prevent a person from being run over by the vehicle equipped with the fender" (lines 13-14).
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Uribe, Marcelino
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cake-Rack
Patent for a display device of desert type foods.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Jones, Seaborn W. & Postlethwaite, Alonzo W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History