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84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4154, Chapter 982
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Grand Lake Estates Management District and the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 152, and to the boundaries of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Date:
June 19, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4175, Chapter 984
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to eminent domain powers of certain conservation and reclamation districts.
Date:
June 19, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1004, Chapter 1177
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts.
Date:
June 19, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1139, Chapter 1182
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government, the composition of certain juvenile boards, and the increase of certain filing fees.
Date:
June 19, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1459, Chapter 1240
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority.
Date:
June 19, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2002, Chapter 986
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 111 and to the creation of the F.M. 2920/Becker Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees, assessments, and taxes.
Date:
June 19, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
83rd Texas Legislature, Second Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 14
Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives recognizing Nancy Blackwell on her retirement from the Aldine Independent School District.
Date:
August 19, 2013
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-156
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 article XVI, section 40 of the Texas Constitution or the common-law doctrine of incompatibility precludes a deputy constable from simultaneously holding a position as an assistant fire chief with the City of Houston Fire Department (RQ-290)
Date:
August 19, 1992
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-60
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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The authority of the State Board of Control to sell or lease State owned tidelands in Clear Creek, Harris County, Texas, for the purpose of constructing piers, boat docks, fishing cabins, residences, etc.
Date:
March 19, 1957
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench with a head having a pair of rigid jaws to engage the object. One unique use of this wrench is that it can tighten any threaded joint beyond the degree of tightness that can be obtained by pulling the handle of an ordinary wrench in the usual manner.
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Duda, Oswald
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Building Mold.
Patent for Concrete Building Mold that is composed to be able to be detachable and reversible.
Date:
June 14, 1920
Creator:
Rossiter, Jay A
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grapple for Oil-Wells and the Like.
Patent for an improved grapple device that can help recover rigging parts from oil wells, including illustrations.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Reed, Clarence E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Distilling Hydrocarbons
Patent for distilling hydrocarbons from crude petroleum oil.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reamer.
Patent for rotary reamers for progressively enlarging holes in pilot drills, particularly roller disk type reamers used in oil, water, or mining applications.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction
Patent for a relatively simple constructed wall that is built using concrete slabs. It is constructed in a manner that requires less material thus resulting in a wall that is hollow all the while providing sufficient strength to hold weight and pressure. Includes illustrations.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Needham, Edward F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for an improved clothes containing basket within washing machines that is longer-lasting and less likely to become imbalanced. The device increases agitation of clothes and water.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Seifert, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Coating Composition
Patent for improved non-flammable paint and multi-purpose byproduct of paint production process.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
McKay, Arthur N. & Willis, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Machinemm
Patent for a machine can dispense potable liquids to several customers at the same time.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Ogden, Clayton N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Apparatus
Patent for "new and useful improvements in well boring apparatus. The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character described embodying a rotary table and a novel means for connecting the same to the string of pipe, which extends down into the well and which is rotated by said table and in turn rotates the boring tool carried by the lower end of said spring of pipe" (lines 9-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sample Taking Device.
Patent for a device that takes samples of the strata or formation through which a well is being drilled without mixing the soil with water within the reservoir.
Date:
September 19, 1919
Creator:
Rembert, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-tool.
Patent for a device "designed particularly for boring out cylinders of internal combustion engines" (lines 12–13), includes illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Dedman, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Deep-Well Pump.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Deep-Well Pumps," (lines 5-6), including illustrations. An improvement on the inventor's previous patent (1013579), with the intention of preventing and removing sand accumulation while pumping oil.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Indicator
Patent for a vehicle-indicator that is designed for use on vehicles such as automobiles, to indicate the movement of the vehicle. Other objects of this include that it alerts those around of the intended movement of the vehicle being driven.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
McManus, Lewis R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Joint
Patent for flexible metallic joint used to make improvements with railroad couplings on trains along with train pipes.
Date:
December 19, 1918
Creator:
Schulz, Wilhelm
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History