Commode-Seat. (open access)

Commode-Seat.

Patent for a commode/toilet seat and storage cabinet that holds multiple seats that can be used to provide individual seats for each person using the commode/toilet.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Ainsworth, Lucian M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing-Presses. (open access)

Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing-Presses.

Patent for an attachment for printing presses that not only acts as a card cutter, but can also change the shape of the design and automatically eject the paper.
Date: November 26, 1901
Creator: Speight, Winchester Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn and Freezer (open access)

Churn and Freezer

Patent for a churn that may also be used as an ice cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Lambie, Robert Common
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Winding Mechanism. (open access)

Clock-Winding Mechanism.

Patent for "an improved mechanism for the periodical automatic winding of clocks by water power, and has for its object to provide an apparatus that will be adapted to utilize the power afforded by the gravity of water discharged at regular intervals from a tank, which is in an elevated position and is supplied with water by rain fall or other means" (lines 8-16).
Date: September 26, 1893
Creator: Everhart, Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Chair. (open access)

Dental Chair.

Patent for a dental chair improvement.
Date: April 26, 1887
Creator: Stiles, Edmund P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Danger-Signal for Railroads. (open access)

Automatic Danger-Signal for Railroads.

Patent for a "device for indicating at railroad crossings and other points, the approach or departure of trains within any given distance of such crossing or with relation to any point where persons might come into dangerous proximity to the train if they were left unadvised by some such signal as this." (Lines 19-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1895
Creator: Lee, Horatio Grooms; White, John P.; Ball, Thomas & White, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-665 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-665

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a plea of nolo contedere entered in justice or corporation court, will be admissable in a later proceeding to revoke a defendant's driver's license on the ground that the defendant is a habitual violator.
Date: April 26, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-666 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-666

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Article 23.04 of the 1966 Code of Criminal Procedure authorizes county clerks to issue "capias" to persons other than the sheriff.
Date: April 26, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-667 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-667

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Wilbarger County Hospital District Bonds, issued January 1, 1966, may be accetpted as collateral security for state deposits.
Date: April 26, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-768 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-768

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; What fee is an appointed counsel entitled to under the provisions of Article 2605, Code of Criminal Procedure, whe he appears in two or more cases before the Court of Criminal Appeals on the same day?
Date: September 26, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-769 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-769

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System is authorized to contract with insurance companies to insure the lives of student borrowers from Texas Opportunity Plan Fund, and related questions.
Date: September 26, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-775 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-775

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Questions relate to the same assessment blanks, tax rolls, statements and reciepts for both an independent school district and the county or city, when the county or assess and collects the taxes for the school district
Date: October 26, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-301 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-301

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Is a city building code applicable to construction, as well as to the installation therein of electrical and plumbing facilities, of buildings on State college or university land (State-owned) located within the city's boundaries?
Date: August 26, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-302 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-302

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a county is authorized to expend county funds in cooperation with the federal, state, and city governments to carry on a continuing comprehensive transportation plan or survey to acquire approval for federal funds for the construction of highways in urban areas under the Federal Aid to Highways Act of 1962, if (1) the survey is made completely within the county, and (2) the survey is carried on to some extent in an adjoining county.
Date: August 26, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-5 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-5

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 clarificationl; Whether section 102.51 of the Alcoholic Beverage Code imposes a territorial limitation on the resale of beer by persons who purchase from general distributions (RQ-2151)
Date: February 26, 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
Hydrant Valve. (open access)

Hydrant Valve.

Patent for an improved valve for hydrants that, when closed, allows water to drain out of the riser and bib, preventing freezing. Includes illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Ziller, William
Object Type: Patent
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
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2823, Chapter 168 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2823, Chapter 168

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the issuance and enforcement of a subpoena during the course of an investigation of a residential mortgage loan servicer.
Date: May 26, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
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 Saws. (open access)

Improvement in Saws.

Patent for improvement in saws by way of the construction of beveled edged teeth with concave sides.
Date: April 26, 1870
Creator: Littlepage, C. V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Side-Saddle. (open access)

Improved Side-Saddle.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in side-saddles, and consists in forming the saddle-tress hollow, or with air-chambers within." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 26, 1870
Creator: Smith, Fenwick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grate For Boiler Furnaces, &c (open access)

Grate For Boiler Furnaces, &c

Patent for a grate for boiler furnaces. This invention can be used for steam-boiler furnaces, stoves, or any device to "produce a higher degree of heat than is obtained by the usual grates" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Spiller, Philip S. & Brenizer, Nelson, O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a car coupling "which greatly facilitate the connection of two car couplings having the improvements and adapt the knuckle of the car coupling to automatically swing open when free to do so." (line 12-16)
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History