Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO93-012 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO93-012

Letter opinion 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 the Texas A&M University System may contract with a law firm that has, as one of its partners, a member of the Texas A&M University System’s board of regents and related questions (ID# 17933)
Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-175 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-175

Letter opinion 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, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Constitutionality of House Bill No. 215 which establishes two subdivisions to Article 7428, V.C.S., and further defines a conspiracy in restraint of trade under that article.
Date: February 25, 1955
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-177 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-177

Letter opinion 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, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Constitutionality of House Bill 256, 54th Legislature
Date: February 25, 1955
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Bleaching Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Bleaching Cotton

Patent for an apparatus for treating lint cotton as it passes from the gin for bleaching. Illustration included.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Brennan, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for a cylinder shaped animal trap for small furry animals.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Fikes, Benjamin M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy. (open access)

Canopy.

Patent for a canopy for beds and sofas to keep out insects.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Swanwick, Harry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Bagging. (open access)

Machine for Cutting Bagging.

Patent for a cutting machine for cloth bags for cotton presses, which has cloth continuously being fed into it and cuts it at predetermined lengths which can be adjusted as needed.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Clark, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Stemming Machine (open access)

Tobacco-Stemming Machine

Patent for a machine for stemming tobacco.
Date: February 25, 1902
Creator: Bush, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Oiling Device (open access)

Track-Oiling Device

Patent for a track oiling device that is operated by a train car. Illustrations included.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Jones, Oscar W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Singer (open access)

Hair-Singer

Patent for a hair singer that contains the odor and smoke produced by singed hair.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Eldridge, Edward H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove Flue (open access)

Stove Flue

Patent for a stove flue. Illustration included.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Thompson, Everett E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp (open access)

Guard-Rail Clamp

Patent for a guard rail clamp. Illustrations included.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Akers, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roof-Jack (open access)

Roof-Jack

Patent for a roof jack that will hold up scaffolding.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Darnall, Benjamin P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree-Clip. (open access)

Whiffletree-Clip.

A patent for a whiffletree hook and accompanying attachments meant to replace lap-links in harnesses. Illustrations and material recommendations included.
Date: February 25, 1902
Creator: Curry, Jasper
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Wire Fastener (open access)

Fence-Wire Fastener

Patent for a fastener for wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Arnwine, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Explosive Compound (open access)

Explosive Compound

Patent for an explosive compound made of potassium chlorate, granulated sugar, and alcohol that is not unstable.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Dippel, Charles F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Percolator. (open access)

Percolator.

Patent for a percolating tea- or coffeepot that segregates the tea or coffee within the body of the pot so that the material doesn't float freely in the liquid.
Date: February 25, 1902
Creator: Seney, Joshua C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail Joint (open access)

Railroad-Rail Joint

Patent for a railroad rail-joint that does not require holes to be drilled in it.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: McAdams, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Signal. (open access)

Railroad-Signal.

Patent for a new Railroad-Signal invention. The Railroad-Signal functions as an improved device for alerting locomotive engineers that an upcoming bridge is broken, flooded, or on fire.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Waddle, Calvin H. & Roberston, Everett C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Cutter. (open access)

Potato-Cutter.

Patent for a potato cutter for dividing seed potatoes into sections for planting.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Wheeler, Melley M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for "a self-locking rail-joint of novel construction and which will preclude the use of bolts or analogous fastenings, the weight of the rails and their securement to the ties being sufficient to hold the parts of the clamp close against opposite sides of the rail ends." (lines 12-17), including illustrations.
Date: February 25, 1902
Creator: Stephens, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary and Method of Securing the Pipe-Gripped Device Thereon (open access)

Rotary and Method of Securing the Pipe-Gripped Device Thereon

Patent for a rotary drill and method of securing the pipe gripping device onto it to lessen the strain on the drill parts.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston (open access)

Piston

Patent for a piston for use in pumps.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Frank, Gustav
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Cart (open access)

Dumping-Cart

Patent for a dumping cart with a body that locks to the frame, but can be released quickly to dump materials via two toggle arms connected to a crank handle. Including illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 25, 1903
Creator: Davis, Frank C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History