79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 12 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 12

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring George Mitchell on the 30th anniversary of the founding of The Woodlands.
Date: February 11, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Baling Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Baling Cotton.

Patent for a cotton baling machine in which, it would provide a mechanism for baling the fiber in packages, for the ease of transporting and handling; and to prevent the loss of cotton or fiber in transporting from the gin to the baling-press. Illustration is included.
Date: February 24, 1891
Creator: Rembert, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stylographic Fountain-Pen. (open access)

Stylographic Fountain-Pen.

Patent for stylographic fountain pens to improve them by allowing the "ink to flow freely from the point of the pen" (line 35) and allowing easy, pressurized ink refills.
Date: February 3, 1880
Creator: Fisher, Charles N. & Downes, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-392 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-392

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 criminal cases are properly transferrable between the Ninth and Second Ninth District Courts.
Date: February 24, 1965
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Preserving Apparatus. (open access)

Egg Preserving Apparatus.

Patent for a new and useful egg container for packing, storing, and preserving eggs.
Date: February 18, 1902
Creator: Glacken Hugh
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History