Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number. (open access)

Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number.

Patent for a combined automobile tail-light and illuminated frame for the number of the car.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Stafford, Frederick S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Ventilating System. (open access)

Car-Ventilating System.

Patent for a railroad car ventilating system that does require opening the windows.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing Mechanism (open access)

Casing Mechanism

Patent for a casing mechanism for placing in oil wells to block water flow.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Stewart, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Churn-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a churn operating mechanism, which can be attached to a wall.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Wiley, Alvin Herbert; Lathem, Diah Walter & Lathem, Mariand Wiendfield
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Fire-Engine. (open access)

Chemical Fire-Engine.

Patent for a chemical fire engine that does not require refilling after the first charge is emptied.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Minnis, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Presss (open access)

Baling-Presss

Patent for a top loading Bailing Press with feed openings and removable sides.
Date: February 14, 1901
Creator: Nicholson, Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hedge Trimmer and Mower. (open access)

Combined Hedge Trimmer and Mower.

Patent for a new and improved hedge trimmer and mower. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of combined hedge-trimmers and mowers in which the side and top of a hedge are trimmed at the same time; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the frame-work, the driving mechanism or gearing, and the cutting devices or knives" (lines 10-17).
Date: February 14, 1882
Creator: Lattner, Jacob V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cinder and Smoke Consuming Apparatus. (open access)

Cinder and Smoke Consuming Apparatus.

Patent for "devices for conducting exhaust steam, gases and cinders to the fire place of a boiler and is primarily intended for use in locomotive boilers, and its object is to increase the efficiency of such apparatus" (lines 11-16).
Date: February 14, 1893
Creator: Little, Francis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom-Rack. (open access)

Broom-Rack.

Patent for an improvement in a device to hold brooms and items with handles by simplifying the design and making it more resistant to strain.
Date: February 14, 1893
Creator: Jones, Wesley C. P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an improved and simple churn that works easily and quickly. It "is adapted to permit of the simultaneous securing and retention of the cream vessel or receptacle in position in its journaling or carrying frame, as well as the cover upon said vessel, and to provide for the ready removal of said vessel or receptacle and its said cover preparatory to removing the contents of the vessel or the cleaning thereof" (lines 18-25).
Date: February 14, 1893
Creator: Alexander, Horace C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "a double-acting [screw] baling press...capable of exerting pressure from two directions and operated by two independent mechanisms" (lines 15-18).
Date: February 14, 1893
Creator: Kenner, William Housenton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads. (open access)

Brace for Bedsteads.

Patent for a new and improved brace for bed frames. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the bedstead having bolts at the corners, the hooks at the centers of the end rails, and the hooks at the centers of the side rails, of the two wires on each side having their ends secured to the bolts, engaging the hooks and passing to the side of the bed and engaging the hooks, the rings strung on and embracing the adjoining wires between the hooks . . . so as to cause the wires to be brought together, and the cord or strap connecting the said rings so as to slide the rings upon the wires" (lines 20-31).
Date: February 14, 1888
Creator: Warfield, Dunbar Griffith
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 17, Number 12, Pages 1257-1360, February 14, 1992 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 17, Number 12, Pages 1257-1360, February 14, 1992

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 14, 1992
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 20, Number 12, Pages 991-1040, February 14, 1995 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 20, Number 12, Pages 991-1040, February 14, 1995

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 14, 1995
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 22, Number 12, Pages 1695-1772, February 14, 1997 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 22, Number 12, Pages 1695-1772, February 14, 1997

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 14, 1997
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0400 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0400

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether an individual or company may set up a plat copying machine in a county clerk's office or in another area of the county courthouse (RQ-0379-GA).
Date: February 14, 2006
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-998 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-998

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: Several questions relative to the procedure to be followed to discharge patients from State hospitals.
Date: February 14, 1950
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 11, Number 12, Pages 823-877, February 14, 1986 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 11, Number 12, Pages 823-877, February 14, 1986

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 14, 1986
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 9, Number 11, Pages 887-952, February 14, 1984 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 9, Number 11, Pages 887-952, February 14, 1984

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 14, 1984
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 3, Number 12, Pages 547-616, February 14, 1978 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 3, Number 12, Pages 547-616, February 14, 1978

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 14, 1978
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-608 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-608

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; Additional Bonds to Secure Payment of Motor Fuel Tax Under Chapter 9, Title 122A, Taxation-General, V.C.S.
Date: February 14, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-609 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-609

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 Sec. 4 of Senate Bill No. 130, 59th Legislature makes it mandatory that the State Board of Health make and examination for tuberculosis infection of all pupils in the first and seventh grades, or whether this section only requires the Board to provide materials for the test if and only if school boards make this a requirement.
Date: February 14, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-23 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-23

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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether chiropractic services are included in the provisions of Section 2 of Senate Bill 2, Acts 60th Legislature, (Medical Assistance Act of 1967.)
Date: February 14, 1967
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO94-020 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO94-020

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:Clarification of Letter Opinion No. 93-70.
Date: February 14, 1994
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History