Texas Register, Volume 34, Number 14, Pages 2201-2312, April 3, 2009 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 34, Number 14, Pages 2201-2312, April 3, 2009

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 23, Number 14, Pages 3377-3630, April 3, 1998 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 23, Number 14, Pages 3377-3630, April 3, 1998

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: April 3, 1998
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 28 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 28

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to recognizing William F. Mullican III on the occasion of his retirement from the Texas Water Development Board.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 37 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 37

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to welcoming members of the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals and the Texas Rural Health Association to the Capitol.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 44 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 44

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to commemorating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Texas Legislative Council.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 50 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolutions 50

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to recognizing Arturo E. Guerra, Jr., for his contributions to the justice system in Texas.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 133 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 133

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to honoring Calvin Nelson Clyde, Jr., of Tyler on his 88th birthday.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 36 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 36

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to commending all those in Denton County who participated in the emergency response to Hurricane Ike.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 83 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 83

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to in memory of Horace Arnold Durham of Pecan Gap.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 84 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 84

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating the Sulphur Springs Wildcats football team on winning the 2008 UIL 4A Division 2 state championship.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 92 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 92

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Denton Chamber of Commerce.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 98 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 98

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to commending Michael William Heskett for his 26 years of service to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Date: April 3, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for the improvement of the Rotary-Disk Cutters for plows that enable it to swivel and be supported by guides, including illustration.
Date: April 3, 1855
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.

Patent for an improvement in cotton-seed planters using a combination of an adjustable agitator and a movable self-adjusting stirrer, including illustration.
Date: April 3, 1860
Creator: Sweeny, Samuel P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Tightening Iron Bands on Bales. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Tightening Iron Bands on Bales.

Patent for an apparatus that consists of "a series of metal bars to be inserted between what is known as the 'channel bars or teeth,' both on the upper and lower platens of a compress used for compressing cotton-bales, which bars thus inserted shall be so attached to the channel-bars that, by the force of springs, the said bars will be kept below the surface of the teeth on the platens, allowing ample space to insert the iron bands to be used in tying the bales, in the same manner as they are now universally inserted." (Lines 13-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1877
Creator: Quin, Michael
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mosquito-Net Frames. (open access)

Improvement in Mosquito-Net Frames.

Patent for "mosquito-net frames which are made adjustable, so that they may be extended over the bed or folded compactly, according to the requirements of use." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1877
Creator: Volle, Johann F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in baling-presses." (Lines 5-6) Illustrations are included.
Date: April 3, 1888
Creator: Archer, Roger W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit for Well-Drilling Apparatus. (open access)

Bit for Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Patent for an expansion bit for a well-drilling apparatus that can be "adjusted and removed without without withdrawing the well tubing, and to provide means whereby a bit capable of drilling a hole sufficiently larger than the well tubing to accommodate a casing may be introduced through the tubing" (lines 11-16).
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle. (open access)

Bicycle.

Patent for a bicycle that can be operated by the operator's hands or feet or both, and the motion used to operate the bicycle is that of rowing. "the rider must assume a position upon the machine corresponding to that assumed by an oarsman in a boat, and as the rider can work with both hands and feet all the energy and strength he is capable of exerting can be brought to bear upon the propelling mechanism in a most effective manner, and the seat can be rendered much more comfortable than at present and in no wise interfere with the rider's movements" (lines 18-27).
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Hyde, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake. (open access)

Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake.

Patent for an improved combined stalk cutter and rake that has a main frame, a rake frame, a hanger attached to the axle-bar under the frame, arms at the back of the frame, a transverse rod in the hanger and slots in the arms, a rock-lever, connections for operating the frame, a rake at the end of the frame, and an operating lever.
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Priestley, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Blacking Brush and Blacking Box Holder. (open access)

Combined Blacking Brush and Blacking Box Holder.

Patent for a new and improved combination blacking brush and blacking box holder. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a blacking brush, of a swinging frame held on the back of the brush, and of devices for holding a blacking-box loosely, so as to be adapted to be rotated in the said swinging frame" (lines 82-86).
Date: April 3, 1883
Creator: Wood, Edmund Lorenzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boot and Shoe Indicator. (open access)

Boot and Shoe Indicator.

Patent for a new and improved boot and shoe display. This design "is to provide an indicator for the use of retail dealers in boots and shoes, or other merchandise and wares, by which apparatus the stock can be kept with great accuracy and facility. To that end . . . an indicating-plate with slides [is included], which is to be attached upon the boxes, shelves, drawers, or other receptacles for the goods, as an indicator for showing what goods are contained in the receptacle" (lines 8-17).
Date: April 3, 1883
Creator: Woodlief, George T. & Dunn, George Roe.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Attachment. (open access)

Switch Attachment.

Patent for a switch attachment that consists of a derailing guard, a side track rail, an adjustable shoe that pivots next to the rail, a vertical groove in the end of the shoe, and a swinging free arm.
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Warren, Governor D. & Casey, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tile-Machine. (open access)

Tile-Machine.

Patent for a tile pipe molder that "expeditiously and cheaply make subirrigating pipe right at the side of the ditch where it is to be laid" (lines 10-13).
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Adamson, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History