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82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 860, Chapter 417
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the El Paso County Hospital District to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians, dentists, and other health care providers.
Date:
2011-04/2011-06
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colonia Self-Help Program
Information sheet describing the Colonia self-help grant program for use in providing water and wastewater services in economically distressed areas near the border with Mexico.
Date:
April 2011
Creator:
Texas Water Development Board
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Digital Model for Simulated Effects of Ground-Water Pumping in the Hueco Bolson, El Paso Area, Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico
From abstract: The Hueco Bolson provides a substantial part of the municipal and industrial water supply of the El Paso area of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Although the supply of fresh ground water in the bolson is large, about 10.6 million acre-feet (13,070 hm^3) in 1973 in the Texas part of the bolson alone, the supply is being depleted.
Date:
April 1976
Creator:
Meyer, W. R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1040
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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Commissioners Court of El Paso County to convey 1.67 acres of land, dedicated and used as a county park, back to its grantor, the United States of America, under the facts stated, and related questions.
Date:
April 12, 1961
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime-Pulp Thickener.
Patent for a machine used in the wet milling process. It allows proportionate distribution of liquids to aide during the thickening process.
Date:
April 17, 1923
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filtering Material.
Patent for "improved filtering stuff composition" (lines 8-9), containing vegetable ashes and an insoluble binding agent for the purpose of purifying liquids.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Müller, Enrique
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Ores.
Patent for the treatment of ores which has a improvised process of chloridizing ores, concentrates, and other metallurgical products.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Hirt, Jules Hector
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed Spout Barrier
Patent for "a feel spout barrier for slime thickeners, settling tanks, separating tanks and the like" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Separator and Evaporator.
Patent for an improved automatic separator and evaporator which controls the intake with an included air-lift or jet-ejector, including illustrations.
Date:
April 5, 1921
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes
Patent for an improved attachment for the lathe to grind cylinders of different sizes
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Snell, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for an improved hydrocarbon burner, including illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Critchett, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine.
Patent for a rotary engine with a coupled rotary shaft and piston. This engine uses a lubricant for keeping parts of the engine cool, including illustrations.
Date:
April 29, 1919
Creator:
Sheridan, Leslie M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary engine to be used as "a pump for liquids, as an air compressor, as a vacuum pump and for other purposes"(lines 10-12) including instructions for assembly and illustrations.
Date:
April 29, 1919
Creator:
Sheridan, Leslie M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Alarm.
Patent for a device to prevent the theft of automobiles capable of producing audio and visual signals as warnings of unauthorized access.
Date:
April 22, 1919
Creator:
Smith, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lacing-Eyelet.
Patent for the improved construction and efficiency of a Lacing-Eyelet. The device is used for supporting lacing in fashion wear, including shoes and corsets. Improvements include providing quicker implementation of the device without risk of damaging the garment it is used on. Additional improvements include the device having uniform and interchangeable parts which can be manufactured in quantities so as to be easily replaced if necessary. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
April 8, 1919
Creator:
Langford, Joseph O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ore-Separating Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus that separates pulverized ore into its constituents while in a dry condition. Eliminating the previous need to use water when separating constituents.
Date:
April 8, 1919
Creator:
McElwain, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Punture-Healing Composition.
Patent for "improvements in puncture healing compounds". A beeswax, paraffin, rosin, and linseed oil mixture will be injected into the innertube or other air compartment of a "pneumatic tire" and will repair any punctures without deteriorating the material of the inner tube.
Date:
April 1, 1919
Creator:
Weaber, Marie R. & Clemens, Hermann
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Welding
Patent for an improved method of welding broken frames in portions of machinery that are difficult to access, with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Brown, Charles Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Carrier Cabinet
Patent for an improved pie carrier cabinet. This cabinet is designed to be strong, light, and produced cheaply. It provides increased accessibility and convivence when it comes to viewing or removing pies from it.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Blalock, Clovis Coffey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Projectile
Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Pewther, Judson C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gangway.
Patent for a ramp for use by the Army in loading farm animals and wagons on train cars and other transports. This gangway is designed in sections to be adaptable for different needs and to be collapsible for storage and easy transportation.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Titsworth, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dehydrator.
Patent for a continuous dehydrator that has specific use for gold and silver ores, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 17, 1917
Creator:
Biesel, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines.
Patent for a removable automatic air device for delivering air to gas engines in proportion to the speed of the engine.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Rivers, Charles A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process and Apparatus for Separation of Ores by Flotation.
Patent for a improved process and apparatus use commercially to separate ores using flotation. By "introducing a novel step in the flotation process which results in the complete breaking down of the froth and at the same time keeping the volume of water used within the smallest practical limits thus preventing the washing away of valuable concentrates by an unnecessarily large volume of water" (lines 54-60).
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Thompson, W. Albert & Cole, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History