Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-25 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-25

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, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of paying the Criminal District Attorney of Gregg County $500.00 per year from State funds in accordance with Section 21 of Article V, Constitution of Texas.
Date: April 7, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1041 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1041

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: The applicability to Gregg County of Article 2116c, V.C.S., relative to selection of juries, under the submitted facts.
Date: April 8, 1950
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colter. (open access)

Colter.

Patent for the instructions on of how to construct a Colter including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: James Zedrick Elder
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes (open access)

Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes

Patent for an automatic safety attachment for air brakes that can be attached to trains and automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cooker. (open access)

Fruit-Cooker.

Patent for a fruit cooker for home use that can be heated with wood or coal and has a damper inside to change where the heat is concentrated.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Holbrook, Milo Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bath-Tub. (open access)

Bath-Tub.

Patent for "a super bath-tub of that class in which the small portable or foot tub is provided with a removable shield and seat capable of enlarging the size of the tub and of furnishing a rest for the person using the tub." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Lacy, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cleaning Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Patent for an improved machine that cleans and transfers seed cotton to a gin. It combines exhaust fans and a cleaning mechanism, and is less expensive than similar machines.
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Boiler Feeder (open access)

Steam Boiler Feeder

Patent for improvments in automatic steam-boiler feeders
Date: April 7, 1887
Creator: Kelly, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition. (open access)

Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.

Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
Date: April 25, 1876
Creator: Allison, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History