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: Authority of the commissioners' court to order an election to determine if an ad valorem tax should be levied for farm-to-market and lateral roads, to be held in conjunction with the party primary election in July, using the same election judges and clerks.

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: Validity of the action of the commissioners' court in designating an "election box" for absentee voting.

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: Duty of the County Clerk to record deaths and births occurring in Parker County within or without the City of Weatherford.

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: Authority of the commissioners' court to furnish at county expense necessary books and stationery for justices of the peace compensated on a fee basis.

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: Authority of the head of a department to either increase or decrease the maximum number of hours earned by an employee for vacation in any one fiscal year of the current biennium.

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: Liability of the State and county for publication charges in tax foreclosure suits when the property is purchased by one of the taxing units.

Report presenting an investigation at transonic speeds in the 7- by 10-foot tunnel to determine hinge-moment and effectiveness characteristics of a horn-balanced control on an aspect-ratio-3, 45 degree sweptback wing. The investigation was extended through the transonic speed range by testing in the high velocity field over a reflection plane on the sidewall of the tunnel.

Report presenting the results of a wind-tunnel investigation at subsonic and supersonic Mach numbers to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of a wing-body combination with a triangular wing of aspect ratio 2. The mean surface of the wing was twisted and cambered to support a nearly elliptical span load distribution at Mach number 1.53 and a lift coefficient of 0.25. Lift, drag, and pitching moment are presented for a range of Mach and Reynolds numbers.

Report presenting the total drag coefficients of 60 degree cone cylinders of fineness ratio 2.07 measured in free flight from Mach numbers of 1.5 to 8.2. Results regarding the smooth 60 degree cone cylinder, rifled models, and discontinuity lines in the shadowgraph pictures are provided.

Report presenting experimental data from force and pressure tests on a large-scale, semispan, wing-fuselage model. Longitudinal force and moment characteristics are given for the model with various combinations of slat spans. The wing had 45 degrees of sweepback, an aspect ratio of 6, a taper ratio of 0.5, and an NACA 64A010 section normal to the quarter-chord line of the unswept panel and had partial-span slats, aileron, and double-slotted flaps equipped.

Report discussing testing of a rocket-propelled airplane configuration model and a drag model, each with a 60 degree swept wing of aspect ratio 2.24, and different fuselages, at a Mach number range of 0.75 to 1.50. Information about the longitudinal stability, control, and drag characteristics and minimum-drag characteristics is presented.

Report presenting an investigation of a dynamic model to determine the effects of hull form, gross load, and aerodynamic trimming moments on the trim limits, trim, hydrodynamic moment, hydrodynamic resistance, total resistance, and rise of two streamline fuselages modified by chine strips. Results regarding effects of hull form and effects of gross load are provided.

Report presenting free-fall testing of the airplane configuration described in the title to evaluate certain new testing techniques for near sonic speeds. Results regarding the drag measurements and pressure data are provided. The data obtained from this test is also compared to free-fall tests in the high-speed tunnel and for a rocket-powered free-flight model, and the results show generally satisfactory agreement.

Report presenting an investigation of the drag of spherically blunted conical models of fineness ratio 3 at a range of Mach and Reynolds numbers. Results of the tests showed that slightly blunted models had less drag than cones of the same fineness ratio through the Mach number range. Results regarding the total drag, wave drag, and viscous effects are provided.

Report presenting an investigation of liquid-film cooling at a variety of air temperatures and Reynolds numbers. Results regarding the effect of coolant flow per circumferential length on liquid-cooled length, correlation of heat transfer from hot gas to liquid film for constant coolant flow per circumferential length, and generalized plot of film-cooling data based on heat-transfer correlation at constant coolant flow per circumferential length are provided.

Report presenting testing of a parabolic body of revolution in the 4- by 4-foot supersonic tunnel at two Mach numbers. The investigation included the effects of Reynolds number, fins, internal contour of body base, and two support systems on body pressure and force drag at an angle of attack of 0 degrees.

Report presenting testing of an impulse-type supersonic compressor rotor with stators tested in Freon-12 over a range of equivalent tip speeds and weight flows. A static pressure ratio of 1.83 and an efficiency of 84.7 percent were obtained at 69.1 percent of the design speed of 1604 feet per second in air.

Report discussing some methods for predicting the carbon-forming propensity of turbojet-engine fuels from results of simple laboratory tests of the fuels. The prediction of carbon deposition from fuel characteristics including aromatic content, hydrogen-carbon ratio, distillation temperatures, gravity, and aniline point from several empirical laboratory carbon-deposition tests are provided. Results regarding fuel composition and volatility, related fuel properties, empirical laboratory tests, a comparison of methods predicting carbon-deposition characteristics of fuels, and application of fuel quality control methods are provided.

"A summary and analysis have been made of the results of various investigations to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of a supersonic aircraft configuration. The configuration has a wing with 40 degree sweepback at the quarter-chord line, aspect ratio 4, taper ratio 0.5, and 10-percent-thick circular-arc sections normal to the quarter-chord line. Experimental data were available for a Mach number range from 0.16 to 2.32. Results obtained from wing-flow, rocket-model, transonic-bump, and tunnel tests are presented and, where possible, are supplemented by empirical and theoretical calculations" (p. 1).

Report presenting an investigation at transonic speeds of the control balancing characteristics of three tabs on a full-span flap on an aspect-ratio-3, 45 degree sweptback wing. The results indicated that all the tabs tested, inset, attached, or detached, would balance the flap hinge moments throughout the speed range.

From Introduction: "Because of the unusual nature of this equipment, and because it is proving to be very useful for certain kinds of aerodynamic research, this report has been prepared. It contains a description of the equipment and its use to obtain aerodynamic coefficients. The imperfections in the wind-tunnel air stream and their effect on model tests are also discussed."

Report presenting an investigation of the low-speed static stability characteristics of a complete model equipped with a W wing. The lift-curve slope of the wing-fuselage combination was found to be in good agreement with that predicted by available wing-alone theory. Results regarding the longitudinal characteristics, wing-juncture modifications, and lateral and directional stability characteristics are provided.

Report presenting tests made in the 40- by 80-foot wind tunnel to evaluate the effects of wing modifications on the static longitudinal characteristics of a 35 degree swept-wing airplane. The wing modifications were designed to replace existing wing slats as low-speed high-lift devices. Results regarding the two-dimensional tests, full-scale tests, design of wing modification 1, test results of the airplane, and a comparison of test results with predictions are provided.

Report presenting an investigation of the properties of molybdenum disilicide in which a fine-grain material and a large-grain material were produced using different methods. Results regarding the fine-particle sintered material, coarse-grain, hot-pressed material, a comparison of the two materials, and the effect of oxygen on sintering and mechanical properties are provided.