79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 9 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 9

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler on its 50th anniversary.
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2457, Chapter 6 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2457, Chapter 6

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the duty of the General Land Office to clean, maintain, and clear debris from a public beach affected by a declared disaster.
Date: May 5, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2594, Chapter 7 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2594, Chapter 7

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the hours for the wholesale delivery or sale of alcoholic beverages.
Date: May 5, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 90, Chapter 8 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 90, Chapter 8

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to adoption of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
Date: May 5, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 346, Chapter 9 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 346, Chapter 9

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to information submitted to and maintained in the immunization registry after an individual becomes an adult.
Date: May 5, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 997, Chapter 10 (open access)

81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 997, Chapter 10

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the administration of and exemptions from the gas production tax.
Date: May 5, 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 99 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 99

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate in memory of David Michael Braun of Nassau Bay
Date: May 5, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 903, Chapter 3 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 903, Chapter 3

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to procedures for the management, sale, or lease of certain state-owned real property and the management or collection of related funds, including disputed oil and gas royalties owed to the state.
Date: May 5, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1985, Chapter 4 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1985, Chapter 4

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of a real property interest in oil or gas in place.
Date: May 5, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for improvements in animal-traps that would be capable of catching two animals; to set the trap, bait is placed upon the hooked ends of the bait-hooks, the jaws are elevated and retained in a position by the link-catches, which have the lower hooked ends engaging the trigger, which has its free end engaging the eye at the inner end of the bait hooks, thus setting the trap, (lines 66-73) ready to catch animals. Illustration is included.
Date: May 5, 1891
Creator: Anderson, Henry Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Outlet-Valve for Tanks. (open access)

Antifreezing Outlet-Valve for Tanks.

Patent for a new and improved "valve-operating mechanism which cannot be rendered inoperative by ice forming in the tank, and also whereby the valve itself cannot become frozen" (lines 26-30) including illustrations.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Whipp, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Filling Bottles. (open access)

Apparatus for Filling Bottles.

Patent for an "apparatus for filling bottles with crude petroleum, turpentine, and other liquids; and its object is to provide an improved construction which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency in operation" (lines 14-19).
Date: May 5, 1896
Creator: McKay, Felix Early
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Asbestos Programs Branch Update, Volume 1, Number 1, May 1994 (open access)

Asbestos Programs Branch Update, Volume 1, Number 1, May 1994

Newsletter of the Texas Department of Health Asbestos Programs Branch discussing news and updates of the agency; changes to laws, regulations, and other policies related to asbestos usage and removal; and other asbestos-related information.
Date: May 5, 1994
Creator: Texas. Department of Health. Asbestos Programs Branch.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Running-Gear (open access)

Automobile Running-Gear

Patent for a new automobile running gear that uses the front and rear wheels to propel the vehicle through rough, uneven terrain.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Beaman, Fred.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balance-Staff for Watches. (open access)

Balance-Staff for Watches.

Patent for improvements in balance-staffs for watches by “strengthen and increase the durability of the pivots or journals of the staff while reducing the friction to a minimum” (lines 16-19), included illustration.
Date: May 5, 1891
Creator: Cooper, Jonathan H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Dairying: Economics, Volume 19, Number 1, May 1999 (open access)

Balanced Dairying: Economics, Volume 19, Number 1, May 1999

Newsletter of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service discussing topics related to economic aspects of raising dairy cows, dairy production, and managing dairy operations.
Date: May 5, 1999
Creator: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery Terminal Fastening (open access)

Battery Terminal Fastening

Patent for fastening "the rubber caps or tops on the cells of storage batteries in various ways." (Lines 12-14.)
Date: May 5, 1920
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed (open access)

Bed

Patent for a bed attachment that is a removable back rest allowing for users to recline at an angle. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Hillyer, Mary Louise
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boot or Shoe Brace. (open access)

Boot or Shoe Brace.

Patent for a new and improved brace for shoes and boots. This design "relates to a brace adapted to be applied to boots and shoes, and is designed as a brace for the counter, heel, and instep; and it has for its object to provide a brace . . . which shall be simple in its construction, one that may be readily and easily applied, and manufactured and supplied at a slight cost" (lines 9-16).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Awalt, Jessee C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support (open access)

Buggy-Top Support

Patent for a supporting mechanism for the top of a buggy or vehicle while it is being lowered or traversing rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Elms, Joab
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Structure (open access)

Building Structure

Patent for a building support structure for bridges, buildings, dams, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Morton, Milo A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to a car-coupling constructed with draw-heads having stationary hooks and recesses in their sides, and provided with pivoted hooks held in place by springs, and provided with a trip plate and lever, and with chains and a lever, whereby the cars will couple themselves when run together, can be readily uncoupled, will uncouple themselves when thrown from the track, and can be prevented from coupling when run together" (lines 23-32).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Griffin, James Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a suitable frame having a fly-wheel mounted in bearings thereof, and a wrist-pin on said fly-wheel, of the lever pivoted to the frame at one end" (lines 95-98). Further, it consists in "carrying a pivoted dasher at its other end, said lever having a slot or opening to receive the wrist-pin, a crank-arm, a treadle pivoted to the frame at one end, and carrying a handle at its other end, and a rod connecting the treadle and crank-arm" (lines 1-6).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Rogers, William Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher. (open access)

Churn Dasher.

Patent for a new and improved churn dasher. This design, "[a]s an article of manufacture, [consists in] the conical or concavo-convex churn dasher having a circular rim, the air cups or cells, the arms, and the raised nave or center portion, all of concavo-convex shape in their transverse sections" (lines 28-33).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Hale, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History