Building Construction (open access)

Building Construction

Patent for metal beams used in building construction that have perforated plates to allow the passage of concrete through the plate when the metal piece is embedded in concrete thus strengthening the attachment of the metal and the concrete.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Keyser, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bung-Extractor (open access)

Bung-Extractor

Patent for "an improved extractor for the bungs of casks and barrels of all kinds, so that the same can be quickly and conveniently removed from the bung-hole" (lines 8-11).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Cathriner, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie (open access)

Bale Tie

Patent for "a new and useful bale tie" (lines 5-6), including illustration and instructions.
Date: May 14, 1900
Creator: Walker, Millard Fillmore
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cold-Iron Straightener. (open access)

Cold-Iron Straightener.

Patent for a cold iron straightener for straightening wagon axles or pipes while they are still on the vehicle, which allows for more forceful bending than previous devices and restoration of the parts to their natural position.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Keith, John David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Drier and Warmer. (open access)

Bed Drier and Warmer.

Patent for a new and improved bed drier and warmer. This design "includes, primarily, a suitable frame of essentially elliptical form, whose ends allow of the said frame being readily slipped in between the bed and bedding or between two articles of bedding, and in connection with said frame a suitable fire-pot of portable construction" (lines 23-29).
Date: May 14, 1889
Creator: Fossati, Jasper
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "of the wheel having the series of arms, the V-shaped fenders secured thereto, the rim having offsets and tapering side edges, the hoe-bars having rollers, and overlapping hoes at their outer ends" (lines 73-78).
Date: May 14, 1889
Creator: Woodbury, Amasa O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 21, Number 35, Pages 4197-4271, May 14, 1996 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 21, Number 35, Pages 4197-4271, May 14, 1996

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: May 14, 1996
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 18, Number 37, Pages 3073-3219, May 14, 1993 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 18, Number 37, Pages 3073-3219, May 14, 1993

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: May 14, 1993
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Wheel and Axle. (open access)

Car Wheel and Axle.

Patent for a car wheel and axle made up of a built-up metallic wheel with dished side-plates that have flanged and riveted rims, hub-nuts, a lock-plate, hollow screw-threaded ends, hexagonal offsets, tubular journals, a tubular journal, and a radial lubricating feed-tube with a cross-head and a collar.
Date: May 14, 1895
Creator: Flatau, Louis Spencer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Pad. (open access)

Back-Pad.

Patent for an inexpensive and simple concave back-pad meant to be used between the horse and the saddle. The design of the invention makes saddles stay in place.
Date: May 14, 1895
Creator: Powell, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 16, Number 36, Pages 2633-2676, May 14, 1991 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 16, Number 36, Pages 2633-2676, May 14, 1991

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: May 14, 1991
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 948, Chapter 87 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 948, Chapter 87

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the waiver of penalty and interest on a taxing unit's delinquent payment of its allocation of the budget of an appraisal district.
Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 43, Chapter 29 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 43, Chapter 29

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the funding of and the making of grants by the Texas Council on Environmental Technology.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1057, Chapter 35 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1057, Chapter 35

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the determination of incompetency in criminal and juvenile justice cases.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 6 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 6

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to memorializing Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds not apply to bonds for water and wastewater facilities.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 572, Chapter 30 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 572, Chapter 30

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the euthanasia of an animal by an animal shelter; providing criminal penalties.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 583, Chapter 31 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 583, Chapter 31

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to information that must be included in the adjutant general's annual report.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 732, Chapter 32 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 732, Chapter 32

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to discounts or other forms of pricing flexibility for telecommunications services.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 756, Chapter 33 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 756, Chapter 33

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to a declaration of a local state of disaster by certain joint airport boards.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 857, Chapter 34 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 857, Chapter 34

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to certain therapeutic optometrists' participation in a managed care plan.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 368, Chapter 73 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 368, Chapter 73

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to disposition of surplus computer equipment and the grant of money by the Office of Court Administration.
Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 313, Chapter 72 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 313, Chapter 72

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to an exemption from registration in this state for certain foreign commercial motor vehicles.
Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 331, Chapter 83 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 331, Chapter 83

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the maximum length for certain vehicles.
Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 342, Chapter 84 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 342, Chapter 84

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to eligibility requirements for a beginning position in a police department in certain municipalities under municipal civil service.
Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History