86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 131 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 131

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate designating Bastrop County as the official Film Hospitality Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2019.
Date: May 28, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, May 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, May 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fees and Facilities: Bastrop State Park (open access)

Fees and Facilities: Bastrop State Park

This document provides fees for Bastrop State Park. Information includes entrance, campsites, group barracks, swimming pool, canoe rentals, and cabin fees. There is also cabin layouts displayed.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1981, Chapter 195 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1981, Chapter 195

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the terms of office for directors of the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District.
Date: May 23, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rug-Hanger. (open access)

Rug-Hanger.

Patent for the improvement of rug-hangers. The invention consists of multiple rollers that facilitate both the mounting and disengagement of rugs or other large flexible articles of merchandise from the hanger.
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Griffin, James S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Regulator for Pneumatic Flues (open access)

Automatic Regulator for Pneumatic Flues

Patent for a regulated valve to automatically maintain air pressure in a pneumatic conveyor flue. Excessive air pressure causes a secondary valve to open and vent the pressure while at the same time impeding air flow downstream.
Date: May 28, 1901
Creator: Caffey, Charles B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay bailing machine. "The invention relates to bailing-presses, and more particularly to that class adapted for bailing hay, straw, &c.; and it has for one object to provide a simple and efficient construction in which a continuous rotation of the bailing-lever will act in conjunction with a retractile spring to reciprocate the plunger" (lines 7-13). "A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient construction of detent for holding the gate after the hay or other material has been compressed and while the piston is retracted" (lines 14-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Garrett, Irvin H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Violin. (open access)

Violin.

Patent for an improved violin that is meant to "improve the acoustical properties of the instrument whereby it is enabled to give forth a deeper and softer tone, free from the "twang" common in instruments of this character, and second, to improve the mechanical construction of the instrument so that it will be less liable to become split" (lines 26-33).
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Clopton, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History