Hanging Millstones. (open access)

Hanging Millstones.

Patent for improvement of hanging millstones using a driver to hang the runner of a pair of millstones, “as it rotates, adjust itself to the position of the stationary stone, and the parallelism of the faces of the two stones be preserved whether the stationary one be perfectly horizontal or not” (lines 19-24), including illustration.
Date: May 29, 1860
Creator: Dance, G. P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Strainer. (open access)

Pump-Strainer.

Patent for a pump-strainer that cleans and separates water or other liquid that is drawn from wells or reservoirs.
Date: May 28, 1895
Creator: Durant, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener (open access)

Sash-Fastener

Patent for improving the design so that when it is closed it forms loops for holding the window's curtains, while also being inexpensive and strong.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Durant, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Raising Liquids from Deep Wells. (open access)

Apparatus for Raising Liquids from Deep Wells.

Patent for improvements for raising liquids from deep wells. "It has a particular application to the raising of fused sulfur from the well in the liquid state" (lines 14-16).
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Hebert, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter (open access)

Pipe-Cutter

Patent for improved pipe cutters that indicate when a pipe has been completely severed inside of a well
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Wright, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Drum (open access)

Hoisting Drum

Patent for improvements to hoisting drums for use in drilling oil, gas, and water wells, with the object being "to employ a plurality of hoisting drums upon the same shaft so that the cable may be wound partly on one drum and partly on another" (lines 73-76) such that the danger of cable cutting is decreased and the speed of operation is increased, including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1922
Creator: Suman, John R. & Gamble, Adrian R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-36 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-36

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: Authority of the commissioners' court to approve the expenditure of county funds to send a representative to Mexico City to confer with various interested persons respecting removal of a ban by the Republic of Mexico on the use of the migratory labor in Brazoria County.
Date: May 4, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-81 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-81

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Commissioners Court of Brazoria County to rent road equipment and/or enter into a lease-purchase agreement for such equipment.
Date: May 17, 1963
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2518, Chapter 293 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2518, Chapter 293

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the kinds of contracts of the Brazoria County Conservation and Reclamation District Number Three that are subject to competitive bidding.
Date: 2003-05/2003-06
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2814, Chapter 227 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2814, Chapter 227

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and duties of the Sweeny Hospital District.
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3489, Chapter 229 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3489, Chapter 229

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of an additional statutory county court in Brazoria County.
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0546 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0546

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Angleton-Danbury Hospital District of Brazoria County is authorized to house private imaging business in the district's hospital facility and to manage the private imaging business.
Date: May 10, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minor Source Rule: An Air Quality Rule for Equipment at Your Business [Part A] (open access)

Minor Source Rule: An Air Quality Rule for Equipment at Your Business [Part A]

This publication summarizes the TCEQ's air quality rules for controlling emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from certain combustion sources- equipment such as boilers, process heaters, stationary engines, and turbines.
Date: May 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minor Source Rule: An Air Quality Rule for Equipment at Your Business [Part B] (open access)

Minor Source Rule: An Air Quality Rule for Equipment at Your Business [Part B]

This publication will help you determine the emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from combustion devices.
Date: May 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minor Source Rule: An Air Quality Rule for Equipment at Your Business [Part C] (open access)

Minor Source Rule: An Air Quality Rule for Equipment at Your Business [Part C]

This publication summarizes the TCEQ's record-keeping and reporting requirements under rules covering minor sources of nitrogen oxides (NOx).
Date: May 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3081, Chapter 135 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3081, Chapter 135

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 68; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Date: May 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1962, Chapter 15 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1962, Chapter 15

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 69; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 18, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 947, Chapter 85 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 947, Chapter 85

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1462 in Brazoria County as the Lieutenant Colonel Roy Lin Tisdale Memorial Highway.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1963, Chapter 76 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1963, Chapter 76

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 70; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2332, Chapter 77 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2332, Chapter 77

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 23, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2469, Chapter 246 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2469, Chapter 246

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 76; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 28, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History