78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2402, Chapter 675 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2402, Chapter 675

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the compensation of district judges in Collin and Travis counties.
Date: 2003-05/2003-06
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2442, Chapter 1067 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2442, Chapter 1067

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Collin County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Date: 2007-05/2007-06
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopping Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Chopping Machine.

Patent for a cotton chopping machine, which can be attached to a cultivator, has a mechanically operated hoe, and automatically changes its cutting height for different heights of ground.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Martin, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Planter Attachment. (open access)

Cotton-Planter Attachment.

Patent for improvements on cotton or other seed planters with a new design that allows for "simultaneously adjusting-i.e., raising and lowering-the plows in front and in rear of the seed-dropping drum " (lines 29-31) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1880
Creator: Willcoxson, Coulmon W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Disk (open access)

Cultivator Disk

Patent for a cultivator disk. Illustration included.
Date: May 9, 1905
Creator: Harris, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Spreader. (open access)

Cultivator-Spreader.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Cultivator-Spreaders" (lines 5-7) which enables the operator of the cultivator to adjust the lateral spread of the plow beams without checking his team or withdrawing the plows from the soil, including illustrations.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Nevins, Robinson C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Attachment for Movable Objects. (open access)

Electric Attachment for Movable Objects.

Patent for an electric device that can be attached to equipment such as plows or tractors which sends an electric current underground where the plow is going that prevents dirt from sticking to the equipment and clogging it when the ground is slightly wet.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Dawkins, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop. (open access)

Envelop.

Patent for an envelop adapted "as a cover or wrapper for valuable papers, money, and the like." (Lines 10-13) Illustrations included.
Date: May 8, 1900
Creator: Dennis, Millard Jefferson & Davis, William Clarence
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Step. (open access)

Extension-Step.

Patent for improvements in extension-steps which attach to vehicles and "do away with the boxes used to assist in getting up to the first or lower step" (lines 10-12). When not in use, the steps can be swiveled up. They are raised, lowered, and locked into position with a mechanism operated using a handle.
Date: May 4, 1897
Creator: Hamilton, Samuel R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuse Block (open access)

Fuse Block

Patent for improvements to Patent No. 1113528. Invention provides a fuse block where the fuses can be replaced by a lineman without being in close proximity to the primary circuit wires. Invention also allows various types of fuses to be used.
Date: May 3, 1921
Creator: Anderson, Lou Belle
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Car Door (open access)

Grain-Car Door

Patent for a grain-car door.
Date: May 19, 1903
Creator: Church, Josiah W. & O'Gorman, M. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness. (open access)

Harness.

Patent for a new, reinforced harness made of rubber, a metal chain, and leather, including illustrations.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Brecheen, Samuel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings

Patent for car coupling device that attaches cars automatically when moved together while also detaching if one or more cars come off the tracks.
Date: May 22, 1877
Creator: Dobbs, Charles & Robinson, Samuel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Material Transporting Appliance. (open access)

Material Transporting Appliance.

Patent for improvement in appliances for transporting loads from place to place.
Date: May 29, 1915
Creator: Simmons, Jesse W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for the invention of new and improvements in plows (1). Provide a plow specifically adapted for use in rich heavy soil.
Date: May 19, 1885
Creator: Emmerson, Francis; Faires, Joseph; Cummins, John, R. & Faires, Jonathan, L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shotgun (open access)

Shotgun

Patent for a trigger operated shotgun that uses an electrical circuit to ignite combustible material of the shell and thereby propelling the shot within.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Fleming, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swimming Device (open access)

Swimming Device

Patent for a device to be attached to a person's feet and/or hands so that the person can swim faster and further as well as dive deeper.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Wells, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-1128 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-1128

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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Collin-Denton County Water and Sanitation District powers per Art. 8280-400, V. C. S., to collect and dispose of garbage within the District.
Date: May 23, 1972
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus (open access)

Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus

Patent for Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus which "consists in the provision of a rack adapted to be connected to the bed of the wagon" (lines 17-19); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Southern, Wills
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for "a new and improved washing-machine arranged for use on any kind of tub and adapted to insure a perfect uniform washing of all the clothes in the tub by the use of yieldingly-mounted pounders, which intermittently change their position relatively to the clothes under treatment" (lines 9-16).
Date: May 28, 1901
Creator: Staggs, Henry F. & Staggs, Robert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tire. (open access)

Wheel-Tire.

Patent for "a very cheap and simple tire which may be conveniently applied to any ordinary wheel, but which is especially applicable to wagon wheels, which when applied to the wheel has a perfectly smooth surface, and which has mechanism operated by the simple turning of a nut and adapted to tighten the tire to any desired extent." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 21, 1895
Creator: Smith, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History