Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a new and useful gate latch, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Perkins, Oscar P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Valve and Cap Tool (open access)

Combination Valve and Cap Tool

Patent for a combination valve cap and stem used to ease the process of deflating pneumatic tires by eliminating the need to keep track of a separate cap piece when removing the valve core, including illustrations and instructions for use.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: McComb, William Perry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2134, Chapter 16 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2134, Chapter 16

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Trinity Lakes Municipal Utility District of Montgomery County; 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 1448, Chapter 13 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1448, Chapter 13

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to providing road district powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 131; providing authority to issue bonds.
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 1664, Chapter 14 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1664, Chapter 14

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to providing road powers to the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 1, of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds.
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 1440, Chapter 11 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1440, Chapter 11

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 154; 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 1445, Chapter 12 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1445, Chapter 12

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to providing road district powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 130; providing authority to issue bonds.
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 1439, Chapter 10 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1439, Chapter 10

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to providing road district powers to the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date: May 18, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4649, Chapter 278 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4649, Chapter 278

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the effect of municipal annexation of territory in the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 147.
Date: May 29, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4654, Chapter 149 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4654, Chapter 149

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the board of directors and powers and duties of the East Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 12; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 24, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2481, Chapter 247 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2481, Chapter 247

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 164; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.
Date: May 28, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4641, Chapter 327 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4641, Chapter 327

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 177 of Montgomery County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 31, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2570, Chapter 201 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2570, Chapter 201

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Montgomery County as the George P. Mitchell Memorial Highway.
Date: May 24, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2380, Chapter 288 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2380, Chapter 288

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 173; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 29, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4139, Chapter 136 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4139, Chapter 136

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 141; providing authority to issue bonds and impose taxes.
Date: May 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 389, Chapter 148 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 389, Chapter 148

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the Montgomery County Hospital District.
Date: May 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4153, Chapter 138 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4153, Chapter 138

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Montgomery-Grimes Counties Municipal Utility District No. 146; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn (open access)

Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn

Patent for improvements in the design and construction of machines for shucking and shelling corn.
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Whiting, Louis Rossell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide (open access)

Insecticide

Patent for a type of insecticide for cotton and vegetable plants. Particularly effective for use against the "boll-weevil" of cotton plants.
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Bourlon, Eugene A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tool-Holders for Grinding (open access)

Improvement in Tool-Holders for Grinding

New and valuable Improvement in Tool-Holders, which are designed for holding tools in contact with the periphery of a grindstone.
Date: May 2, 1876
Creator: Fisher, Charles N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Cleaning Attachment. (open access)

Plow Cleaning Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved plow cleaner. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the mold-board of a plow, having parallel longitudinal slots . . . of upper and lower rollers, belts passing around the same beneath the mold-board, scrapers connected to said belts in line with the slots and adapted to pass over said mold-board, and means for rotating said belts" (lines 93-99).
Date: May 6, 1890
Creator: Dyer, Charles Valentine.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener (open access)

Hame Fastener

Patent for a hame fastener. Illustration included.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Hyman, Henry F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History