79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 40 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 40

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives proposing a constitutional amendment clearing land titles by relinquishing and releasing any state claim to sovereign ownership or title to interest in certain land.
Date: May 11, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Boll Picker (open access)

Cotton-Boll Picker

Patent for an improvement to cotton ball harvesters.
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Hewitt, Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Time-Check for Oil-Presses and Other Machines (open access)

Automatic Time-Check for Oil-Presses and Other Machines

Patent for a device that records the time in which a machine is in operation and in which it is idle to check the efficiency of the workmen and the work plant as a whole.
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Bell, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History