Clipping and Pruning Shears. (open access)

Clipping and Pruning Shears.

Patent for clipping and pruning shears that can have the blades taken off for sharpening.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: South, John P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street Car Motor. (open access)

Street Car Motor.

Patent for a new and improved street-car motor. This design consists in "the shaft geared to an axle of the car, the friction-wheels free to slide on the said shaft and having the annular collars, the rods . . . connected to the said annular collars, and the lever connected to the said rods to move the friction-wheels toward or from each other" (lines 16-22).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Sparks, John Parks
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Generating Oil Burner (open access)

Generating Oil Burner

Patent for generating oil burner. This invention "relates to apparatus by which steam is generated and petroleum or a hydrocarbon reduced to vaporous condition and mixed or combined with the steam" (line 8-12). Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Spiller, Philip Samuel & Haldeman, Horace P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim and Felly Band (open access)

Demountable Rim and Felly Band

Patent for Demountable Rim and Felly Band
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Stephens, Charles D. & Bachman, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Condenser for Cotton-Presses.

Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
Date: May 24, 1921
Creator: Taft, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1454 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1454

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of accepting day students at Austin State School who have not been committed by a county court.
Date: May 7, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1044 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1044

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the State of Texas now has a valid contract with the City of Austin for supplying of electrical power to the state buildings in the Capitol complex at the rates set forth in the contract dated March 15, 1935, and related questions.
Date: May 2, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2559, Chapter 104 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2559, Chapter 104

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to leases and other agreements relating to real property entered into by certain hospital districts.
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2823, Chapter 168 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2823, Chapter 168

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the issuance and enforcement of a subpoena during the course of an investigation of a residential mortgage loan servicer.
Date: May 26, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1821, Chapter 184 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1821, Chapter 184

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of State Loop 111 in Travis County as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway.
Date: May 24, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, May 2, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, May 2, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the sixty-sixth day of the Regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 2, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 67th day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 3, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 [Continued] (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 [Continued]

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 66th day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 3, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, May 4, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the sixty-eighth day of the Regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Thursday, May 5, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Thursday, May 5, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 69th day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 5, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, May 5, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, May 5, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 68th day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 5, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Friday, May 6, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Friday, May 6, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 70th day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 6, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Saturday, May 7, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Saturday, May 7, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the seventy-first day of the Regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 7, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, May 9, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, May 9, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 72nd day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 9, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Sunday, May 29, 2011 (open access)

Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Sunday, May 29, 2011

Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the eight-ninth day of the Regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date: May 29, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 355, Chapter 85 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 355, Chapter 85

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the duty of the judge of the 147th District Court to impanel grand juries and to the terms of court for certain district courts in Travis County.
Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 55 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 55

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives recognizing Andrew C. Solomon for being elected student government president at The University of Texas at Austin.
Date: May 10, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 415, Chapter 15 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 415, Chapter 15

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 685 in Travis County as the Deputy Jessica Hollis Memorial Highway.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History