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[Memorandum of Meeting: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 9, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 9, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)-Texas regarding Dyess AFB and other Texas bases.
Date: June 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combined Wire and Wireless Telephone System. (open access)

Combined Wire and Wireless Telephone System.

Patent for a combined wire and wireless telephone system that allows 2 people who are calling through two different central operating stations to talk to each other even though there is no wire directly between the 2 parties, through the use of a wireless system.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy and Process of Making Same (open access)

Candy and Process of Making Same

Patent for a "fruit or nut taffy, comprising two distinct kinds of candy, which are separately manufactured and afterward combined in a single article or piece of confectionery" (lines 11-14), including ingredients and process.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Webb, Jesse B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box for Carrying Wireless Signalling Apparatus (open access)

Box for Carrying Wireless Signalling Apparatus

Patent for a box for carrying wireless signaling equipment that fits the equipment well and has a handle or strap for carrying the box with.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Sash-Lock (open access)

Improvements in Sash-Lock

Patent for an improvement on sash locks or fasteners for a window frame to allow two sashes to be controlled by one sash.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Miller, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Honey (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Honey

Patent for an apparatus for extracting honey. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Avant, Leonidas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wire and Wireless Telegraph System. (open access)

Combined Wire and Wireless Telegraph System.

Patent for a combined wire and wireless telephone system that has a wireless system in between two wired systems.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter (open access)

Cheese Cutter

Patent for a cheese cutter which includes a scale to determine the amount of cheese including illustrations.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Niggli, Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. "This invention is a cattle guard having transverse drainage conduits with overhanging plates and so proportioned that the foot of an animal will be projected into the conduit" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date: June 26, 1906
Creator: Lee, Jacob Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Making Brick, Tile, &c. (open access)

Compound for Making Brick, Tile, &c.

Patent for creating brick, tile and other material using hydraulic cement and magnesian lime-stone.
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Hunt, Henrey Hardon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp or Fastener for Wire Fences. (open access)

Clamp or Fastener for Wire Fences.

Patent for a new and improved clamp for wire fences. This design "is to make a device by which the horizontal rails of a wire fence may be conveniently fastened to the vertical stay-wires" (lines 12-15). It "consist[s] of the metallic disk or plate with the curved cross-groove and prongs to hold the horizontal rail and the perpendicular stay-wire, and the key" (lines 69-73).
Date: June 7, 1892
Creator: Rogers, Charles S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clinical Thermometer. (open access)

Clinical Thermometer.

Patent for a new and improved thermometer. This design has "[u]pon the body of the instrument a scale, preferably equivalent to the centigrade . . . in which the zero-sign is placed at the normal temperature of the body, each degree being divided into five or ten parts according to the size of the instrument and reading supernormal and subnormal degrees" (lines 20-26).
Date: June 11, 1889
Creator: Hunstock, Robert H. & Chávez, Emigdio
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3520, Chapter 1327 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3520, Chapter 1327

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the distribution of assessments charged by Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2441, Chapter 1285 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2441, Chapter 1285

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the recreational facility fee at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1853, Chapter 454 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1853, Chapter 454

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the distribution of assessments charged by Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1091, Chapter 982 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1091, Chapter 982

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Somerset Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1092, Chapter 983 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1092, Chapter 983

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Somerset Municipal Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 296, Chapter 793 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 296, Chapter 793

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the operation of Texas A&M University--San Antonio, including the student enrollment required for operation as an independent general academic teaching institution and supplemental funding of the university.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-163 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-163

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: Constitutionality of H.B. 317, regarding the authority of the San Antonio River Authority to take lands not heretofore used but merely dedicated for cemetery purposes.
Date: June 11, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-1154 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-1154

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: Authority of Bexar County Hospital District, pursuant to Section 5(b) of Article 4494n, Vernon's Civil Statutes, to fund the operation of a clinic for the poor and indigent without assuming responsibility for control and supervision of such clinic.
Date: June 7, 1972
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1806 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1806

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by certain entities.
Date: June 15, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Achieve World Class Excellence In Medical Services (open access)

Achieve World Class Excellence In Medical Services

Report outlining the plans for San Antonio to position itself as an international bioscience center. Includes plans to support the emergence of first-rank clinical centers, long-term recovery-recuperation facilities, and continued expansion of current bioscience facilities.
Date: June 21, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Edwards Underground Water District Strategic Plan 1994-2004 (open access)

Edwards Underground Water District Strategic Plan 1994-2004

Strategic plan for the Edwards Underground Water District for the years 1994-2004. Writted to ensure a sustainable supply of high quality water for the Edwards Aquifer with a spirit of regional cooperation for Edwards, Kerr, Real, Bandera, Kendall, Comal, Hays, Kinny, Uvalde, Medina, and Bexar counties in the San Antonio area.
Date: June 2, 1994
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.). Board of Directors.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2935, Chapter 556 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2935, Chapter 556

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the appointment of a court reporter by a criminal law magistrate in Bexar County.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History