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80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 323, Chapter 259
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport schoolchildren.
Date:
June 8, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3678, Chapter 261
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints in public schools.
Date:
June 8, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 12, Chapter 262
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to programs for the enhancement of air quality, including energy efficiency standards in state purchasing and energy consumption; providing penalties.
Date:
June 8, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 103, Chapter 263
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the Texas Youth Commission and the prosecution of certain offenses and delinquent conduct in the Texas Youth Commission and certain other criminal justice agencies; providing penalties.
Date:
June 8, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 247, Chapter 209
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission to participate in the establishment and operation of an affiliated nonprofit organization and provide grants.
Date:
June 8, 2011
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 277, Chapter 444
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the eligibility of certain property for certain ad valorem tax incentives relating to wind-powered energy devices.
Date:
June 8, 2017
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears.
Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design is "of a platinum or other wire or conductor heated to a high temperature, sufficient to burn through the fibers of the wool or hair, and [is] passed over the surface of the body as close as may be deemed desirable to the roots. No injurious effects are produced upon the animal or upon the wool or hair removed, while at the same time the same may be removed with great uniformity and expedition" (lines 28-36).
Date:
June 8, 1886
Creator:
Harrell, Joseph J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Brace with Right-Angled V-Guide Frame.
Patent for a bit-brace with right-angled V-guide frame, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
McClellan, Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacksmith's Tool Set.
Patent for blacksmith tool set including tool holder and tool handle, with illustrations
Date:
June 8, 1915
Creator:
Ligon, Arthur Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bracket.
Patent for an improvement on agricultural brackets that allow for easier and more secure connection and support to a variety of agricultural implements.
Date:
June 8, 1920
Creator:
Wright, Joseph Hansel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Sack
Patent for a catamenial sack. This invention is a "catamenial sacks or shields and the object is to provided such a device which will be cleanly and sanitary in effect, which is pliable and easily and comfortably conformable to the form of the wearer" (lines 8-13). Illustration included.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Frommann, Franklin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child's Crib
Patent for new "suspended cribs or cradles for the use of children" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1880
Creator:
Brown, Fred Harvey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Baling and Compress Machine.
Patent for a combined baling and compress machine for cotton gins, which makes bales that fulfill the rules of transportation companies on cotton bale density and is cost efficient enough for small gins to purchase.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Crow, Robert D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Measure and Funnel.
Patent for "a combined measure and funnel, the same being especially designed for dealing out molasses" (lines 13-15), including illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Sevier, Moses Nimrod
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $468 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments
This document provides information on the distribution of $468 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date:
June 8, 2011
Creator:
Combs, Susan
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curry Comb.
Patent for a new and improved curry-comb. This design "has relation to that class of curry-combs provided with detachable and reversible handles, and has for its object to provide simple and effective means whereby the handle can be readily detached from the comb and replaced in a reverse position, or removed for the purpose of economizing for space in packing for transportation" (lines 17-24).
Date:
June 8, 1886
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Curling Iron Holder
Patent for a design for a curling-iron holder.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Campbell, Orton G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Capturing and Destroying Insects.
Patent for "a new and original method of destroying the Mexican cotton-boll weevil (Anthonomus gradis boh) and other insects that damage cotton while growing &c., &c. (lines 5-8) including illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Strouhal, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Opener
Patent for "improved door opener for automobiles constructed particularly to enable the driver to control any of the doors and open any such selectively at pleasure without leaving his seat." (lines 8-12).
Date:
June 8, 1915
Creator:
Hyland, George O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gear-Wheel.
Patent for the construction of a wheel and gear rim that converts any ordinary vehicle wheel into a gear wheel.
Date:
June 8, 1915
Creator:
Biela, Valentine
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Water-Elevators.
Patent for improvements on governor for water-elevator to alleviate problems of waste of water from overage of water and also allows for self-regulation of the supply of water. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1880
Creator:
Fulton, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a harrow, which collects stalks after it cuts them that has simplified lifting mechanisms.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Hosford, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for "improvements in presses for compressing and baling hay or other fibrous material" (lines 9-10), with illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1895
Creator:
Young, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data for Plainview NTMS Quadrangle, Texas
From abstract: Results of a reconnaissance geochemical survey of the Plainview Quadrangle, Texas are reported. Field and laboratory data are presented for 969 groundwater samples and 571 stream sediment samples.
Date:
June 8, 1978
Creator:
National Uranium Resource Evaluation Program
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library