79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3502, Chapter 1170 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3502, Chapter 1170

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 406; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
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 3550, Chapter 1174 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3550, Chapter 1174

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and duties of the Aldine Improvement District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
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 3557, Chapter 1176 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3557, Chapter 1176

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to statutory probate court associate judges in certain courts in Harris County.
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 Concurrent Resolution 206 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 206

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating the Houston Lawyers Association on their 50th Anniversary.
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 331, Chapter 1343 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 331, Chapter 1343

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4202, Chapter 890 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4202, Chapter 890

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the substitution of land within the boundaries of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 157 after the approval or issuance of district bonds payable wholly or partly from taxes.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1001, Chapter 894 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1001, Chapter 894

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 545; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1002, Chapter 895 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1002, Chapter 895

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 540; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2008, Chapter 904 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2008, Chapter 904

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 539; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2009, Chapter 905 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2009, Chapter 905

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 541; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2013, Chapter 906 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2013, Chapter 906

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 538; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2037, Chapter 909 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2037, Chapter 909

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 543; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales. (open access)

Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales.

Patent for improvement in apparatus for making cotton-bales from continuous sheets or bats by “employing only a single press and which permits the ginning and bat-forming devices to be operated continuously which accumulated the cotton in light and fleecy condition during the covering and removal of the bales, which feeds the cotton from the accumulator to the baling apparatus whenever this is desired.” (Lines 68-75) Illustration is included.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Anderson, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Cabinet (open access)

Folding Cabinet

Patent for a folding cabinet which can be moved from room to room.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Tallman, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gas from Oils. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gas from Oils.

Patent for "machines for the manufacture of gas from oils, benzine, gasoline, &c.; and it consists in providing the tank or cistern with a retort constructed with an outer cylinder surrounding one or more cylinders or tubes, which inner cylinder is provided with perforated plates at the top and bottom thereof, and the space between said plates filled with sponge or other porous material, while the space or chamber between the inner and outer shell of the retort serves as a mixing-chamber for the oil and air before being forced through the sponge and delivered to the service-pipe." (Lines 17-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 18, 1872
Creator: Gearing, Charles & Gearing, Franklin A. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings

Patent for an improved car-coupling that lets cars couple automatically when they run together and uncouple automatically in the event of an accident. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: June 18, 1872
Creator: Jourde, Alfred J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Can (open access)

Oil-Can

Patent for an oil can that prevents flames from going beyond the spout of the can and blocks gases from coming out of the can while still allowing the oil to be easily poured out.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Harmon, William Ellis & Goodpasture, Thomas Boisarth
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can (open access)

Oil Can

Patent for an oil can. This design is a non-explosive air vented for pouring can. Illustration included.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Demory, Alexander F. & Suhm, Carl J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen (open access)

Well-Screen

Patent for a well screen to prevent the entrance of sand or gravel into the wall of a deep well.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Stancliff, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History