79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 55, Chapter 284 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 55, Chapter 284

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of portions of Interstate Highway 20 inside Dallas and Tarrant Counties as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.
Date: June 16, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 432, Chapter 491 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 432, Chapter 491

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to continuation of an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain Dallas County courts.
Date: June 16, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for handling and cleaning seed-cotton that “use a pneumatic tube, through which cotton is drawn by an exhaust-current.” (Lines17-19) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Thomas, Robert S.; Hardwick, Saunie W. & Elam, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour and Meal Bin. (open access)

Flour and Meal Bin.

Patent for a new and improved flour and meal bin. This design "is to provide a flour and meal bin for family purposes, especially where it is found desirable to economize space and have the bin conveniently at hand ready to have the desired quantity of flour or meal taken from it in a sifted condition" (lines 9-15).
Date: June 16, 1885
Creator: Clarke, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Equipment. (open access)

Telephone Equipment.

Patent for telephone equipment. The invention provides an easy to use attachment for automatic phones that illuminates the dial and only turns on while it is in use to facilitate the use of telephones in the dark.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Haralson, William Major & Pilkington, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History