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
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 363, Chapter 702 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 363, Chapter 702

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the general powers, authority, and boundaries and to the directors of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority; providing penalties.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 993, Chapter 861 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 993, Chapter 861

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 5; providing authority to impose a tax and issue a bond or similar obligation.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-1176 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-1176

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May Harris County require performance an payment bonds from contractors doing work on contracts not in excess of $25,000.
Date: June 7, 1978
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-1177 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-1177

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Jurisdiction of Texas Water Commission regarding approval of plans for the construction of drainage facilities in Harris County Flood Control District.
Date: June 7, 1978
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7233 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7233

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under Article 827a, Section 8, Texas Penal Code, or Article 1085a, V.A.C.S., Texas, can the City of Houston, based upon an engineering and traffic investigation showing such speed to be reasonable and prudent, legally some such freeway for maximum speeds in excess of 30 miles per hour and related question.
Date: June 15, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-458A (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-458A

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 or not an interest owned by the Federal Land Bank of Houston, in production of oil, is subject to the production tax provided for the Article 7057a, V.C.S. and the regulation pipe line tax provided for by Article 6032, V.C.S.
Date: June 27, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-460 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-460

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: The authority of the Texas National Guard Armory Board to sell property located at Waco and Houston, Texas.
Date: June 23, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-55 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-55

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, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Commissioners' Court to purchase liability insurance covering operation of Harrison County Municipal Airport.
Date: June 17, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1358 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1358

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 Board of Regents of the University of Houston may legally commence, prior to September 1, 1963, to construct a Student Activities Building and related questions under the facts submitted.
Date: June 21, 1962
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 709, Chapter 715 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 709, Chapter 715

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 524; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 886, Chapter 728 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 886, Chapter 728

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 528; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 960, Chapter 244 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 960, Chapter 244

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers of the Central Harris County Regional Water Authority.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2418, Chapter 321 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2418, Chapter 321

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the territory, board of directors, and powers of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2670, Chapter 543 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2670, Chapter 543

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to validating certain acts and proceedings of Harris County Improvement District No. 5 and to the boundaries of the district.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids. (open access)

Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.

Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill. (open access)

Drill.

Patent for
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Weathersby, Fred Richard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring Tool. (open access)

Boring Tool.

Patent for a new boring tool used for digging post holes, shallow wells, and for like purposes. It has a pilot bit and a cutting disk that carries the loosened dirt from the bore to the surface.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Keenan, Michael J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Attachment (open access)

Boiler Attachment

Patent for improvements in boiler attachments, to produce a thermostatic device of simple and improved construction which may be utilized for the purpose of actuating a valve governing the steam supply to the pump or the injector.
Date: June 28, 1913
Creator: Priester, Joel Ellis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Container. (open access)

Container.

Patent for an adapted barrel/container that can be assembled from the barrel/containers collapsed form, including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: York, Edward Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report (open access)

Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report

Report on a flood protection and management plan for the Upper Barker Watershed.
Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Halff Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Wall Mold. (open access)

Concrete Wall Mold.

Patent for "a concrete wall mold which is so constructed as to produce a very strong wall having vertically extended channels which form ribs materially reinforcing the structure" (lines 10-14)
Date: June 11, 1920
Creator: Porter, Charles S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Taking Device (open access)

Core-Taking Device

Patent for improvements to a core-taking device which will "form a core, in the process of drilling, and embodies means for severing the core, when formed, and retaining the same in the core barrel until, it is withdrawn for inspection" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1922
Creator: Christian, Walton G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2267, Chapter 661 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2267, Chapter 661

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 555; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 12, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History