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80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4039, Chapter 955
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the appointment of magistrates in McLennan County.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4040, Chapter 956
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the composition of the McLennan County Juvenile Board.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1976, Chapter 583
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the composition of the McLennan County Juvenile Board.
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 1985, Chapter 1345
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the McLennan County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3829, Chapter 1193
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to gifts and donations to the McLennan County Juvenile Board.
Date:
June 17, 2011
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Feeder
Patent for improvements to cotton cleaners and feeders, including illustrations
Date:
June 19, 1900
Creator:
Seifert, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Tongue
Patent for a a tongue that can be connected with a cultivator where the free lateral swinging of the tongue and the cultivator can be induced.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Franklin, Iva A. & Mangum, Sam E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuspidor
Patent for a Cuspidor that uses an object to provide a double or reversible cuspidor constructed.
Date:
June 24, 1913
Creator:
Edwards, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display-Rack.
Patent for..." a rack for displaying cakes, crackers, nuts, dried fruits, and like commodities in whole or half boxes, so as to admit of access being readily had to the contents of the boxes or the boxes being quickly removed and replaced for any pur pose, and to devise a rack for the purposes aforesaid which will be compact and occupy a minimum amount of room compared with the display-surface and which provides for the adjustment of the brackets or supports so as to receive boxes of different size and make" (lines 8-20) with descriptions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
Jordan, George M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporative Cooler
Patent for an evaporative cooler. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Walkup, John A. & Walkup, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension Obstetrical Instrument
Patent for an extension obstetrical instrument used for surgery. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Goshorn, Leonard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Firearm
Patent for "a projectile adapted for use in guns having an elliptical and twisted bore" with an illustration.
Date:
June 3, 1902
Creator:
Cole, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a new and improved harrow. This design "has relation to that class of rotary harrows having arms provided with and extending radially from a common center, a track-ring connected to the upper side of the harrow-arms, upon which work friction-rollers connected to the seat-support. It is the object of the invention to improve the construction of the harrow-arms which carry the teeth, and the manner of connecting them to a common center, whereby the above class of harrows are materially increased in efficiency, much stronger, and more durable" (lines 12-24).
Date:
June 29, 1886
Creator:
McCann, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice Breaking Machine.
Patent for an improved Ice Breaking Machine. This new design has movable plates that allow for the ice to be broken up into various sizes as desired by the user. It is also of a simpler construction than earlier machines.
Date:
June 22, 1914
Creator:
Krocker, Adolf C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees.
Patent for "improvements in saddle-trees; and the invention consists in constructing the forward ends of the trees with the hinged connection between its sides, to allow lateral adjustment of the sides to and from each other..." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Heaton, George & Eckley, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coffee-Pots
Patent for the design of an improved coffee and tea pot with an internal water reservoir, dripping cup for coffee or tea, gauge for water level, and two separate valves for the hot water and resulting coffee or tea. Includes illustration of both a sectional and horizontal elevation of coffee-pot design.
Date:
June 27, 1876
Creator:
Sherwood, Willis H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.
Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator," (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Burnham, Theodore C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Velocipedes
Patent for improvements to a single-wheel velocipede.
Date:
June 20, 1869
Creator:
Dillaha, J. G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incubator.
Patent for an incubator that automatically maintains at least a minimum temperature, with the option to set and maintain a higher temperature, with adjustment of temperature from outside the incubator. The incubator uses electric heat.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Hays, Ernest C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kettle-Furnace.
Patent for a kettle furnace of simple construction; a kettle furnace comprising a sheet metal member having bolt openings disposed in pairs near the vertical edge.
Date:
June 1, 1920
Creator:
Sanders, Oscar Perdue
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad
Patent for a knee protector design "which when worn will not inconvenience the wearer when standing or walking" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Ashton, Epps
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leg-Protector.
Patent for leg-protectors or overalls for cotton-pickers to wear to protect them from the ground. Waterproof material covers the legs of the wearer with leather reinforcement outside the knees. There is spacing around the waste for a belt, and regular fabric forms the rest of the overalls.
Date:
June 23, 1896
Creator:
Herbelin, Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Boat.
Patent for a life-boat that improves on a previous patent (No. 512,591) for a hydraulic propelling device and adapts the jet propulsion means to a life boat. The life-boat is made to have compartments that, when one compartment gets crushed, the others remain afloat. The water goes into the stove or crushed compartment and can be used to propel the boat forward. The boat also has a system of bulkheads on the roof of the boat, each independent of the others and has valved pipes. Independent oil-holding tanks connected with valved pipes to the hydraulic main pipes, and with valved pipes going outside the boat so they can be emptied in case of emergency.
Date:
June 2, 1896
Creator:
Walker, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner
Patent for an adaptation of burners to use semi-viscous liquids "such as, crude oil, coal or gas tar, and the like" (pg 1, 7-8).
Date:
June 3, 1913
Creator:
Hannah, Robert L. & Hannah, Homer R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History