80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4028, Chapter 1126 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4028, Chapter 1126

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Northern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.
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 919, Chapter 531 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 919, Chapter 531

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Viridian Municipal Management District; providing the authority to issue bonds and impose taxes.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1904, Chapter 1045 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1904, Chapter 1045

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and compensation of criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2456 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2456

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant County; changing the territory of the district; providing a civil penalty; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date: June 15, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffin (open access)

Coffin

Patent for a lightweight and sturdy coffin made of two solid pieces of baked or burned clay which can be sealed with cement and secured further with nuts and bolts.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Arnold, Price
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm Gates. (open access)

Improvement in Farm Gates.

Patent for "a gate herein I dispense with the use of hinges and other similar devices and prevent sagging; also that the operation of opening or shutting the gate, owing to its balanced and suspended condition, is attended with little or no exertion on the part of the operator..." (lines 84-90) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1875
Creator: Snider, Tunis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Motion. (open access)

Valve-Motion.

Patent for "a valve-motion having simple and positive means for varying the points at which the ports of the engine-cylinder are opened and closed to vary the lap and lead, and while accomplishing this result the invention has especial reference to a form of valve-motion designed for use in connection with that type of locomotive or other engines in which there is a comparatively short space between the drive or driving-shaft and the engine-cylinder." (Lines 11-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Shelb, Peter J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History