Casing Water Packer (open access)

Casing Water Packer

Patent for improved casing water-packer used for Artesian wells.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Haas, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher (open access)

Churn Dasher

Patent for a churn dasher. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Child's Bib. (open access)

Child's Bib.

Patent for improvement in children’s bibs, by providing bibs with a pocket at its lower end to catch any food or drink that might be dropped or spilled, thereby preventing soiling of the clothes and the carpet or floor. (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Ziller, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer (open access)

Cotton-Packer

Patent for an apparatus used for packing cotton prepared for baling. Illustrations included.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Dixon, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster. (open access)

Caster.

Patent for a new and improved insect-killing furniture-caster. This design "consists in a cup shaped shell having a bowl or liquid-receptacle at its lower edge and a filling orifice or passage extending through the shell and leading to the bottom of the liquid-receptacle. A socket or inwardly-projecting tube at the top of the shell encircles the shank of the caster and rests upon a shoulder on said shank, which serves to hold the insect guard in position" (lines 17-25).
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Tumey, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears. (open access)

Animal Shears.

Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design is "of a platinum or other wire or conductor heated to a high temperature, sufficient to burn through the fibers of the wool or hair, and [is] passed over the surface of the body as close as may be deemed desirable to the roots. No injurious effects are produced upon the animal or upon the wool or hair removed, while at the same time the same may be removed with great uniformity and expedition" (lines 28-36).
Date: June 8, 1886
Creator: Harrell, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigar-Package. (open access)

Cigar-Package.

Patent for an improved cigar-package that complies "with all the requirements of the revenue laws, to be retailed to purchasers, who destroy the stamp upon opening the package, the construction being such that the packages thus opened can be used as pocket cases for the protection of the cigars" (lines 21-27).
Date: June 5, 1894
Creator: Philipson, Sigmund
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base Ball Game. (open access)

Base Ball Game.

Patent for a new and improved board game. This design "consists of a game-board marked out to represent a baseball field and provided with a series of marked depressions and a number of baffle-pins, guideways, or gutters being arranged in either side of the board, and a back-stop being arranged at the upper end of the board, provision being made for imparting a proper inclination to the board and for the propulsion of marbles through the gutters or troughs" (lines 13-22).
Date: June 3, 1890
Creator: Maxcy, John Wharton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a simple, efficient, and improved churn that thoroughly aerating and stirring the cream. It has a removable vertical dasher and two dasher cups.
Date: June 11, 1895
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 747, Chapter 1405 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 747, Chapter 1405

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to charge certain fees and limit groundwater production during a drought.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 159 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 159

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate welcoming the World Congress on Information Technology to Austin in May 2006.
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 1836, Chapter 447 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1836, Chapter 447

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Pflugerville Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 479, Chapter 492 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 479, Chapter 492

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of campus peace officers commissioned by The University of Texas at Austin and law enforcement agencies of the state and political subdivisions of the state.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3236, Chapter 753 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3236, Chapter 753

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the service areas of the Austin Community College District and the Blinn Junior College 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, House Bill 3385, Chapter 1268 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3385, Chapter 1268

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the use of certain state money for costs related to the relocation to the city of Austin, Texas, of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and for the support of that commission.
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 2042, Chapter 591 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2042, Chapter 591

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the New Sweden Municipal Utility District No. 1 and municipalities with extraterritorial jurisdiction in the district to enter into annexation and tax allocation agreements.
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 2043, Chapter 592 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2043, Chapter 592

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the New Sweden Municipal Utility District No. 2 and municipalities with extraterritorial jurisdiction in the district to enter into annexation and tax allocation agreements.
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 660, Chapter 514 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 660, Chapter 514

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of an additional statutory county court in Travis County.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 21 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 21

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives authorizing the naming of the natatorium at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin for LeRoy Colombo.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-162 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-162

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: May the Livestock Sanitary Commission of Texas change the location of its headquarters from Fort Worth, Texas, to Austin, Texas, should it so desire, in order to have better accommodations and at less cost, if possible?
Date: June 13, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-125 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-125

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether, considering sections 42.001 and 42.002 of the Property Code and article 21.22 of the Insurance Code, life insurance policy proceeds and cash values are completely exempt from seizure under process, and related question (RQ-281)
Date: June 9, 1992
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-705 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-705

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether control of the building and grounds purchased with Texas Employees Retirement System Trust funds is within the jurisdiction of the State Board of Control or the Retirement System.
Date: June 7, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-706 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-706

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Construction of Section 8 of Article V of House Bill 12, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, (General Appropriation Act) relating to payment for injuries for state employees injured while performing the duties of any hazardous position to which he is assigned.
Date: June 7, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-707 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-707

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Article 1436-2, V.P.C., authorizes the prosecution of a person who is customarily engaged in the business of obtaining motor vehicles for scrap disposal, for failure upon demand by the State Highway Department to surrender to such Department certificates of title to such motor vehicles.
Date: June 10, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History