79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3045, Chapter 1152 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3045, Chapter 1152

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the juvenile boards of Grimes, Leon, Madison, and Walker Counties.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6665 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6665

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: Whether claim against Falba School District of Walker County is legal under facts stated.
Date: June 21, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-233 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-233

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Prison Board to direct general manager to permit the use of inmate labor on sewer project with City of Huntsville.
Date: June 4, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Gulf Coast Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trails of Huntsville State Park

Topographical map of Huntsville State Park showing the trails in different colors, roads, and park amenities. The reverse side of the map describes the trails including their length, a description, and elevations. In addition there is a points of interest legend with accompanying GPS coordinates and description.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock. (open access)

Lock.

Patent for a new and improved lock. This design "is to produce a lock and key in which the lock-case has no exterior opening communicating with its wards or works, but is provided with a recess only for supporting the shank or axis of the key, while the only opening for the admission of the key to the interior of the lock, whereby its wards or bolt may be operated or controlled, is upon the interior of the lock-case, so that there is no possibility of introducing . . . picking devices therein, or of introducing any explosive agents" (lines 15-27).
Date: June 30, 1885
Creator: Markham, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Cotton-Gins (open access)

Improvements in Cotton-Gins

Patent for improvement in the Cotton-Gin with moveable brushes. This object is designed to make the brushes on the cotton machine move closer to the saw when they become shortened from constant use. This will improve the quality of the machine like a brand new equipment.
Date: June 22, 1875
Creator: Koehl, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scale-Beams. (open access)

Improvement in Scale-Beams.

Patent for "the movable weight used on scale-beams; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the weight to slip over the scale-beam, and with a roller, upon which the weight rests or is suspended, in combination with a locking device." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1875
Creator: Robinson, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vertical Steam-Pump. (open access)

Vertical Steam-Pump.

Patent for improvements in steam-pumps, of which “are adapted to compress a liquefiable gas—such as that of ammonia—to a state of partial liquefaction, the pressure being subsequently removed and the liquefied refrigerating agent expanding through tubes and chambers, and the cooling effect produced by the volatile liquid again assuming its gaseous state is utilized for the absorption of heat.” (Lines 10-17) Illustration is included.
Date: June 23, 1891
Creator: Robinson, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Converting Reciprocating Into Rotary Motion. (open access)

Mechanism For Converting Reciprocating Into Rotary Motion.

Patent for an improvement to drive shafts used in automobiles, other motor vehicles, and machine tools that convert reciprocating into rotary motion, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 3, 1913
Creator: Smith, Robert W. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History