Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-261 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-261

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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Board of Managers of the Harris County Hospital District and the Harris County Board of Trustees for Mental Health and Mental Retardation to enter into an agreement whereby the hospital district would furnish certain facilities for use by the organization headed by the Board of Trustees in Rendering mental health services to residents of Harris County.
Date: July 18, 1968
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Molding Machine (open access)

Molding Machine

Patent for a clay molding machine that has more aprons to create more uniform molds as well as different size belts for varies mold sizes.
Date: July 18, 1922
Creator: Pokorny, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Methods of Baling and Packing Cotton (open access)

Improvement in the Methods of Baling and Packing Cotton

Patent for improvement in the methods of baling and packing cotton specifically optimizations in the packing and baling of cotton by avoiding all the mechanical appliances used in forming and securing bales of cotton, such as the press, canvas bagging, band, buckles, and bale-ties.
Date: July 18, 1876
Creator: Drake, James A. & Singer, Edgar C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Cutter. (open access)

Tie-Cutter.

Patent for tie cutters used to cut railway ties into parts in preparation to discard them from the tracks after their decay.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Harber, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Rail Brace (open access)

Railway-Rail Brace

Patent for a rail brace to fortify the joints of railways. Illustrations included.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Keaton, Walter A. & Peary, Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator. (open access)

Elevator.

Patent for elevator supporting a locking mechanism to restrict movement in case of a broken cable preventing the elevator car "from dropping to the bottom of the shaft" (lines 16-17).
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Hathhorn, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History