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Combination Lock Joint or Device.
Patent for a combination lock joint or device for sectional poles that prevents bending of the pole and allows for sections of the pole to be easily taken on or off.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Carleton, Ernest William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling-Pin.
Patent for a coupling pin for railroad cars, which prevents the coupling from coming loose accidentally by having a key which locks the coupling in place and can only be undone by the cars operating systems. when it is time to disconnect the car.
Date:
July 23, 1907
Creator:
Yeiser, John Clarke
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a combined cotton-chopper and cultivator.
Date:
July 29, 1902
Creator:
Forister, John H. & McAda, James N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber.
Patent for an invention to aid in the treatment of treating timber. The invention is said to "provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient apparatus by means of which railroad cross-ties, fence-posts, and the like may be expeditiously and economically treated by immersion in a bath of some preserving liquid" (lines 16-22) including illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Gerhard, Philip H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Testing Errors of Refraction
Patent for an eye testing device that has a movable lens, a measuring device for correction, and two different cards with test type on them which are fed into the machine during testing for astigmatism and myopia, presbyopia, and hyperopia to determine the level of correction needed in glasses.
Date:
July 2, 1907
Creator:
Bahn, Gustavus Adolphus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Handling Apparatus.
Patent for a cotton handling apparatus, which automatically feeds the cotton into the gin and stops if there is an overflow.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Sullivan, Arthur A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for a bale-tie fastener including illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1900
Creator:
Cypher, David A. & Dayton, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy for Folding Beds.
Patent for a new and improved canopy for folding beds. This design "will automatically fold up within the bed when the same is closed, and will similarly open out with the opening of the bed without any other attention than the proper arrangement of the folds of the mosquito or fly netting" (lines 21-25). It consists in "an automatically raising and lowering canopy consisting of a raising-frame having vertical bars pivoted to the bed at the bottom and a horizontal connecting-bar at the top, a canopy-top frame pivoted to the bed-casing, having side bars and a horizontal connecting-bar, and couplings" (lines 13-19).
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door check. This design consists in "the combination, with a wheel provided with annular offsets and journaled in a movable bearing, the brake, and the spring, of the sheath provided with vertical grooves for the U-shaped bearing" (lines 54-58).
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple and efficient car coupling that easily couples by impact, and can uncouple without going between cars.
Date:
July 31, 1894
Creator:
Kirk, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder.
Patent for a new and improved book holder. This design "consists in the peculiar construction of the main frame or case provided at or near one end with a slot or opening to expose a portion of the blank paper, and a clamping device to hold the copy-slips, and at its opposite end with a tubular instrument and pen-wiper receptacle" (lines 21-27).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Gerard, Alonzo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Rigging for Railway-Cars.
Patent for a draft-rigging for railway-cars that consists of a metal plate in an inverted U-shape, with its legs doubled upward and attached to the middle sills of the car, and the option of attaching a coupler to the plate. The plate legs can receive a king bolt ransom.
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Roosevelt, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-236
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 the City of Austin has the authority to enact an ordinance prohibiting random drug testing by private employers within the city (RQ-526)
Date:
July 20, 1993
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-725
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 a family relationship is necessary in order to claim a homestead exemption from the ad valorem tax, and related question.
Date:
July 19, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-726
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; Pay to Jurors and Construction of Article 2122, Vernon's Civil Statutes, Article 1056 and Article 35.24, Vernon's Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas.
Date:
July 19, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-727
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 H.B. 442, Acts 59th Legislature, 1965, R.S., Chapter 576, p. 1255, applies to buck deer in Harrison County insofar as the open season is concerned or whether H.B. 819, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 1961, R.S., Chapter 510, p. 1122, applies to buck deer as to open season.
Date:
July 20, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-728
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; Authority of a county to employ a Justice of the Peace for the purpose of interviewing land owners in connection with the acquisition of road right-of-way.
Date:
July 21, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-729
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 Article 23a, Vernon's Civil Statutes, related to uniform system of time in view of the enactment of Public Law 89-387, Uniform Time Act of 1966.
Date:
July 22, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-730
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 gross reciepts of Electrical Enteprises, Inc. are subject to the Gross Reciepts Tax provided by Article 11.06, Title 122A, Taxation-General, Vernon's Civil Statutes.
Date:
July 22, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-731
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; Taxability for ad valorem tax purposes of property owned by Radio Church of God and Ambassador College, part of which is used by Imperial School.
Date:
July 27, 1966
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-287
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 County Mutual Insurance Companies organized under Chapter 17 of the Texas Insurance Code and qualified to write casualty lines for state wide operation may write all lines of automobile insurance on all motor vehicles in addition to those enumerated in Art. 17.01, Texas Insurance Code.
Date:
July 27, 1964
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-288
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, under Sec. 6, Article 4494g-10, V.C.S. (H.B. 781, 58th Leg.), the Commissioners Court should follow the rule under Article 4479, V.C.S. and appoint hospital managers for overlapping terms.
Date:
July 31, 1964
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-289
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 the County Attorney or the Attorney General has the duty to file suit for foreclosure of the State's lien for delinquent inheritance taxes and the venue and juridiction of such suit.
Date:
July 31, 1964
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-325
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 the Comptroller to pay a University of Texas professor who holds, at the same time, a teaching position in the Austin Public Schools.
Date:
July 31, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History