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- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 856, Chapter 524
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the general powers, authority, and directors of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1599, Chapter 581
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to certain conservation and reclamation districts' use of money received under a contract with a municipality.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3181, Chapter 656
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Central Harris County Regional Water Authority; providing authority to issue bonds or notes; granting the power of eminent domain; providing an administrative penalty.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3517, Chapter 768
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 7; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3518, Chapter 769
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 6; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3526, Chapter 771
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Greater Sharpstown Management District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue a bond or similar obligation.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3528, Chapter 773
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to property exemptions in, and the validation of certain acts of, the Greater Greenspoint Management District of Harris County.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 363, Chapter 702
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the general powers, authority, and boundaries and to the directors of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority; providing penalties.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 428, Chapter 301
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the repeal of the requirement that the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 388 be confirmed by a specific date.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 429, Chapter 710
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the repeal of the requirement that the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 387 be confirmed by a specific date.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 993, Chapter 861
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 5; providing authority to impose a tax and issue a bond or similar obligation.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1555
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to taxes, assessments, and impact fees imposed on residential property by the Greater East End Management District.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1884, Chapter 463
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 460; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1888, Chapter 465
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1889, Chapter 466
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 464; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 709, Chapter 715
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 524; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 886, Chapter 728
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 528; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 960, Chapter 244
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers of the Central Harris County Regional Water Authority.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1525, Chapter 275
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the board of directors of the Greater East End Management District.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2418, Chapter 321
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the territory, board of directors, and powers of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2670, Chapter 543
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to validating certain acts and proceedings of Harris County Improvement District No. 5 and to the boundaries of the district.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3843, Chapter 862
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to excluding certain territory from the Harris County Road Improvement District No. 2.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3857, Chapter 358
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Near Northside Management District.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3862, Chapter 865
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to temporary directors and the continuation in existence of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 510.
- 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3402, Chapter 661
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the authority of a venue district to act as an endorsing municipality or endorsing county for purposes of games or event trust funds; authorizing a fee.
- 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4203, Chapter 833
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the substitution of land within the boundaries of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 159 after the approval or issuance of district bonds payable wholly or partly from taxes.
- 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1162, Chapter 855
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments.
- Automatic Fan
- Patent for mechanical improvements in "automatic fans intended especially for use on beds, whether in houses or in sleeping-cars" (lines 7-9).
- Automatic Railroad-Switch
- Patent for an automatic railroad switch which throws the switch automatically back to the main line after a train has entered a siding.
- Bedstead Lock or Joint
- Patent for a bedstead lock or joint. Illustration included.
- Box-Fastener
- Patent for a box fastener that works to fasten the lid automatically when the lid is placed on the box.
- Cable Grip
- Patent for a cable grip. Illustration included.
- Carbon Holder for Electric Arc Lamps
- Patent for improvements made to the carbon holder for electric arc lamps to improve efficiency in replacing the lamps. To improve upon the current design, the patent illustrates and describes a new level clutch system to allow movement, as opposed to the gravity-based design previously implemented.
- Centrifugal Pump
- Patent for centrifugal pump design meant to improve upon past models in which pieces of the pump wear out over time.
- Compound Air-Compressor.
- Patent for an improved Compound Air-Compressor by having four cylinders, in pairings of a high pressure and a low pressure cylinders. The air from the low pressure cylinder will be fed to the high pressure cylinder. The pistons will work in succession rather than simultaneously.
- Dental Handpiece.
- Patent for an improvement on a dental handpiece that is made of fewer parts and is cheaper to make. It makes insertion and removal of the drill easier, and keeps the drill in place more securely.
- Door Hanger.
- Patent for a new and improved hanger for doors and gates. This design consists in "the brackets secured to a door or gate way at intervals apart and having the horizontal supporting arms, the track made of angle-iron and having the horizontal treadway secured to the arms of the brackets, and the upwardly-extending flange at the outer edge of the treadway, and the hangers secured to the door or gate and having their upper portions bent to form an inverted U-shaped yoke or frame, and rollers journaled between the sides of the frame" (lines 80-91).
- Draft Attachment for Motor-Vehicles.
- Patent for a draft attachment by which a motor vehicle may "pull itself free when its traction wheels have become embedded in a soft or muddy road" (lines 14-16).
- Drapery Support and Form
- Patent for a new kind of drapery system that keeps the drapes pleated neatly and allows drapes to open and close easily with metal fasteners.
- Flexible Metallic Hose
- Patent for a flexible metallic hose. Illustration included.
- Float-Valve.
- Patent for a float valve not using slots and links, including illustrations.
- Locomotive Headlight.
- Patent for a new and improved train headlight. This design "has for its object to improve locomotive head-lights by so constructing the reservoir and burner and mounting the same that they may be easily removed from and connected with the reflector without moving the latter; and it consists of a reservoir for the head-light having certain features of novelty and in various improvements in the apparatus as a whole" (lines 11-19).
- Method of Sapping or Destroying Trenches or Other Defensive Works.
- Patent for a method of sapping or destroying trenches or other defensive works to use in military operations.
- Polisher or Brush.
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in polishing brushes.
- Process of Curing Moss
- Patent for invention relates to new and improved process of curing Spanish moss object of the invention being to shorten the time here to fore deemed necessary to properly cure the moss, second to obtain a larger percentage of higher grades of fiber will not be injured but will appear in a sound healthy condition, and fourth to so treat the moss that any desired grade of fiber may be obtained. [5-15]
- Railway Rail Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved railway-rail tie. This design consists "of a railway-rail tie provided with a transverse recess, projection, the transverse slots, and the apertures leading from the recesses to the slots, the retaining-blocks fitting in the apertures, and keys working in the slots and adapted to press the retaining-blocks against the flange and web of the rail" (lines 71-78).
- Record-Book.
- Patent for a record book using primary and secondary indexing tabs for improving classification of documents.
- Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles.
- Patent for a device that automatically closes the throttle to slow the speed of a motor vehicle when necessary. The device is designed to respond to vehicle load, road surface, and a predetermined speed limit.
- Strainer for Oil and Water Wells
- Patent for a strainer for oil and water wells. Illustrations included.
- Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.
- Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).