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- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3982, Chapter 782
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 494; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3988, Chapter 783
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 438; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4017, Chapter 1124
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 510; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4018, Chapter 1125
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 416; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4038, Chapter 1127
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 473; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4045, Chapter 1285
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Towne Lake Management District; providing authority to levy an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4080, Chapter 1133
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 509; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4110, Chapter 1288
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 9; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4134, Chapter 968
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 10; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 878, Chapter 529
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to residential property exemptions from taxes, assessments, and impact fees in the Greater East End Management District.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1123, Chapter 1315
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 8; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1974, Chapter 1154
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 473; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
- 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2536, Chapter 462
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to jurisdiction in an eminent domain proceeding in Harris County.
- 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1455, Chapter 782
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 552; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
- 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2687, Chapter 791
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Lago Bello Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Harris County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
- 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2803, Chapter 869
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments.
- 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3481, Chapter 1082
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the terms of district courts in Harris County.
- 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4333, Chapter 805
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 24; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
- 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1489, Chapter 918
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority.
- 86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4703
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 28; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
- Alarm Device.
- Patent for an alarm device "to be used in connection with a boiler and operatively connected with the steam whistle, whereby when the water falls below a certain level in the boiler the mechanism will automatically operate to blow the whistle" (lines 11-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Attachment for Cameras.
- Patent for an improved camera attachment for adding titles to film that prevents the film from being exposed to light except when the title is photographed, with illustrations.
- Automobile Body.
- Patent for an automobile body that is designed for people who enjoy doing outdoor activities. Compares this design to the current design of what is called "touring cars."
- Band-Cutter and Feeder
- Patent for a band cutter and feeder which cuts the bands that tie bundles of grain and feeds the grain into a threshing machine. Illustrations included.
- Boring-Tool for Oil-Wells and the Like.
- Patent for new and improved boring tools. The combined wheel bit and reamer is intended to simultaneously bore and ream.
- Brick-Machine
- Patent for "that class of brick-machines usually termed 'dry-press machines,' in which clay is taken from the bank and passed into molds in a revolving wheel" (lines 15-19) and "consists more particularly in the construction of details and combination of parts" (lines 23-25) including instructions and illustrations.
- Clamping Device for Shutters
- Patent for a clamping device for shutter slats.
- Coffee and Teapot.
- Patent for an improved coffee and teapot, in which the coffee or tea are boiled into the water and then strained out. Included instructions and illustrations.
- Combined Board-Set and Nail-Driver
- Patent for a combined board set and nail driver that allows nails to be driven into wall boards without scarring the wood.
- Cotton Separator
- Patent for Cotton Separator, The invention relates to improvements in the mechanism for pneumatically elevating or transporting materials of certain classes. It was primarily designed for the handling of cotton but is also adapted for use with other materials more or less analogous, which require to be elevated or transported for any one of several purposes.
- Cutter for Rotary Boring-Drills.
- Patent for an improvement to Hughes' previously patented rotary cutter design for oil drilling equipment (no. 930,759, 1909), to increase the cutting surface area and durability of the cutter.
- Cylinder-Mounting for Carriage-Feeds
- Patent for a cylinder mounting for carriage feeds in sawmills which wears less easily than other models.
- Demountable Cutting Edge for Drilling Tools.
- Patent for a rotary cutter with a detachable cutting edge and shearing portion that can be easily renewed or replaced.
- Discharge for Tank-Cars.
- Patent for a oil tanker discharge system, which has the valves for releasing the oil on the exterior of the tank to allow for for repair work without entering the oil tank, thereby avoiding the dangers of gas inhalation to workmen.
- Final Study Report: Cypress Creek Overflow Management Plan
- Report giving a flood management plan for the Cypress Creek overflow area in Harris County.
- Fruit and Vegetable Washer
- Patent for a fruit and vegetable washer that will also remove the skins on the fruits and vegetables.
- Gas-Governor.
- Patent for an improved gas governor that are used with gas-meters in supply-buildings and accurately regulates gas flow and pressure. The invention is a general improvement on gas governors, and is efficient in its operation.
- Gate.
- Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "the post having projecting pins or studs combined with the gate having the hinges composed of a pair of plates bolted together, the said plates being swelled outward to provide collars, which are provided with cams" (lines 66-71).
- Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying Worms on Cotton-Plants.
- Patent for improvement in insect destroyer by “placing a gas-generator on a wagon, in its lower chamber, a fire box is placed for creating sulphurous gas. A bellows attached to its lower end to regulate sufficient air in forming the sulphurous gas.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Odometers.
- Patent for an improvement to odometers used for measuring distance traveled in motor vehicles.
- Improvement in plow-stocks.
- Patent for an improvement on the plow stock that allows the user to use different plow blades and standards, depending on what kind of plowing needs to be done. Includes illustrations.
- Indicator
- Patent for an indicator. This indicator if for the use with cars as a means for moving a belt that displays the name of streets. Illustration included.
- Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner.
- Patent for a fuel burner with a simple design, which is readily taken apart or assembled, and is manufactured at a comparatively small cost.
- Manufacture of Soap.
- Patent for a new and improved soap-making process. This process "consist[s] in applying hydraulic pressure to the mass undergoing mixture and steam-heating . . . [and] thoroughly mixing the ingredients . . . in a close vessel by means of rotary blades, heating the same by steam, and at the same time applying pressure by means of a hydraulic pump to the said mixture" (lines 86-95).
- Rail Fastening
- Patent for rail fastening. This invention is designed to fasten railroad rails and consists spikes, bolts, and a flange. Illustration included.
- Railroad-Crossing Shock-Absorber.
- Patent for railroad crossings to protect the rails from contact with the vehicle wheels and to absorb the jar and vibration from passing vehicles over the crossing.
- Ratchet-Wrench.
- Patent for a wrench that uses friction-rollers to clamp the thing that is being turned. A rotary ring-shaped cam is what actually turns the wrench's object, and there are teeth that surround the outside of the cam. A pawl, when turning the handle, turns the teeth. This is what makes the cam rotate.
- Rotary Boring-Drill.
- Patent for improvements to rotary boring drills.
- Rotary-Disk Boring-Drill.
- Patent for improvements to rotary disk boring drills, including a "novel means for securely locking in the head the spindles on which the cutters are rotatably mounted."
- Rotary Drill.
- Patent for a rotary drill that more effectively dislodges disintegrated material from the drill's cutting device during well-drilling.