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- 78th Texas Legislature, First Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 4
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to recognizing October 24, 2003, as Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services Day in Texas.
- 78th Texas Legislature, First Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 7
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to granting the legislature the permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, July 10, 2003, and ending on Tuesday, July 15, 2003.
- 78th Texas Legislature, First Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 8
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Carly Bender on being crowned Preteen Miss Majorette of Texas and recognizing July 21-27, 2003, as National Baton Twirling Week.
- Acetylene-Gas-Generating Apparatus.
- Patent for "improvements in apparatus for generating acetylene , and comprises the novel features." (lines 8-10) including illustration.
- Bale Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a short thin plate of metal having two tongues . . . fronting each other, said plate being pivoted at one end to the bale-hoop . . . the other end of the bale-hoop being passed under the tongues and drawn tightly around the bale, the expansion of the bale on the hoop causes the respective ends to pull on the respective ends of the tie-plate . . . so as to grip the edges of the end passed between the tongues and hold it firmly" (lines 7-19).
- Belt
- Patent for an invention that relates to belts. The primary object of the invention is to provide a belt, which includes an outer casing having a buckle attached and a tab slidably positioned within one end of the outer casing for coaction.
- Burial-Casket.
- Patent for a burial casket made of plastic and woven wire fabric "of great strength and minimum weight" (lines 20-21) and an air- and water-tight lid, including illustrations.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consist[s] of a draw-head having a spring-actuated sliding piece projecting into the draw-head, with a shouldered end therein, and a hole adapted to register with the coupling-holes in the draw-head, a coupling-link having yielding slotted pieces pivoted at its ends above slots in the ends of the link, and a coupling-pin with reacting spring mounted in a frame having a winding-drum, and a rope connected with the coupling-pin, the latter projecting through and engaging the sliding piece and link" (lines 76-87).
- Car Coupling
- Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
- Coffee Pot
- Patent for a coffee pot. Illustration included.
- Coin Controlled Vending Machine
- Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustration included.
- Condenser.
- Patent for a new and improved condenser. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a series of condensing-compartments, forming a continuous convoluted condensing-vessel having vertical walls, to be employed in the process of extracting alcohol, essential oils, ether, &c." (lines 18-23).
- 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).
- Corn-Flour and Process of Producing the Same.
- Patent for a new type of corn tortilla flour and the process for cooking the corn in lime water, producing a flour that keeps as long as wheat flour and eliminates the need for grinding before use.
- Cotton-Gin.
- Patent for an improved method of locating the air blast apparatus for cleaning lint from the saw teeth of saw-type cotton gins, so that the cotton lint does not accumulate on the cleaning apparatus and render it inoperative, including illustrations.
- Curtain and Shade Support.
- Patent for a curtain device that allows for adjusting shades/curtains to different lengths or positions in order to fit the window they cover, without changing or damaging the window casing, curtain pole, or shade roller.
- Device for the Protection of Vessels.
- Patent for a device that protects boats and consists of supporting plates, two of which are firmly secured to the side of the boat, springs between the supporting plates, and chains that limit the movement of supporting plates.
- Earth Borer and Excavator
- Patent for an Improvement in Earth Boring and Excavating Machines whereby the machines may operate continuously except for the addition of shaft and belt sections.
- Fan
- Patent for a fan. Illustration included.
- Focus Report, Volume 74, Number 23, July 1996
- Report on sex offender notification laws in Texas and surrounding controversy.
- FY 1996-98 Transportation Improvement Program: San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Area
- The Transportation Improvement Program outlines a list of federally assisted transportation projects that will be implemented over a three year period in the San Antonio - Bexar County area.
- Garden-Hoe Cultivator.
- Patent for "a combination garden hoe and cultivating implement ... which has a number of interchangeable working elements and ... can be quickly adjusted for use as a drill opener, solid sweep, hoe, or turning plow" (lines 12-20).
- Hair-Tonic
- Patent for use the liquid preparation is applied to the head once a day why the scalp is thoroughly irrigated, and the after once or twice a week. By its use the hair will be prevented from falling out as often occurs after fevers, and when the foilices are not dead a new growth of hair will be formed on bald heads.[20]
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for improved construction and arrangement of car-couplings.
- Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines.
- Patent for a "gin-saw-filing machine consisting, essentially, of a rotary and intermittingly movable file, of an intermittingly-operated feed and check device, and of adjustable reciprocating sharpening-files".
- Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.
- Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Lamp.
- Patent for a new and improved oil lamp. This design "relates to improvements in lamps in which the reservoir is beveled, adapting it for use in conjunction with a conical corrugated reflector; and the object of [the] improvement is to produce a lamp that will afford more and better light with a given amount of oil" (lines 7-13).
- Neck-Yoke.
- Patent for "a safety attachment for neck yokes which, if the neck yoke or the straps which connect it to the pole or to the collars break, will come into action and prevent the pole from dropping" (lines 8-13).
- Non-Refillable Bottle.
- Patent for a specification to improve the design and function non-refillable bottles.
- Pipe Grip
- Patent for pipe grip. Illustration included.
- Process of Making Hydrochloric Acid and Calcium Carbid
- Patent for "new and useful processes in treating fused calcium chlorid with acetylene gas or other gases mixed therewith, whereby hydrochloric-acid gas and calcium carbid may be produced," (lines 12-16) thus making the manufacturing processes of hydrochloric-acid cheaper while also producing calcium carbid more economically.
- Quilting Frame.
- Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design "is to improve the means for suspending a quilting-frame, so that a sewing-machine may be more conveniently used in the quilting operation" (lines 7-10).
- Rail Joint
- Patent for a rail joint. Illustrations included.
- Reversible Steam-Engine.
- Patent for "reversible reciprocating steam engines, its objects being to simplify the mechanism for reversing the valve, and to provide a valve in which the area of steam pressure upon its face is reduced to the minimum." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- San Antonio Annual Budget: 1976
- Budget adopted by the City Council for San Antonio, Texas describing revenue estimates, appropriations, and other financial information for the fiscal year 1975-76.
- San Antonio-Bexar County Urban Transportation Study: Unified Planning Work Program, Fiscal Year 1996
- This documents delineates the activities to be accomplished during the period October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996, the funding requirements, and the agency responsible for accomplishing the tasks.
- Saw-Handle.
- Patent for Saw-Handle that blows air out of its handle to clear the saw's teeth of dust.
- Screening Device.
- Patent for a screening device that offers "an improved means for imparting motion to and controlling or varying the motion of the screen to affect a separation of the materials undergoing treatment." (lines 10-13).
- Still for Distillation of Petroleum
- Patent for improvements in still design for distillation of petroleum or its products, providing relief for any suddenly formed vapors and preventing the oil from boiling over.
- Sulky Cultivator.
- Patent for a new and improved sulky cultivator. This design consists in "the beam having the cross-bar at its rear end, and the rearward-diverging brace-arms connecting the beam to the ends of the cross-bar, the links hinged to the rear ends of the brace-arms and pivoted to the sulky-frame, the hand lever fulcrumed on the frame, and the rod connecting the hand-lever to the front end of the beam" (lines 40-48).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-111
- 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: What is the responsibility and duty of the Commissioners’ Court sitting as an Equalization Board in those cases where the Tax Assessor fails to cause taxpayers to list and value their properties and sign and swear to same, and related questions.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-286
- 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: Exemption of devise and bequest to a charitable organization under submitted facts.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-143
- 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 Proprietary School Tuition Protection Fund as created by Texas Education Code section 32.91 manifests sufficient characteristics of a trust to require interest from the fund to be credited to the Tuition Protection Fund rather than the General Revenue Fund (RQ-309)
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-144
- 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 a Water Commission hearings examiner in a contested case about issuance of hazardous waste permit may communicate ex parts with other employees of the commission (RQ-97)
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-67
- 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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of H.B. 1683, 63rd Leg..
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-68
- 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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether it is a trespass for a boat, floating in tidal water, to occupy a position over private, submerged property.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-353
- 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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The Responsibility of the Department of Public Welfare under Title 2 of the Family Code.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-646
- 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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Medical treatment of voluntarily admitted patients at state schools for the mentally retarded.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-647
- 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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Harris County Commissioners Court to impose a charge for handling of child support payments by the juvenile probation department.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-1214
- 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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Distribution of funds to minor children by the Employees Retirement System.