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- 83rd Texas Legislature, Second Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 19
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives commemorating the 40th anniversary of Austin Community College.
- 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).
- Ceiling-Plate.
- Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
- Coin-Sorter.
- Patent for a coin sorter that sorts coins according to their dimensions and places in a receptacle with removable bottom cover to collect the sorted coins.
- Crayon-Holder
- Patent for a new and useful crayon holder, including instructions and illustrations.
- Elevating Brick Car
- Patent for an elevating brick car. This invention "is to improve construction of elevating brick cars or trucks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient car or truck designed for use in a brick yard for carrying bricks from a machine to a yard, kiln, or drier" (line 11-17). Illustrations included.
- Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.
- Patent for improvement in breech-loading fire-arms.
- Improvement in Machines for Extracting Cotton and Corn Stalks.
- Patent for the improvement of pulling the roots of cotton and corn stalks while minimizing the damage to the soil, including illustration.
- Improvement in Methods of Forming Saw-Teeth.
- Patent for "a rule for giving to the backs of saw-teeth such an angle as will allow the teeth to be made of proper strength and at the same time to be chambered out and pointed so that they will cut the wood like chisels instead of scraping or tearing the wood." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Saws.
- Patent for improvements to circular or straight saws that steady the saw and prevent vibration and buckling. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.
- Patent for an improved stalk-puller for use in pulling cotton-stalks in preparing the land for another crop.
- Incubator.
- Patent for an incubator, which automatically turns all the eggs to allow them to get the same amount of warmth and light.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Second Called Session, Friday, July 19, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the third day of the Second Called session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Mosquito-Canopy.
- Patent for a folding bed that has a mosquito canopy that automatically unfolds over it. It includes instructions and illustrations.
- Motor-Vehicle.
- Patent for "improving the construction of motor vehicles, especially the running gear...and to provide a strong and durable construction adapted to afford a sufficient support for the motor and driving gears at a point beneath the body of the vehicle and between the front and rear axles where a load can be carried to greatest advantage" (lines 11-19).
- Rotary Steam Engine.
- Patent for a new and improved rotary steam engine. This design "first, provide[s] a novel form of valve for regulating the induction and eduction of steam to and from the cylinder; second, [it] provide[s] novel devices for reversing the movements of the rotating pistons; and, third, [it] provide[s] novel combinations of the parts of which the engine is composed"
- Shutter Fastener.
- Patent for a new and improved blind fastening. This design "relates to an improvement in fastenings for outside blinds, shutters, or the like, and the purpose of [the] device is to provide a fastening that cannot be unlocked from the outside, even though slats be cut from the blinds or shutters to which the fastening is applied and two hands or arms are thrust through within reach of the said fastening. [The] fastening has two catching-latches, one locking and holding latch, and one bolt, all to be operated simultaneously when the blind is closed against the sill, [so] said blind may be released" (lines 12-24).
- Siphon-Pump Attachment for Oil-Cans.
- Patent for a siphon pump attachment that takes up little space and can be used in different sized containers. It is an improvement on a previous patent granted to E. A. Franklin (No. 503,232).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-487
- 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; Taxation of Improvements on Land.
- 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.
- 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.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-354
- 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: Reimbursement of travel expenses of a District Attorney for travel to Austin in connection with cases which he prosecuted in the trial court and which had been reversed on appeal.