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Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-137

Description: 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 Commissioners' Court of Tarrant County and the Comptroller to contract to compensate county employees for the collection of delinquent taxes by a commission based on such taxes collected by such employees.
Date: April 10, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Resilient Wheel

Description: Patent for new wheel that helps vehicles drive over uneven roadways, providing "proper traction between the road surface and the wheel" (lines13-14).
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
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Resilient Wheel.

Description: Patent for "resilient wheels for use in carrying heavy loads across soft, sandy, or rough ground, being primarily intended for use upon farming machinery, trucks, gun carriages, and the like. One of the primary objects of the invention resides in providing a resilient wheel having a flexible yielding rim of relatively great width so constructed that it may flatten to a certain extent under a load to provide a large ground engaging surface so that a firm grip upon the road bed may be obtained an… more
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
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Trolly Catcher.

Description: Patent for simple and inexpensive devices for tripping the trolley pole of an electric car by automatically releasing the tension of the maintaining springs which hold the trolley pole in operative position, so that the trolley pole will drop downwardly shortly after it is displaced from under the trolley wheel and not rise up and break the suspension devices.
Date: November 10, 1912
Creator: Reames, Charles H.
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Self Feeder for Balers

Description: Patent for a self feeder for balers. This invention is designed to to feed hay into a hopper whereby the hay is compressed in the compression chamber. Illustration included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Schubert, George
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Burner for Crude Oil.

Description: Patent for "a burner for crude oil, and particularly to a construction by means which a direct or indirect draft may be utilized in the burning of the oil." (lines 11-14) and illustrations.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Lewis, Thomas E.; Ray, Albert J. & Wesson, Miley B.
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Gate

Description: Patent for a "class of gate known as a 'turnstile' or 'revolving gate'" (lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Johnson, Charles B.
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Stalk-Breaker.

Description: Patent for "an improved stalk breaker and means for mounting it on an ordinary farm-wagon and making it adjustable and possible to raise the breaker up, so that it will not strike obstructions when being moved from place to place;" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1900
Creator: Shaw, Drury P.
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Anti-Oscillating Attachment for Street-Cars.

Description: Patent for an improved anti-oscillating attachment for street-cars. It has a car truck, equalizing pivoting bars secured between the truck ends, cushions on either side of the bars, adjustable bolts that hold the bars in place, and springs between the bolts.
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Chollar, Benjamin F.
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Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a cattle guard that prevents cattle from blocking railroad tracks. It consists of sharp edged cross ties that sit on the bottom of a shallow pit, guard rails that cover the cross ties, bolts that hold the rails together, and end planks forming v-shaped serrations.
Date: October 10, 1893
Creator: Lynch, Michael L.
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Envelope.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and durable envelope that can hold many letters, documents, and similar materials. "The invention consists of two overlapping end flaps connected with each other by a band and forming, with the front, an expansible pocket for the accommodation of the documents, a top flap and a bottom flap adapted to be folded one above the other, and both over the end flaps, and a band for holding the top and bottom flaps closed" (lines 12-19).
Date: October 10, 1893
Creator: Scougale, Malcolm
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Sash Balance.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash balance. This design consists "of the strap provided with a series of holes and designed to have one end secured to the upper sash of a window, the hanger secured to the top of the window-frame and provided with the roller, the clasp or fastener secured to the lower sash and consisting of the plate having the ears and provided with a roller journaled in the ears and having the pin or stud arranged to engage the hole of the strap" (lines 85-95).
Date: June 10, 1890
Creator: Estill, Charles C.
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Stirrup.

Description: Patent for a new and improved stirrup. This design "has for its object to provide an improved stirrup wherein shall be combined lightness with strength, and wherein is provided a removable slipper and protector designed for use in winter" (lines 12-18).
Date: December 10, 1889
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
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