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Combined Computing Device and Weighing-Scale.

Description: Patent for "a simple, economical, and portable combined computing and weighing scale for ordinary use so simple in its operation that an illiterate person can manipulate it with as much facility as one trained to the practical use of more complicated devices" (lines 20-25).
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Stephens, John H.

Cabinet

Description: Patent for a phonograph cabinet which has specialized storage for records with a built in cataloging and record finding system composed of letters running horizontally across the cabinet and numbers on a sliding strip which when put together with a letter will indicate the position of the record.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Keltz, Eugene

Horse-Detacher.

Description: Patent for improvements in horse-detachers by engaging “straps or chains spring-actuated bolts to the free ends of the pivoted levers; and on the opposite ends of said levers hooks are attached for securing trace or tug straps.” (Lines 21-25) Illustration is included.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Napier, John S.

Churn-Dash.

Description: Patent for new improvements to a churn dash, including two concentric rings joined by inclined wings with accompanying illustrations.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Renfro, John R., Jr.

Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a hay baling press that uses less compressions per bale to lengthen the life of the press and speed up the process, requires less workers to attend to it, and is a more powerful baler than previous models. It also could be operated by horses or by a gas-motor.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Carney, James A.

Harness Attachment.

Description: Patent for a simple, strong, and durable back-band and chain trace attachment that connects the two. This holds "the chain trace and back-band in their proper places and thus prevent[s] chafing of the horse, &c., by the trace chain when it slackens" (lines 12-15).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Camp, John Cecil

Combined Measure and Funnel.

Description: Patent for a combined measure and funnel that can be used to fill small-mouthed vessels. It can support itself and is adjustable in order to fit different sized vessels and has "a means for stopping the flow of liquid from the measure whenever so desired and to allow it to flow at will" (lines 26-28).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Holt, Dudley T.

Field Thrashing-Machine.

Description: Patent for a field thrashing-machine that can be carried into a field and harvests the tops of standing grain as it is carried forward. The machine also thrashes the grain, separates the grain from the chaff, and delivers the grain in a receptacle.
Date: December 18, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Axel

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-646

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Wilbarger County to pay for land on which is to be established a facility to be operated by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and related questions.
Date: April 6, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6215

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Can an otherwise qualified voter in the town of West Vernon now render his property for the year 1944 to the Tax Assessor, and then vote in an election called for the abolishment of the municipality?
Date: October 2, 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7211

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Did the amendment to its charter adopted by the City of Vernon in October, 1945, prevent the City from holding another election to amend its charter for a period of two years?
Date: May 9, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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