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OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
the anawt to hour request for 8n aplnlaa, -. 

St lr bdleved that tba m&ore of the OonstlWaiaa wn sot co auoh mnaamwil ln festering ;irfrate lsw 

suit0 ktwen tbo borrowr and lwk3or who, in every 06x?*, 

:I.FB the intexwntad print* parties to 8 umtriow lean bob 

tlpslst, a8 they uere to pmren$ usuFy. the ;rwmtLM of 

ire:2ri3w btiargas won 108nn Is a matter of state :-allay, 

3.8 often dealamrd by tha dwrte, and &e &mm br t5eatbak 

Ll, Miolo XVI', of the bonrtltution, vhloh, in matsrl.& 

pars, aretMar1 

l Al.1 oantraaots for a gTwter rat0 

of interest than ten per arntum 7er mma, #ha11 be deelaad uaurlour, and the 

first Uglrlature after thtr mien&meat 

i# tit@&, d%dl Fl’Ol%d. mF.htO 

pshr aa poaaltkr m tha 

rUrt---@ oJhQoPeooting ouw.) 
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Xt rlL1 thus br swn thet the ?alnr and pwaltio8 

uhclieh tb Oanrtitutlon aeatlona, and upon Jllah tbs teglslc 

tar ~0 aoiaaanbd to aut, wm only l man8 to pnrrnt tru 

ehmglng of uaurlaualntenti on louis oiaonaf. hu &mm 

B&l1 la qaartloa la obvloualy cVmm for the pur~6sa rb 

mw oxpnar swd~ authorlay to ma Attelq a&mm= 

~telnatltute auitlatk amaa &and oathabehriv6# 

th, 3ta to to onjoln a na l upCZ'Mcl an o-1 *trloh b88 ggmn in- 

*a 8 ;‘pb’Lla wreag w re8son of tba fas, 80 ln off& a8- 

o&rod In tlm Nil, that 8 a18M or pomona an 8rregatl.ag 

to thenelves tha porrogatlto ot aarr~lng on tho buaiaeal 

d l ~~~loaning aonoy is tbr ueo 8nu aotOnti0a fd 

t&U* ursurloua intweat lc being aharged, outal& of and 

%R &eflmeo of tt, Oonatitutlon. 

ft ;r ret forth In the eme~enq alaucre of thlo 

BlLl Wiot tha usur7 law of Texao 8re balng flmtlg 

yi let& and unoonselonablo omer 8.3 being L&O w q 

Imbsrs, ubd th i8ot that suah przotloo 18 genanil la rrpao 

$9&W% Of tM St&ts, 8& that tf‘.O QmUSlt .%t&tUtea Of .&ml8 

m l~qrute to afford zmteatlon to the zubllo geluMl# 

~lnat auah unl8wful and urmonaoleYtablo praotlve areatea 

ti eppnoy, rnd UL iapcrmtiw -:ubllo nsoWslty that tM 

oai.atltutiCUAd 1y18 PWpIFierg bill@ a0 b0 P?Id On t&F+38 

mr lwl aya bo susp o nda dm, l to. 
The l nroting of thlr Bill by tho kglal,btu?a 

vdll l onrtltut* * logllbtln finding of the l xlrtema 

er t ha irat ret forth ln *ho 8wqpn8y *1auao, 8834 du 

sf#w4aaple Jartitimtlon, U sub nnlagal~nncros). 

~,t68IilthOl'b. ~kglti8t~tOOZi8.t &bVWhUb 

wlU -to tb Attormy Gonbraltb mtharltyta pIlb 

ti la bblf ef the *to for the ptarporrr and In tb 

mmo~ ~alfbally tlofl.nad lnthis Bill, dl uhloh aa&& 

orl)j thb Attorn* tJonenl doer not nou posmra, u)r 

a- se 8 rraant &aal8lon by ths uuprem amId oft?48 

a&to. 

?& f8Ot that no WA&i 8UthOtitr nf3W l xiStS ia 

Mb0 Attomay &moral pmronte no aonst~tutlonil grourda 

f8P th0 b$itl8tUFO to dOnj 8UOh 8uthOFity. 8OOtbfi ,?2 of 

mtio;Lo IV, of Uw ffonrtttutlon, sitar l nJolnlng u~r7 tt;cr 

htonu~ bROZ'd tbS pOS'fOr~:MO~ Of OtiJ 8 f,W O~X-366 

4btl.48, $WOtidO6 that ha nhdl 'porion sush othrr flutiles 

:a say be rmqulrad by la* . The quote& phmer aaaie:, eb 

oatme, that ruob othsr dutbr rust be ometad lnta lax bq 

thOU(tiilhtW, ~V%J'bAOOftid~@80~~~,8~FJ4P~ 

8~s athor grants aont8fnrd ln tlm (lon#tltutlon, it 1s within1& l ;?OWW of tba Lygirl8tw to oPsat0 ~~a~tiord 

OUUMa Of8OtiOlbiEf#+or oith# St&o, ti to Mk8 ittkd 

08sluoll8 8uty of tb Irtterm~ ao5aMl to plwowta o?a 

mdtd. Prom tlal to tim the Llglsbtw &a am08 fit k 
iitwmmbl~ XBX V, Boyeo, June 13, l%@, Ps(lu b 

n l enfer a ildith wl 8uAlthoFl’lt;l upon the Atterney tiner&., 

aa so er ea tWV o 88ueeI o f l o tb n. T*x. Jur ., va 1 8, . 

* rnj Hmao w* T*rroll,lo@?u.W, so0 g.w.ma; 

may w. Braokor, 88 hr. 288, 8B 8.W. tobe. 

In tha want 4aaa of Ex Part0 &wry R +!mgb+ 

tbr, 8ugmmo Cawt, in an oplnieu na* ye* publfrbd, held 

that tithaut rtmh leglilatlon l e l 8bodlri In tha pa4Ln.g 

.B&ll, ty httorwy carural wuld not Ql'OOMd ln rquiv 

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a@& R,,ghea and othora by reason of the 01usee asmab 

ataxhlally deilnrd in th pending Iull. ¶%a oplntaa & 

taw 8upasIe cour6 in tkat 08s*, -~owwr, rllulough nyfatiwly expreraod, afforda aaplr basin for, and remzee* 

t& emet~tut10w.l power in the hglrY.atw to etLae8 WI8 

Ull.1 Into la*. The Oowt aaid, in part8 

"If the Attorner Oeneral of County 

Attarnay, or bath of thata, haye %ha ri.@~t 

or ,+wr to 1net1tut. end prar*out* euah 

uuit in th8 Uefrlot oourt, Jg@¶ WMlrt 

@a bowr or IUt).sdlation to .UT%JI~ tha 

i2kJpaati~e prim I~u&. 43~1 the otimr 

hand, lf neither the Att@rMJ OWWal 

nor tlm Wuntr Attomuy hrr the rQhS o? 

pcMlr to lwtltuto uld prweautr au& 

sulk* In tbr Uatrlet eowt, it use* fax.- 

18~ that the Uetrlot mmrt is wlMon8 

Ilmnar8bl.o n8x w. Boyw, Juao lS, lS39, page 0 

lava by infuaothn, OP in zany ether 

my.9 osndwroorlAg 0ura.l 

no aqpwat 18 w0.r~ to 8hOT that t&o m 

atbaa, an6 only reason that tb SuprOw Comrt hold that 

$2~ &t,ttorwy Oenerml could not proowd Is the auu,of 

she mate qplnetthe relatarmghw 8ndtha otlnrplc 

sons i.wolred in that proeradi~ to neJoln them from 

ewgi~8~UwLl4etl.ngusuriow ~44 urreonuleaablm 

atYlxqp# for Laanr o? mmey, uaa bwmmr the k@elatpII 

had th0m0r0~0 barn nalss in not parchg 0 law wid6l.l 

mxld +m rutkoris8d thr Attomey Cb!Ht~ to w Bl’e4S-d 

ln the name of the state. T’e paraphnsr th lmgum af 

the Suprew Courtr wtnnthe l4gIrl~tere rhallhn omk 

f.-we4 u?ontho Att+rray 3eneralthe right md ?ore~ te 

l.-stitute and poteoute suoh B suit in the Dlotrlat Owwt, 

SUM Qotart will then h*re t!s power and Jurlsdiotlon to 

glrant th 1nJuwtiw rails? in the manner and to thma& - 

8eu$ as 18 preriffed ln the peading Bill. 

It ir, th~rafmu, aw oplnlon 0r t r.ls Oewrt 23~8 

ttmt this Bill ir eonstitutbn&