a certain character is urohibitory a ,.,
Hon. R. Emmett Worse, page l3 (O-726)
of such acts as those laws would authorize.13t We believe.Section 13-C of,this bill is discriminatory as to certain features thereof and thereforeviolates the "equal protection"clause of the United States Constitutionand the following provisionsof the Constitutionof Texas: Article III, Section 56. "The Legislatureshall not, except as otherwise provided in th&Constitu- tion, pass any local or'special law authorizing..... fixing the rate of interest." Article I, Section 3. "All free men, when they form a social compact,have equal rights,.and.no man, or set of men, is entitled to exclusivesseparate public emoluments,or privil8ges,~~but in considerationof public services." : ,. Article.I Saction~19: oivo.'kti&i of. this state shall.be'JrpriV8d:'of'~,lif8.;~ liber.ty,.. property, privi- leges or immunities;.orinanymanner disfranchised:, ~8XC8ptby Ch8 dUeCoUrS8,Of the +3W~Of th8.tind.w -1 Section.l3C prOvid8S.that~ a licensed lender in accorpance'withthe rate provisions-ofSection 13-A be found by a.court to.,beusurious, suchlender will be ~penalizea~ only to the extent of lC$.Of the principalamount of the lOan;
whereas if.a'non-licensedlender (a!idhe;