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Other provisions deal with
matters which could be more
easily dealt with as statutory
law than as constitutional law,
according to Jackson.
•*The question is not whether
to abolish these provisions, but
whether they should be found
in the constitution," Jackson
said.
Cindy Nonidez, also of the
Institute of Government said
issues considered in constitu
tional revision might deal with
gubernatorial succession —
whether the governor should
be allowed more than one
term; should officers of
agencies be provided for in the
constitution ana should they all
be independently elected as
they are now; how long should
the terms of state senators and
representatives be; and should
counties and cities have more
“home rule" without interfer
ence by the state.
GOV. CARTER'S reorgani
zation plan also calls for some
constitutional revision, accord
ing to Jackson This revision
has been started by isolation of
all the constitutional provisions
which will be affected and
drafting amendments to
change their nature to fit the
plan, he said.
If major revision of the
constitution is effected, Jack-
son said that one of two things
would happen to the reorgani
zation provisions.
Either (1) the amendments
would be retained or incorpor
ated in the constitution, or (2)
the provisions would become
statutory law.
Editorial change rather than
substantive change, however,
is the first step in revision of
the constitution, Saye, Jackson
and Nonidez agreed.
THE CONSTITUTION will
have to be put in some logical
form before any substantive
changes can be made, Saye
said.
"The major weakness as I
see it is in the form. It is too
long, inconsistent, ambiguous.
Few people in the state know
what it means," Saye claimed.
Jackson said. "It is my
feeling that the most we could
expect from this session is
editorial revision. That is the
first step."
Jackson said that the most
likely response to be expected
from this session of the
General Assembly would be
the appointment of a study
commission to recommend
changes.
Pete McCommons. also of
the Institute of Government,
said that some states had
accomplished constitutional
revision by considering a few
articles at a time each until a
new constitution was drafted.
HE SAID that in a conserva
tive state such as Georgia this
method would probably be
approved. He said the net
result, even if it took 10 years,
would be better than what we
have now.
McCommons said, however,
that he personally would prefer
some method which would
consider the whole document
at once to promote the
cohesiveness of the constitu
tion.
Other methods for drafting a
new document include the
traditional convention method
where the people elect dele
gates to a body which would
revise or write a new
document. This method is
impractical now because of its
unwieldly nature and because
of the need for export
knowledge of constitutional law
in drafting a new constitution
Another. more probable
method in which a commission
is appointed to study the needs
of the state, draft a new
constitution and submit it to
the legislature for approval.
This method has been used in
the recent past for attempts at
constitutional revision, and has
been relatively successful.
Motorbikes-is
yours too loud?
The Traffic Safety Depart
ment has promised stepped up
enforcement of existing noise
ordinances governing motor
cycles. according to Martin
Van Vleck. director of traffic
safety
Motorbikes that have exces
sively loud mufflers will be
stopped by University Police,
with a warning issued on the
first offense. The violator will
be given a reasonable time to
get the muffler corrected.
A motorbike operator with
an excessively loud muffler
can be fined $10 and have his
University registration re
voked.
Students who think that the
noise level of their motorbike
may be too great, may have
the sound measured by a test
which the Traffic Safety
Department conducts free,
according to Van Vleck.
The sound level tests are
given from 8:30 a m. to 4:30
p.m.. Mon. through Fri.
Ag. Alumni elect
, Inglis as president
Hugh A Inglis has been
elected president of the Agri
cultural Alumni Association.
Inglis was previously secre
tary treasurer of the organiza
tion He had field that office for
five years.
Inglis succeeds Olin Ginn
Reese Dunson has assumed the
secretary-treasurer position
White House gets tree
< \STI.E ROCK, Wash
<LTI' President Nixon's
Christmas tree got a flying
start Tuesday on its cross
country journey to the White
House.
Former Red and Black
editor Ken Willis will speak
on Red and Black policy
tonight at 7 p.m. at
Demosthenian. The public is
invited.
Alternate C&S?
Several students in Vincent Bellafiore's environmental design
class took the C&S property on the corner of Washington and
Lumpkin streets as one of their environmental design
projects. Robert Edney. an architect with Heery and Heery.
judged the best proposed design and Marshall Bennett, the
winner, was given a $25 savings certificate by C&S assistant
vice-president Tom Rankin Left to right are Bennett. Rankin.
Bellafiore and Edney
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The 26-foot fir was lifted by
Army National Guard helicop
ter from the side of a remote
canyon about 30 miles north
east ot here and flown at the
end of a rope for several miles
back to civilization
It will be trimmed down to 20
feet before being shipped to
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