THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1974
VOTING PRECINCTS
‘Job should be part-time’
1. Millican
Mrs. Pearle Vance
Vernon Price - Alt.
2. Wellboyn
By GERALD OLIVIER
Staff Writer
The office of State Representative
is and should remain a part-time
job, said State Representative Bill
Presnal.
Presnal, who is running unop
posed for re-election, said that full
time legislators would lose contact
with their constituency. He said sal
ary levels of $10,000-$12,000 would
be sufficient to maintain the part-
time status of the position.
Presnal will return to his part-
time job in January. The item high
est on his list of legislative priorities
is public school financing.
“I think the ad valorem (property)
tax can support the schools,” Pre
snal said, “but I’m not so sure that it
should. ”
Presnal said he will underwrite a
statewide system of school finance.
He said the Governor is in the pro
cess of developing a program of this
type to be submitted to the legisla
ture.
The second item on Presnal s
agenda for the spring is the question
of what to do with the expected $1
billion surplus in the state budget.
Presnal said the surplus should not
be used for a tax cut, but might be
distributed to the schools on a per
pupil basis.
Last, but definitely not least, on
Presnal s list of the most important
issues before next year’s legislature
is the state constitution.
The legislature sat as a constitu
tional convention this summer, but
failed by three votes to gain the
two-thirds majority needed to re
port a document to the voters.
Presnal said the constitution was
a victim of procedures. He points to
the system of accepting amend
ments on the basis of a simple major
ity, but requiring two-third for the
passage of an article.
One of the main problems in the
convention concerned the language
to be used, Presnal said. “The same
word can mean different things to
different people, even though they
agree on the issue in question, ” Pre
snal said.
“We should have let the people
vote on the document. After all, it is
a contract between the people of the
state and their legislature, ” Presnal
said.
Speaker-apparent of the Texas
House of Representatives Bill
Clayton, a Presnal supportee, has
one possible solution.
Presnal said Clayton has obtained
an attorney general’s opinion allow
ing the legislature to report whole
articles of the constitution to the
voters in the form of constitutional
amendments.
Presnal is optimistic that a new
constitution can be sent to the peo
ple this way.
The content of a state constitution
must be considerably more detailed
than the federal document, Presnal
said. “The federal constitution is a
contract between the national gov
ernment and the states. Anything
not specifically spelled out was left
to the states to determine, ” Presnal
said. “In the state constitution there
is no one left to leave the specifics
to.”
One of the most controversial
“specifics in the constitution de
feated this summer was the “Right
to Work’ provision. This would
prohibit the establishment of closed
shops (requiring an employe to join
a union) by unions.
Presnal said he is strongly in favor
of including such a provision.
“This is not something which
should be left to the whim of the
legislature,” Presnal said.
Presnal said he likes the concept
of a plural elected executive. Some
of the offices, like the comptroller
and railroad commissioners, serve
as checks on the governor and the
legislature.
Th e elected, rather than ap
pointed, positions serve to provide
Michael Hensarling
Mrs. Dolly Olden - Alt.
Realtor seeks re-election
as Justice of the Peace
By JACK HODGES
Staff Writer
Attorneys should not hold the
position of Justice of the Peace, said
A. P. Boyett Jr., who is unopposed
in a Nov. 7 election for Justice of the
Peace (JP) in College Station.
“If JPs are lawyers they create
conflicts of interest because they
devote too much time to their prac
tice. They would be making money
from their law practice and as JP,
said Boyett who is not a lawyer.
Although there was a move in the
last constitutional convention to do
away with justice positions, Boyett
said he feels they are a vital part of
the court system. Without them
there would be an overload in the
higher courts, he said.
“The university has grown so
much in the past few years that
there is a local need for more justice
courts,” Boyett said. Another
reason for the heed is that the speed
limits have decreased and there are
more speeding cases being handled,
he said.
Justice of the Peace courts in
Brazos County try cases in civil and
criminal matters which do not ex
ceed $200. Court is held when
necessary, according to law. They
may not sentence persons to jail ex
cept for contempt of court and fail
ure to pay fines. The maximum is
one day in jail or one day in jail for
each five dollars of a fine.
The justice can grant approval of
jury trials or appeals which are
under the jurisdiction of the county
court.
The basic duties of the justice
courts is to provide a fast and inex
pensive way of settling small claims
and disputes without the use of
lawyers or filing suits in a higher
court.
The JP court also handles write,
warrants, and processes, arraign
ments, and bail. They also conduct
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10. College Station Fire Station
11. Crockett School
Mrs. George Draper
Mrs. A. O. Quitta - Alt.
pre-trial hearing.
Hot check cases take up about 25
per cent of court time.Weddings,
speeding tickets, car accidents and
deaths are handled the rest of the
time. Boyett said he does not think
the JP should he in charge of estab
lishing whether a person is dead or
not.
“I think it is a terrible burden for a
justice to be made a medical ex
aminer,” said Boyett, “because they
know very little about being a doc
tor. With this, there is a greater
probability of mistakes in determin
ing the causes of death.
Boyett, 52, was born and raised in
College Station. He owns real estate
in College Station and is the co
owner of the Townhouse Apart
ments in College Station which are
4 unit complexes in the Northgate
area.
Salaries for the JPs are $9,000 and
are set by the commissioners court.
The term of the JP is four years.
continuity in state government,
Presnal said. “We don’t want the
governor to come in after being
elected and change things over
night.”
Another perennial question in
the legislature is the Permanent
University Fund. Presnal is in favor
of continuing the present system
under which the University of Texas
gets two thirds and A&M gets one
third of the proceeds of the fund.
Suggestions have been made to split
the fund up among the other schools
in the state.
“You have to have certain univer
sities that are pre-eminent in their
fields and the Permanent Fund
helps to ensure that, Presnal said.
He added that he could not think of
a single case where A&M had mis
used the fund, but that UT may
have been too “flamboyant.”
When Presnal isn’t working at his
part time job in Austin, he can be
found either at his office with the
Research Foundation or on his
ranch outside of town.
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Mrs. Bums Dubose - Alt.
Superintendent sees little action
‘QUALITY FIRST”
By ROXIE HEARN
Staff Writer
Brazos County has no county
schools, but it does have a county
school superintendent.
As J. B. (Jack) Streetman, who has
held the office since September and
is running unopposed for re-
election Nov. 5, explained, “I can t
even remember when there was a
county school.
“Since transporting students had
been the major concern of the
county school superintendent, the
office has had to take a new direc
tion,” he said.
“When W. D. Bunting retired,
the last of the transportation plan
ning was taken over by Bryan-
College Station’s independent
school districts.
“I was appointed by county offi
cials to coordinate a program of con
tinuing adult education in Brazos
County.”
The program, called “community
education,” is now being offered in
night classes in Bryan’s public
schools.
Streetman coordinated the prog
ram for three years at Bryan High
before his selection as county
superintendent.
He has had 28 years of experience
in education, spending 21 of them at
Allen Academy , as a teacher-
counselor.
As county superintendent,
Streetman, 60, receives $14,136
annually. He holds no other job.
Community Education serves a
three-fold purpose, according to
Streetman. Adults can take non-
scholastic courses such as bridge,
cake decorating, crochet, needle
point, lace draping or powder pufl
mechanics.
Courses may be taken for high
school credit, including all those re
quired for a diploma. Both of these
divisions are self-supporting, said
Streetman.
A third aspect of the program is
federally funded: Adult Basic Edu
cation. This program teaches read
ing, writing, mathematics and re
medial English. Good health prac
tice, home management and citi
zenship are also taught.
With the third division the stu
dent may work toward a General
Education Development (GED)
test, which offers the equivalent bf a
high school diploma.
“The primary purpose of our
program is to give these people an
opportunity to improve themselves,
either by completing their high
school education or simply enrich
ing themselves.”
The program enrolls 632 students
presently, 12 of which are teen
agers. About 40 teachers are emp
loyed, Streetman said.
"This gives us an opportunity to
use our buildings at night, when
they would normally just be shut
down, and it’s not costing the local
taxpayers one penny,” Streetman
said.
JACK STREETMAN
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