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                                                                 EXHIBIT 3.1(C)


                          FIRST ALTERNATIVE AMENDMENTS
                                     SEA III

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                    RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
                        SOUTHEAST ACQUISITIONS III, L.P.

         This FIRST AMENDMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of November 5, 1997
is to the Restated Limited Partnership Agreement (the "Partnership Agreement")
of Southeast Acquisitions III, L.P. (the "Partnership"), dated June 1, 1989, by
and between SOUTHEAST ACQUISITIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as general
partner (the "General Partner") and the Persons admitted as limited partners
pursuant to the Partnership Agreement.

         WHEREAS, a special meeting (the "Meeting") of the Limited Partners was
duly held on November 5, 1997; and

         WHEREAS, at the Meeting a majority in interest of the Limited Partners
have voted to adopt the following Amendments to the Partnership Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Amendments are adopted and are effective as of
November 5, 1997.

         1. Southeast Acquisitions, Inc. is hereby removed as the General
Partner of the Partnership, and Southern Management Group, LLC, a Tennessee
Limited Liability Company, is substituted therefor as successor General Partner
of the Partnership. On and after the date of this Amendment, except as the
context may otherwise require, all references to the General Partner in the
Partnership Agreement shall mean Southern Management Group, LLC.

         2. Section 1.3 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                "1.3. TERM. The Partnership shall exist for a term ending
         December 31, 2000, at which time it shall be dissolved, unless sooner
         dissolved or terminated as provided in this Agreement (the "Term")."

         3. Section 1.4 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                "1.4. PLACE OF BUSINESS. The principal place of business of
         the Partnership shall be at 301 South Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 115,
         Nashville, TN 37211, or at another location selected by the General
         Partner, who shall give notice of any change to the Limited Partners.
         The Partnership may have such additional offices or places of business
         as the General Partner may determine."



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         4. The first sentence of Section 2.1 is amended in its entirety to read
as follows:

                "2.1. GENERAL PARTNER. The General Partner is Southern
         Management Group, LLC, a Tennessee Limited Liability Company, 301
         South Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 115, Nashville, Tennessee."

         5. Section 4.2(a) is amended by adding at the end of the Section the
following:

                "(xiii) Reserve to itself or an Affiliate or enter into a
         contract for the exclusive right to sell or exclusive employment to
         sell property for the Partnership."

         6. Section 4.3(b) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                "(b) Without the consent of a majority in interest of the
         Limited Partners, the General Partner shall not have the authority to:

                (i) sell or otherwise dispose of at one time all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, except that the
         General Partner may sell such assets without such consent (A) in
         connection with the liquidation of the Partnership under Section 6.3 or
         (B) if the net proceeds of such sale, when distributed in accordance
         with Section 3.1, will be sufficient to provide the Limited Partners
         with distributions equal to the Acquisition Cost of the assets sold."

         7. Section 4.3(g) is deleted in its entirety and clauses 4.3(h) through
(t) are hereby renumbered 4.3(g) through (s) respectively.

         8. Section 4.5(b) is amended in its entirety as follows:

                "(b) For the services and activities to be performed by the
         General Partner in connection with the administration and management of
         the Partnership and the Property from November 5, 1997 to the end of
         the Term, the General Partner shall receive a management fee of $26,500
         per year (prorated for a portion of the year) during the Term of the
         Partnership. The management fee shall be paid to the General Partner
         for such services on conclusion of each calendar quarter. If the
         Partnership does not have sufficient cash to pay the management fee for
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         quarter, such fee shall be accrued (without interest) as a debt of the
         Partnership, payable out of Sale or Financing proceeds prior to any
         Partner receiving his distributions in accordance with the Agreement."

         9. Section 4.5(c) shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                "(c) The General Partner or its Affiliates may receive the
         entire competitive real estate commission or disposition fee (that real
         estate or brokerage commission or disposition fee paid for the purchase
         or sale of property which is reasonable, customary and competitive in
         light of the size, type and location of the property), with respect to
         sales of Partnership property following November 5, 1997 which are not
         under contract as of such date. The total compensation paid to all
         Persons for the sale of Partnership property shall be limited to a
         competitive real estate commission or disposition fee not to exceed 10%
         of the contract price for the sale of the property. The commission or
         disposition fee shall be paid upon sale of the property prior to any
         distribution to the Partners in accordance with this Agreement;
         provided that the amount of any such commission or disposition fee paid
         to the General Partner shall reduce any distribution to which it would
         otherwise be entitled pursuant to this Agreement."

         10. Section 11.1 is amended by adding the following definition as the
first definition in the Section:

                "Acquisition Cost" with respect to a Partnership asset means
         the price originally paid by the Partnership to acquire the asset,
         including the value of any mortgages or liens on the asset assumed by
         the Partnership at the time of acquisition, excluding points and
         prepaid interest."

And by adding the following definition following the definition of "Agreement":

                "all or substantially all the assets of the Partnership" means
         60% or more of the real estate acreage held by the Partnership as of
         September 22, 1997."

         11. Except as amended hereby, the Partnership Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect.

          12. Terms not defined herein which are defined in the Partnership
Agreement shall have the same meanings herein.

         13. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the Partners
 hereunder shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with
 the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be
 performed therein, without application of the principles of conflicts of laws
 of such state.



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             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed by the parties
set forth below as of the date first above written.



GENERAL PARTNER                             SOUTHEAST ACQUISITIONS, INC.

                                            By:   /s/ Arthur W. Mullen
                                                -------------------------------
                                            Name:

                                            Title:

SUCCESSOR GENERAL PARTNER                   SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC

                                            By:   /s/ Richard Sorenson
                                                -------------------------------
                                            Name:

                                            Title:

LIMITED PARTNERS                            LIMITED PARTNERS

                                            By:   /s/ Arthur Mullen
                                                -------------------------------

                                            Name:

                                            Title:






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