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                                                                  EXHIBIT 3.1(C)

                          FIRST ALTERNATIVE AMENDMENTS
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                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                    RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
                         SOUTHEAST ACQUISITIONS I, L.P.

         This FIRST AMENDMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of November 6, 1997
is to the Restated Limited Partnership Agreement (the "Partnership Agreement")
of Southeast Acquisitions I, L.P. (the "Partnership"), dated June 4, 1987, 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 6, 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 6, 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:

                  "(xi) 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 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(c)(i) is deleted in its entirety and clauses 4.3(c)(ii)
through (iv) are hereby renumbered 4.3 (c) (i) through (iii) respectively.

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

                  "4.5. COMPENSATION OF GENERAL PARTNER. (a) 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 6, 1997 to the end of the Term, the General
         Partner shall receive a management fee of $8,100 per year (prorated for
         a portion of a 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 any 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. A new Section 4.5(d) shall be added to the Partnership Agreement as
follows:

                  "(d) The General Partner or its Affiliates may receive up to
         one-half of the 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


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         reasonable, customary and competitive in light of the size, type and
         location of the property) with respect to sales of Partnership property
         following November 6, 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 bf 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 W. Mullen
                                          ---------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:




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