Wednesday, April 17, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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Drury Examines Kansas Home Rule
"Home rule" — the concept that local affairs should be under local controls — will be granted to all cities in Kansas by a constitutional amendment effective in July, 1983.
"CONSIDERING the complexity of the subject, and the fact that the amendment did not become effective until July, 1961, a surprisingly large number of cities have taken advantage of the provision," he writes.
Prof. Drury lists three types of situations in which cities may use their powers, since adoption of the home rule amendment.
James W. Drury, professor of political science, analyzes the use of home rule by Kansas cities in the current issue of "Your Government," the bulletin of the KU Governmental Research Center.
Because most of the previous state laws pertaining to cities have not been repealed, most of the ordinances which cities are likely to want to enact are still authorized by those statutes.
A second situation, based on the home rule amendment, pertains to ordinances on local affairs that are not authorized by state law.
"Cities may increasingly be expected to base more and more of their ordinances on the broad grant given them under the new constitutional provision," Prof. Drury says.
"SUCH ORDINANCES are known as 'ordinary' ordinances. Because of the broad terms of the grant and because of specific injunction in the amendment that it should be interpreted liberally to increase the powers of cities, it seems likely that the total effect of this amendment will be to enlarge substantially the powers of city governing bodies," he says.
The third situation covered by the amendment allows cities to revise, amend or exempt themselves from certain types of state laws. To do this, the city governing body passes—a two-thirds margin is required—a "charter" ordinance. In this way the city does not have to go to the legislature for special laws.
The League of Kansas Municipalities has compiled figures, quoted in the article, which show that, as of February, 1963, 70 cities had passed 96 charter ordinances and 77 cities had passed 120 ordinary ordinances.
A TOTAL OF 107 cities have taken advantage of the home rule amendment. Eighty-seven per cent of these are first class cities, 41 per cent are cities of the second class, and ten per cent are third class cities.
Students Renew Psychology Club
Phi Chi, the honorary psychology society, was re-established here last night with the initiation of 22 members.
The KU Psi Chi chapter has been inactive for six years. The society extends membership to both graduate students and graduates in the field of psychology.
Graduate students initiated last night are Robert Bechtel, Potts-town, Pa.; Frederick Binding, Manitoba, Canada; Edward Dreyfus, Lawrence; Stephen Goldfarb, San Diego, Calif.; Sophia Stathopolous, Kansas City, Mo.; Rachel Streib, Lawrence; Joyce Tobiassen, Kansas City, Mo. and Allen Wicker, Independence.
Undergraduates who were initiated are Sandra Aylor, Kansas City, Mo., junior; Patricia Bingham, Lawrence senior; Marilyn Cory, Wichita senior; Pamela Gunnell, Bartlesville, Okla., junior; David Hume, Kansas City senior; Margaret Ives, Silver Lake junior, and Linda Larsen. McPherson senior.
Other undergraduate initiates are Robert Mitchell, Lawrence senior; David Newcomer, Shawnee Mission junior; Jack Nichols, St. Joseph, Mo., senior; Joseph Pierce III, McPhearson junior; John Platt, Topeka junior; Martha Sipes, Mission senior and Marvin Tills, Ft. Worth, Texas, junior.
AVALON, Calif. — (UPI) — A big school of mackerel turned the tide on a fishing boat crew.
Fish Dump Crew into Drink
The crew netted the fish off Catalina Island yesterday and prepared to boat them when the school took off and overturned the boat. Another fishing boat rescued the crewmen clinging to the hull.
"The effect of the constitutional amendment has been to expand the concept of local control of local affairs. It is too early to evaluate with any finality the effect of this revised pattern of state-local relations." Prof. Drruy writes.
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"Further experience with home rule may result in even wider use and may develop its potential even further. The record of the first 18 months is impressive," he concludes.
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