"Each House will have one person on each committee," Leonard said. "You have to be there."

During the December elections, both Darling and Leonard were critical of the repeated Finance Committee absences of John A. Burton '01, who is now the council's vice president.

Burton originally abstained from voting on the amendment, but later added his own vote in support. As council vice president, Burton tabulates all votes.

After making these constitutional changes, the council voted 45-6 to create a 15-person ad hoc committee to look into further constitutional reforms.

Campus Life Committee Chair Stephen N. Smith '02, a sponsor of the bill, said he hopes the committee can clear up vague and inconsistent language in the constitution.

The constitution's vagaries became a major council issue three weeks ago when council members called into question whether 10 members' motion to recall Burton was constitutional.

The only consensus to come out of that long debate was that the constitution was ambiguous and needed clarification.