Section 12 – Powers Granted to the States
The States shall have the power to tax their Citizens as noted elsewhere.
The States shall oversee the local legal process including voting.
The States shall have the power to call out the Posse Comitatus.
The States shall have the directing of the National Guard except in times of declared War.
The States alone shall have the directing of the Militia.
Section 13 – Census
The initial Census must be completed one year after the ratification of this Constitution.
The census shall be made every subsequent span of ten Years in years ending in zero after the initial census, in such Manner as Congress shall by Law direct with the exceptions noted below. The Representatives in the first Congress after the acceptance of this Constitution shall be apportioned according to the most recent census in the US. If the census available is more than twenty years old, then Representatives will be apportioned in this manner: every State shall receive five Representatives. When the initial Census is completed, Congress shall apportion the new representation in time for the next election. None of the Representatives in the first Congress are permitted to run for Representative in the 2nd Congress.
The census must be an actual count of Citizens with very little detail. No mathematical extrapolations can “true up” the count. If the government wishes to get a snapshot of the wealth, possessions, levels of home ownership and more of all individuals, let the government pay for a comprehensive poll of volunteer Inhabitants. The purpose of a Census is to apportion Representatives and the privacy of the Citizens must be protected. Any person found tampering in any way with the census will receive ten years in jail if convicted.
Any Citizen has the standing to challenge the reliability of the census.
Section 14 – Budget
A full budget must be published every year. An Interim budget must be published every month. No fiscal year may stay open for adjustments for more than one year past its 12th month. If any adjustment needs to be made to a closed budget, the adjustments shall be done in the current budget with an appropriate accounting code. The credits or debits of the adjustment apply to the budget in which it is entered.