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first nine and the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth

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amendments to the United States Constitution, and such

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other provisions of that Constitution as bear upon civil

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and personal rights and liberties.

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In particular, the Declaration of Rights shoulc

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be unencumbered by such unenforced anachronisms as the

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declaration that monopolies are odious. See Article 41.

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Many provisions in the current Declaration of Rights

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that are intended to accomplish" the same ends as the

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Federal constitutional provisions should be similarly

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phrased, phrased as the provisions of the Federal

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Constitution are phrased. For example, Article 23,

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which concerns in essence, "Due process," should be

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simplified to the language of the Fifth and Fourteenth

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Amendments.

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In addition, certain essential guarantees,

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such as protection against double jeopardy, that exist

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under the Federal Constitution are not currently con-

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templated in the Declaration of Rights; they should be

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incorporated. Certain other guarantees under the

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Federal Constitution, such as the Seventh Amendment