[USMA:31147] Fw: County having hard time measuring up to metric

[Euric]

----- Original Message ----- From: AParente To: Euric Sent: Monday, 2004-09-20 09:23 Subject: Re: County having hard time measuring up to metric Dear Euric, Thank you very much for reading my story and for the Metric Act from 1866. Always a wrinkle in the system somewhere. Sounds from the tone of your e-mail you may have encountered a few yourself. Thanks again,   AUDREY PARENTE, STAFF WRITER THE DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL 901 Sixth Street Daytona Beach, FL  321117 (386) 681-2497 ----- Original Message ----- From: Euric To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 2:39 PM Subject: County having hard time measuring up to metric 2004-09-19   Audrey,   I read your article with interest and was pleased that Mr. Bullard as able to get his permit despite the actions of the county luddites.   For your information, if they had continued to refuse to grant him a permit, they would have been in violation of the law.   The Metric Act of 1866 gives us all the right to use the metric system, even if some people have a problem with it.    Best Regards,   Euric   http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/laws/metric-act.html   Metric Act of 1866 Summary The Metric Act of 1866, enacted 1866-07-28, legally recognized the metric system of measurement in the US. It's sometimes referred to as the Kasson Act, after Congressman John A. Kasson of Iowa, who chaired a Congressional committee on the possibility of securing a uniform system of coinage, weights, and measures. The history section below has more details on the law's passage. Text of the law The Act was codified as 15 USC 204 et seq., shown below. U.S. Code Title 15 Commerce and Trade Chapter 6 Weights and Measures and Standard Time Subchapter I Weights, Measures, and Standards Generally Sec. 204. Metric system authorized It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system.   There is more to this information, but you will have to click the link to see it.