The law of 1866 doesn't force any one to use metric, but it allows you to use
metric only without restrictions. Thus any law such as the FPLA that requires
English units to be used with metric is a violation of that law if one wants to
use metric units only.
Washington and Wall Street are the reason this country is in a depression so
don't be surprised if their actions don't produce positive results.
Jerry
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From: John M. Steele <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:56:38 AM
Subject: [USMA:43823] Re: New EO and FPLA
I want us to be more metric. However, that Act and $0.50 will buy you a cheap
copy of coffee. In particular look at the way Congress also gutted metric
directives for highway construction and Federal buildings. They speak out both
sides of their mouths.
The gutting actions have the effect of law, and the Act above has the effect of
motherhood and apple pie..
--- On Sat, 3/14/09, mech...@illinois.edu <mech...@illinois.edu> wrote:
> From: mech...@illinois.edu <mech...@illinois.edu>
> Subject: [USMA:43819] New EO and FPLA
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
> Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 11:36 AM
> John,
>
> More recently than the Act of 1866 legalizing metric units
> is PL 100-418 (designating SI as preferred for US trade and
> commerce...), also an Act of Congress.
>
