Who knew!
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From: "Michael Pfeiffer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: custom versus statute
> I leanred about this a few months back but have not had time to play with
> it very much yet.
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> Go to the GOOGLE Search page.
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> In the box, type in "38 feet in meters" and see what you get.
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> :-)
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> Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA
> Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
> 605 West Main Street
> Russellville, Arkansas 72801
> (479) 968-2354 Ext. 233
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> It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
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> Michael Pfeiffer
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> 09/09/2003 08:46
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> Paul: The term "U.S. Customary" is the Term by which U.S. Weights and
> Measures are refered to in our "Legalese". I have seen it both
capitalized
> and not in BOTH legal and regulatory documents. Take your pick. There
are
> two systems of measurement recognized by U.S. Law. For Example, check
out:
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> http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/h130-03/04_III_Weightlaw.pdf
> as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures. page 22.
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> The International System of Units (SI)[ NOTE 2, see page 22] and
the
> system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States
are
> jointly recognized, and either one or both of these systems shall be
used
> for all commercial pur-poses in the State. The defini-tions of
basic
> units of weight and meas-ure, the tables of weight and measure, and
weights
> and measures equivalents as pub-lished by the National Institute
of
> Standards and Technology are recognized and shall govern weighing
and
> meas-uring equipment and transactions in the State.
> (Amended 1993)
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> NOTE 2: The "International System of Units" means the modernized
metric
> system as established in 1960 by the General Conference on Weights
and
> Measures and interpreted or modified for the United States by the
Secretary
> of Commerce. [See Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-168, §
3(1)
> and § 4(4), and NIST Special Publication 814 - Metric System
of
> Measurement; Interpretation of the International System of Units for
the
> United States, or the Federal Register of December 20, 1990,
(FR
> 90-21913).] (Added 1993)
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> This and other stuff is there in the Weights and Measures Division of the
> National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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> I have been complusive enough for this morning. TTFN
>
> Smoke.
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> Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA
> Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
> 605 West Main Street
> Russellville, Arkansas 72801
> (479) 968-2354 Ext. 233
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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> It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
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> paul courtney
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> Sorry to be a pedantic historian here I have to deal with medieval
> customary mesures on a reguar basis and occasionally with areas where
> measurements could be French, Flemish, Spanish or Austrian but surely US
> measurements are not customary any more than Imperial but laid down in
law.
> The point with customary meausrements is they they were by the custom of
> the town, region, manor, ethnic group etc. not by statute.
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> paul courtney
> UK
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