Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The constitutionality of House Bill No. 501, (62nd Leg., R. S., 1971) amending the Code of Criminal Procedure so as to permit the transfer of persons convicted of felonies to the Department of Corrections, under certain circumstances, pending appeal of the conviction.

This report provides an overview to the metric system including origins and usage as well as a discussion of the pros and cons of "metrication" in the United States with a history of the movement and related legislation.