1. Parker may have been referring to section 10 of "An Act laying duties on property sold at Auction," 9 June 1794, which "empowered" the president "to make such allowances for compensations to the officers of inspection employed in the collection of the duties aforesaid, and for incidental expenses, as he shall judge reasonable, not exceeding in the whole, two and an half per centum of the total amount of the said duties collected," or to section 13 of "An Act making further provision for securing and collecting the Duties on foreign and domestic distilled Spirits, Stills, Wines and Teas," 5 June 1794, which empowered the President to "make such additional allowances, for the space of one year . . . to the inspectors and collectors of revenue from distilled spirits, for their respective services subsequent to the thirtieth day of June next, as he shall deem reasonable and proper, so as that the additions . . . shall not exceed, in the whole, the sums heretofore allowed, by more than one third" (Stat description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends . 1:380, 399).

2. The relevant law was "An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels," 4 Aug. 1790 (Stat description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends . 1:145-78). The first section of that act named Smithfield, Va., as a "port of delivery only" and directed the appointment of a surveyor "to reside at" that port. Section 54 of the act gave to the surveyor at Smithfield "in addition to the fees and emoluments" that he received for his specific duties, he would receive "the yearly sum of eighty dollars." A subsequent "Act relative to the compensations to certain officers employed in the collection of the duties of impost and tonnage," 8 May 1792, entitled the surveyor at Smithfield to an allowance of twenty dollars yearly (Stat description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends . 1:274-75). Each inspector was paid an allowance "for every day he shall be actually employed in aid of customs" (Stat description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends . 1:172).