United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/2nd Session/Resolution 15
No. 15. A Resolution authorizing the employment of additional inspectors of the customs at the port of New Orleans.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Collector may employ not exceeding ten. That it shall be lawful for the collector of the customs for the district of New Orleans, with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, to employ, from time to time, if the public service required it, at the port of New Orleans, persons as occasional inspectors of the customs, not exceeding ten in number, in addition to the inspectors now authorized by law, who shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as are now prescribed by law for occasional inspectors.
Approved, March 3, 1845.