United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/3rd Congress/1st Session/Resolution 3
[Obsolete.]
Vessels sailing during the embargo to give bond to reland their cargoes in the U. States.Ⅲ. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the continuance of the present embargo, no registered vessel, having on board goods, wares or merchandise, shall be allowed to depart from one port of the United States to any other port within the same, unless the master, owner, consignee or factor shall first give bond with one or more sureties, to the collector of the district from which she is about to depart, in a sum of double the value of the vessel and cargo, that the said goods, wares or merchandise shall be relanded in some port of the United States: which bond, and also a certificate from the collector of the district, where the same may be relanded, shall by the collectors, respectively, be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. Foreign armed vessels not subject to the embargo. That the several collectors be prohibited from granting a clearance to any foreign ship or vessel, in any case whatever, during the continuance of the present embargo; and all armed vessels, possessing public commissions from any foreign power, (letters of marque excepted) are to be considered as not liable to the embargo.
Approved, April 2, 1794.