United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/3rd Congress/1st Session/Resolution 5
[Obsolete.]
Clearances for vessels bound beyond the Cape of Good Hope to be granted during the embargo.Ⅴ. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be authorized to direct clearances to be granted to any ship or vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, which are now loaded, bound from any port in the United States, for any port beyond the Cape of Good Hope; any thing in the resolution for laying the embargo, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That before the collector of either of the districts of the United States shall grant clearances, or any such vessel shall sail, the owners thereof shall give sufficient security to the satisfaction of such collector, that she shall not unlade her cargo, or any part thereof, at any port or place, previous to her arrival at the Cape of Good Hope.
Approved, May 7, 1794.