United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/3rd Congress/1st Session/Resolution 2
[Obsolete.]
An embargo laid on all ships and vessels for thirty days.Ⅱ. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an embargo be laid on all ships and vessels in the ports of the United States, whether already cleared out, or not, bound to any foreign port or place, for the term of thirty days; and that no clearances be furnished, during that time, to any ship or vessel bound to such foreign port or place, except ships or vessels, under the immediate directions of the President of the United States: And that the President of the United States be authorized to give such instructions to the revenue officers of the United States, as shall appear best adapted for carrying the said resolution into full effect.
Approved, March 26, 1794.