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Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, sixth of December, 1813, and ended the eighteenth day of April, 1814.

, President;, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate; , President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the 17th of December to the 28th day of January; , President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the 18th of April; , Speaker of the House of Representatives until the 17th of January, 1814; , Speaker of the House of Representatives from the 25th day of January, 1814. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an embargo be, and hereby is laid on all ships and vessels in the ports and places within the limits or jurisdiction of the United States and the territories thereof, cleared or not cleared; and that no clearance be furnished to any ship or vessel, except vessels in ballast, with their necessary sea stores, under the immediate direction of the President of the United States; and that the President be authorized to give such instructions to the officers of the revenue, and of the navy, and of the private armed vessels and revenue cutters of the United States, as shall appear best adapted for carrying the same into full effect: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the departure of any foreign ship or vessel, in ballast, with her necessary sea stores, and with the goods, wares, and merchandise, other than provisions, military and naval stores, on board of such foreign ship or vessel when notified of this act, whose officers and crews shall consist wholly of such foreigners as did belong to nations in amity with the United States at the time of the arrival of said ship or vessel in the United States, and which shall not have nor take on board for the voyage any citizen of the United States, except such as may produce a passport therefor, to be furnished under the authority and direction of the President of the United States. And all public armed vessels possessing public commissions from any foreign power are not to be considered as liable to the embargo laid by this act.

. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons