Private Law 21–CLIV

That the proper accounting officer of the treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to settle the accounts of William B. Lawrence, late charge des affaires of the United States at London; of Alexander H. Everett, late Minister of the United States to Spain; and of James Barbour, Junior, late acting Secretary of Legation at London; of William Radcliff, late Consul of the United States at Lima, for diplomatic services performed upon the death of the charge des affaires of the United States, and of William H. D. C. Wright, Consul of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, for diplomatic services performed upon the retirement of the charge des affaires of the United States; as far as the same shall appear to the Secretary of State to have been sanctioned by instructions from the Department of State, or to have a just and equitable foundation in usage.