Private Law 74–133

That the Comptroller

James E. McDonald.

Credit allowed in accounts of.

General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of James E. McDonald, former postmaster at Cohoes, Albany County, State of New York, in the sum of $13,723.70, due the United States on account of loss of postal funds, embezzled by Michael A. Walsh, his then deputy postmaster, during the incumbency of said James E. McDonald in said office from April 11, 1922, to October 30, 1930: Provided, however, That

Proviso.

Principal and sureties not released from liability.

the crediting of said amount to the account of the said James E. McDonald shall not be deemed to exonerate, and shall not exonerate, the said Michael A. Walsh, or his sureties on any official bond or bonds which he has given to the United States, and that the United States hereby expressly reserves the right to sue the said Michael A. Walsh and his sureties for any and all moneys which may be found to be due from the said Michael A. Walsh.