Period of limitation for suits against Conservators, etc. No evidence of any cause of action except that stated in notice. Tender of amends. Payment into Court.

No suit shall be brought against any Conservator, surveyor or subordinate, or any person acting under his direction, for anything done or intended to be done under this Act until after the expiration of three months next after notice in writing shall have been delivered or left at the office of such Conservator, surveyor, subordinate or person, or at his place of abode, explicitly stating the cause of action and the name and place of abode of the intended plaintiff and of his agent in the cause, if any, and upon the trial of such suit the plaintiff shall not be permitted to go into evidence of any cause of action except such as is stated in the notice so delivered, and unless such notice be proved, the Court shall find for the defendant; and every such suit shall be commenced within six months next after the accrual of the cause of action. If any person to whom any such notice of suit is given shall, before suit brought, tender sufficient amends to the plaintiff, such plaintiff shall not recover more than the amount so tendered, and shall pay all costs incurred by the defendant after such tender. It shall be lawful for the defendant, before issue joined, to pay into Court such sum of money as he shall think fit, and thereupon such proceedings shall be had as in other cases where defendants are allowed to pay money into Court.