No civil action shall be maintained against the village for damages
in consequences of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, causeway,
crosswalk, grating, opening, drain or sewer being defective, out of repair,
unsafe, dangerous or obstructed, unless, at least 48 hours prior to the occurrence
resulting in such damage or injuries, written notice of the defective, unsafe,
dangerous, obstructed condition of such street, highway, bridge, culvert,
side-walk, causeway, crosswalk, grating, opening, drain or sewer relating
to the particular place shall have been filed in the office of the Clerk of
the village and there was a failure or neglect to repair, remedy or remove
the defect, danger or obstruction within a reasonable time after the filing
of such notice.
No civil action shall be maintained against the village for damages
or injuries to the person or the property sustained in consequence of the
existence of snow or ice upon any highway, sidewalk, crosswalk or street,
parkway or park approach, causeway or causeway approach, unless written notice
thereof relating to the particular place was actually given to the Clerk of
the village and there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to
be removed or the place made otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable
time after the receipt of such notice.