No civil action shall be maintained against
the Village for damages or injuries to person or property sustained
in consequence of any streets, highways, bridges, culverts, sidewalks
or crosswalks being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or
obstructed or for damages or injuries to person or property sustained
solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any sidewalk,
crosswalk, street, highway, bridge or culvert unless written notice
of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition or of
the existence of the snow or ice, relating to the particular place,
was actually given to the Village Clerk and there was a failure or
neglect within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice
to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of
or to cause the snow or ice to be removed or the place otherwise made
reasonably safe.