Limitation of Actions.
XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That no Action or Suit shall be commenced against any Person, for any Thing to be done in pursuance of this Act, until Thirty-one Days Notice thereof shall be given to the Clerk to the said Commissioners, or after sufficient Satisfaction, or Tender thereof, hath been made to the Party aggrieved, or after Three Calendar Months next after the Fact committed; and every such Action or Suit shall be brought and tried in the County of Middlesex, and not elsewhere; and the Defendant in every such Action or Suit shall and may plead the General Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the Authority of this Act; and if the same shall appear to be so done, or if such Action or Suit shall be brought before Thirty-one Days Notice thereof shall be given as aforesaid, or after a sufficient Satisfaction shall be made or tendered as aforesaid, or after the Time herein-before limited for bringing the same, or shall be brought in any other County or Place than as aforesaid, then the Jury shall find for the Defendant; and upon such Verdict, or if the Plaintiff shall become Nonsuit, or discontinue his or her Action or Suit after the Defendant shall appear, or if upon Demurrer Judgement shall be given against the Plaintiff, then the Defendant shall recover Treble Costs, and have such Remedy for the same as any Defendant hath for Costs of Suit in Other Cases of Law.