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All actions and prosecutions against anyperson, which may be lawfully brought for anything done or intended to be doneunder the provisions of this Act, or under the general police-powershereby given shall be commenced within three mountains after the act complainedof shall have been committed, and not otherwise; and notice in writingof such action and of the cause thereof shall be given to the defendant, or tothe District Superintendent or an Assistant District Superintendent of theDistrict in which the act was committed, one month at least before thecommencement of the action.
Tender of amends.- No plaintiff shall recover in any such action if tender of sufficient,amend shall have been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient sum ofmoney shall have been paid into Court after such action brought, by or on behalfof the defendant, and, though a decree shall be given for the plaintiff in anysuch action, such plaintiff shall not have costs against the defendant, unlessthe Judge before whom the trial is held shall certify his approbation of theaction:
Proviso.- Provided always that no action shall in any case lie where such, officersshall have been prosecuted criminally for the same act.