such bank to their account as they may direct, and shall be applicable to the general expenses of the board or vestry. LXIII. No writ or process shall _To be given to contractors as be sued out against or served well as to vestries_, _&c._ C. upon, and no proceeding shall be of Wks. M.B. Vol. 2. Fo. 51. instituted against the Metropolitan Board of Works or any vestry or district board, or their clerk, or any clerks, surveyor, or other officer or person whomsoever, acting under their or any of their directions, for anything done or intended to be done under the powers of such board or vestry under the said Acts, or this Act, until the expiration of one month next after notice in writing shall have been delivered, as herein provided concerning the service of notices upon such board or vestry, or, where the action or proceeding shall be against such other officer or person, shall have been delivered to him or left at his office or place of abode, explicitly stating the cause of action, or ground of the proceeding or demand, and the name and place of abode of the intended plaintiff or claimant, and of his attorney or agent in the cause or proceeding; and upon the trial of any action 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 jury shall find for the defendant: and every such action and proceeding shall be brought or commenced within six months next after the accrual of the cause of action or ground of claim or demand, and not afterwards, and every such action shall be laid and tried in the county or place where the cause of action occurred, and not elsewhere. And the defendant shall in any such action be at liberty to plead the general issue, and give the said recited Acts, and this Act, and all special matter in evidence thereunder. And it shall be lawful for the board or vestry or any person to whom such notice is given as aforesaid to tender amends to the plaintiff, his attorney or agent, at any time within one month after service of such notice, and in case the same be not accepted to plead such tender in bar, and (by leave of the court) with the general issue or other plea or pleas; and if upon issue joined upon any plea pleaded to the whole action the jury find generally for the defendant, or if the plaintiff be nonsuited or discontinued, or if the judgment be given for the defendant, then the defendant shall be entitled to full costs of suit and have judgment accordingly. And in case amends have not been tendered as aforesaid, or in case the amends tendered be insufficient, it shall be lawful for the defendant, by leave of the court, at any time before trial, to pay into court under plea such sum of money as he may think proper, and (by the like leave) to plead the general issue or other plea or pleas, any rule of court or practice to the contrary notwithstanding.