SEC 2. No such liability shall be incurred by
any county, incorporated town or city, unless the
authorities thereof shall have had good reason to
believe that such riot or tumultuous assemblage
was about to take place, or having taken place,
shall have had notice of the same in time to pre-
vent said injury or destruction, either by its own
police or with the aid of the citizens of such county,
town or city, it being the intention of this article
that no such liability shall devolve on such county,
town or city, unless the authorities having notice
have also the ability of themselves, or with their
own citizens, to prevent said injury ; that any cause
of action that may have heretofore arisen under the
first section of this article, shall be prosecuted with-
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18GT, c 282.
Liability of
counties, &c ,
in cases of
riots.
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in the period of five years from the time of such
cause accruing, and not after; and all causes under
the first section hereafter accruing shall be prosecu-
ted within the period of three years from the time
of accrual of the same.
In force from March 22, 1867.
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Within what
times actions
to be prose-
cuted.
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