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At the time this charter shall become effective, the city shall be vested with all the real and personal property, moneys, contracts, rights, credits, effects, records, files, books, papers and all other property of every name and nature, belonging to the Village of Inkster. No right or liability, either in favor of or against said Village, existing at the time this charter shall become effective, and no suit, prosecution or legal proceeding of any kind, shall be affected in any manner by the incorporation of the Village as a City, but the same shall stand or proceed as if no change had been made. All debts and liabilities of said Village shall be the debts and liabilities of the city. All taxes and special assessments levied and uncollected at the time of the change from the village to the city form of government, all taxes and special assessments in the process of levy at the time of change from village to city government, and all fines and penalties imposed prior thereto, shall be collected or levied and collected by the city. All licenses, permits and franchises granted by said Village, in force when this charter takes effect, shall remain in full force and effect until the expiration of the time for which they were respectively granted.
The city shall not be liable for damages sustained by any person either to his person or property by reason of the negligence of the city, its officers or employees, nor by reason of any defective condition or of obstruction in any public place unless such person shall serve or cause to be served upon the clerk, within sixty days after the injury resulting in such damage shall have occurred, a notice in writing, which notice shall set forth in detail the time, place and cause of the injury, the manner in which it occurred, the extent of such damages as far as the same have become known, the names and addresses of the witnesses known at the time by the claimant and a statement that the person sustaining such damages intends to hold the city liable for such damages as may have been sustained by him. All claims, whether arising out of contract or tort, shall be made under oath and shall be filed with the clerk for consideration by the council after the cause of action has arisen.
It shall be a sufficient bar to any action upon any such claim that the notice of injury and the verified proof of claim required by this section were not filed within the time and in the manner herein provided.