No action shall be maintained against the City for damages for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the City or any officer, agent or employee thereof, unless a written verified statement of the nature of the claim and of the time and place at which such injury is alleged to have been received shall have been filed with the City Clerk within thirty days after the cause of action shall have accrued. The cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued at the date of the sustaining of the injury, except that where death results therefrom, the time for the personal representative to give notice shall run from the date of death. An action at law for damages from personal injuries or death shall not be commenced until the expiration of thirty days after the filing of the notice as provided in this section.
(1975 Code Sec. 1-10)