Section 67. Presentation of claims for torts: actions against towns

1. Any
  claim  including  a  claim  specified  in  section  sixty-five-a of this
  chapter which may be made against the town  or  town  superintendent  of
  highways  for  damages  for wrong or injury to person or property or for
  the death of a person, shall be  made  and  served  in  compliance  with
  section fifty-e of the general municipal law.
    2.  Every  action  upon  such claim shall be commenced pursuant to the
  provisions of section fifty-i of the general municipal law.
    3. This section shall not apply to actions upon claims for damages  or
  compensation for property taken by condemnation for any public purpose.