Further proceedings shall not be had on the judgment rendered in the action of ejectment, when the defendant pays to the plaintiff or to the clerk of the court for the use of the plaintiff or his or her legal representatives, the sum reported by the committee, with the costs of suit and after-proceedings, and the interest thereon, within four years from filing the deed as aforesaid, in four equal and annual payments of which the first shall be within one year from the time of filing the deed.