I think the question, whether a board of excise will grant a tavern license, is open, until a resolution is entered in their minutes pursuant to the third section, of the act. It follows that, till this stage of the proceeding, we cannot interfere by mandamus. The sixth section, (1 R. S. 678, 2d ed.,) very properly confers upon them a large discretion, the. exercise of which, either in granting" or refusing a license, cannot be coerced in any way.
Motion denied.,