And  while  the  licensed  party  is  liaUe  for  such  license  as  may
be  ordered  and  fixed  by  the  board  of  police,  and  can  be  made  to
pay  the  same  when  ordered  and  fixed,  he  is  certainly  not  liable
until  it  is  done.  In  this  case,  none  has  been  fixed  or  demanded,
and  the  plaintiff  in  error  in  that  regard  is  not  in  default,  there
being  no  duty  imposed  an  him  till  the  board  has  taken  action  in
the  premises.  Suppose  the  board  should  never  act :  would  th^
party  who  has  paid  his  money  to  the  corporate  authorities  for
the  license  granted  by  them,  lose  what  he  has  paid,  without  the
power,  under  the  law,  to  ayail  himself  of  the  privilege  ?  Sup*
pose  it  should  act  six  months  ,  after  the  corporate  authorities
grant  the  license :  would  the  privilege  (whidi  cannot  be  granted
for  a  longer  or  shorter  period  than  one  year— Code,  p.  198,  art^
6)  date  from  the  action,  of  the  corporate  authorities  or  the
board?  If  the  latter,  then  it  would  not  expire  till  twelve
months  from  that  date ;  and  in  that  event,  for  the  last  six
months  of  the  time  the  licensed  party  would  retail  in  a  town
or  city  without  license  from  the  corporate  authorities,  the
license  granted  by  the  latter  having  expired  twelve  months
from  its  date.
It  must  have  been  the  intention  of  the  legislature  to  author-
iae  town  and  city  authorities  to  grant  a  party  such  a  license  aa
would  give  him  the  right  to  retail  as  soon  as  granted,  taking
eifoct  from  its  issuance ;  but  the  party  to  i>ay  afterwards  taxes
imposed,  and  the  license,  to  the  county,  when  ordered  and  fixed.
Any  other  construction  leads  to  confusion.
