Nathaniel  Curtis  was  made  an  agent  to  collect  of  Hugh
McAllister,  executor  of  the  will  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  Lerned,
two  legacies  of  $500  each,  bequeathed  to  the  town  of  Hop-
kinton.
On  the  31st  of  August,  the  Basset  Mill  road  came  upon
the  public  conscience  again.  The  road  had  been  laid  oat
by  the  court's  committee,  and  this  time  the  town  voted  that
the  selectmen  should  appoint  an  agent  to  make  an  application
to  the  Justices  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  in  the  fol-
lowing September,  for  leave  to  discontinue  the  portion  of
the  road  lying  in  Hopkinton,  according  to  an  act  of  discon-
tinuance already  passed  by  the  town.
In  1836,  March  9,  the  selectmen  made  a  report  upon  the
conduct  of  the  poor-farm,  and  their  report  was  accepted.
The  legacies  of  the  late  Dr.  Ebenezer  Lerned  were  consigned
by  vote  to  the  Franklin  Bank  in  Hopkinton  as  a  loan.  The
selectmen  were  instructed  to  make  the  Basset  Mill  road
that  season.
The  same  day  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to  hire  a
sum  not  exceeding  $1,000,  it  being  such  a  portion  of  $2,000
raised  by  vote  of  the  town  for  defraying  town  charges.
