Page L THE CENTRE DEMOC KAT, BELLEFONTE. HISTORICAL ADDRESS (By Justice James A, Beaver) Delivered at the Dedication Ceremonies of the Remod- eled Centre County Court House; Fri- day, May 19th, 1911, ¢ remain nitted [S69 only in 1864, and my Keichline, ad brethren, the '76, Senaton wy in '80 and ‘$1 All the belong to a It may be e come t« y practice 1882 1 way of con since {eo i . 6th wdiately with other vied and col ects thin 1} * : Centre count or AL purpose wl h It is hereby declire it shall be lawful for the Comry thereof to do or cause to hw to bulld and ereat a Court House, prison and other buildings for the safe keeping of the public records of sald county, on such part of the public square, laid out In the sald town of Bellefonte an to them shall Appear most suitable: and shall, from time to time, and faithful accounts of the expendi- tures of the same, to the Commission ors and to the auditors of the county, who are hereby authorized to adjust and settle the same”, We have thus given us the names of the citizens through whom, the ma- chinery through which, and the publie spirited founders of the town, through whose beneficence at least, & portion of the funds necessary for the erection of the public buildings were provided for the administration of justice and the conduct of the public business of the county, A court of Quarter Sessions was held In November 1800 before Asso clate Judge B. James Potter and John when, upon motion of Jona- ker, Baq., attorneys Jonathan Charles Huston, Bliss . oners lone n which been te kngwn memb Huntingdon red the ¢ Veuar the te would, theref seem as thougt Court House not regularly pled prior tp the November Se selons of the Court in 1508-<possibly not until the early part of 1807 About the time that the younger Judge Burnside came to the bench In 1858, by the appointment of William the publi ) : of the YAN | Bigler, the then Governor of the state, the sald trustees | render due | having ween subsequently the fall of the same year, tlected In the ques. | tion of enlarging the old or bullding a | new {the Grand Jury by petition of citizens Court House was presented to At sundry times. Finally, In 1854, two successive Grand Juries recommended alterations and repairs to the Court House, In pursuance of which the Commissioners of the county under took, In accordance with the terms of the recommendations of the Jury, to Alter and repalr the Court House. This was done by removing the build. ing, as it then existed, leaving the colonnade In front Intact, and adding the present rectangular portico of the main bullding thereto, thus comply Ig at least In letter with the recoms mendations of the Grand Jury but In effect bullding a new Court House. This was nearly new when I came to the county and remained practi. cally Intact, although NnuInerous so- called improvements were, from time to time, made ntil our present heau tiful, ind | convenient C House, whi e dedicate tod Dro fed #5 hoon « y 4 complet mrt tion, thro mne« ight the page reference tn Hon named an 1874 to 1880 An under the provis of the acl of the Mth of April 1874, the ofMice of additional law Judge for the 25th Judicial district, composed of the counties of Clearfield, Clinton and Centre, was created, and the people of the district authorized to elect such a judge at the following election. Judge {Orvis was originally appointed hy Gov. Hartranft to fill this position in 1574 and was elected In the same year to serve for ten years. At the extra | session of the legislature In 1883 “the 19th District, composed of the coun irganizatior A ) has crept into i » the Judges, Ih the om character and term of John H Opvis, who Is President Judge from A matter of fact, fons [tes of Centre and Huntingdon, was | | created, and tle additional law Judge | of the 26th judicial district, as consti- | tuted under the act of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and now residing in Centre county, waa made the President Judge thereof un. til the expiration of his commission.” Judge Orvis, however, did not occupy the place until the expiration of his commission, having resigned before the end of his term. Judge Mayer remained the President Judge of the 25th Judicial District until the 49th was created, when he continued Presi. dent Judge of the 25th District, then and since composed of the counties of ry Clinton, Cameron It appears from the Hist of contained in this BOUVOL that eighteen who were and Elk ight the po precedents differed hand Judge Halk 4 ected to Congress in 1553 and did not end his « nEressional careor until after the osed. He Cause nis Was ARTY « came in which side from that Interested i wile of our Tounsel table next to that which he occupied at theirs, Wi conversed frequently during the trial and he confided in me to some extent the plans which he had outlined for his guidance In his fu. ture life. He tried the case with great home for the trinl fa he was on the opposite in which our sat on the one firm Vim { readiness and spirit and apparent en- Joyment, went out from it to the resi. dence of his cousin, Dr. BE WwW his family not having returned home from Washington, and was carried out of It to hie gras in pocial tempera ment, In his family relations, in his rofossional life, in ho position which ¢ occupied In the mmunity, in his | willingness to serve the community in which he lived and in his desire to be all that he could In the way of help. fulness and uplift to his fellow men in all that makes an ideal, all-round man, I do not think 1 have ever known his equal. He was not only a great lawyer, but was a business man who, in his relations witii the gentlemen who com the firm of Morgan, Hale & Co, did more than any other oftizen of this region, by the construc tion of the Tyrone & Clearfield rall« road, to open up and dsvelop the great Thursday, May 25th, 1911. 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