00:17 - PENNSYLVANIA IS HOME TO SOME OF .

00:18 - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COURTHOUSES. IN AMERICA.

00:21 - IT'S RARE WHEN POLITICS, ART AND.

00:24 - LAW MEET AT THE FRONT DOOR.

00:26 - BUT IT HAPPENS IN THE KEYSTONE . STATE.

00:28 - FOR MORE THAN 125 YEARS, THE .

00:30 - COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION.

00:32 - OF PENNSYLVANIA HAS CARRIED THE . LEGACY.

00:35 - PENNSYLVANIA'S HISTORIC . COURTHOUSES.

00:47 - >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO JUNIATA .

00:57 - COUNTY. IT'S A VERY SMALL, RURAL, 7th .

01:01 - CLASS COUNTY IN CENTRAL . PENNSYLVANIA.

01:03 - IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1831.

01:05 - OUR POPULATION, WHICH IS .

01:09 - APPROXIMATELY 25,000, IS DIVERSE.

01:12 - TO INCLUDE AMISH, OLD ORDER .

01:21 - MENNOITES. >> GOOD MORNING.

01:22 - I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT .

01:24 - AND WELCOME THE PEOPLE VIEWING .

01:25 - THIS VIDEO AND INVITE YOU ALL TO.

01:27 - VISIT JUNIATA COUNTY.

01:29 - WE'RE A SMALL BUT UNIQUE COUNTY .

01:30 - IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

01:33 - WE HAVE MANY THINGS OF INTEREST .

01:35 - FROM COVERED BRIDGES, WHICH WE .

01:37 - HAVE TOURS OF. WE HAVE BED AND BREAKFASTS.

01:40 - WE HAVE FAMILY CAMP GROUNDS IN .

01:43 - OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE SEVERAL WINERIES.

01:47 - WE HAVE A DRIVE-IN MOVIE . THEATER.

01:49 - WE HAVE DIRT TRACK RACING.

01:51 - BRING THE FAMILY, COME ON OUT .

01:53 - AND ENJOY A DAY IN JUNIATA . COUNTY.

01:58 - >> WELCOME. I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS ONE OF THE.

02:01 - COMMISSIONERS. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF .

02:02 - THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC .

02:04 - HIGHLIGHTS HERE IN JUNIATA . COUNTY.

02:09 - OUR LARGEST INDUSTRY IS .

02:12 - AGRICULTURE AND SUPPORTING . BUSINESSES.

02:14 - WE HAVE BUSINESSES NESTLED .

02:15 - THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

02:16 - WE ALSO ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE.

02:17 - HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT WAS.

02:19 - ESTABLISHED IN THE MIDDLE '70s .

02:21 - AND HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE 24 .

02:23 - RESIDENTS PROVIDING OVER 160 .

02:29 - FAMILY SUSTAINING JOBS.

02:31 - WE HAVE A GREAT LOCATION WHICH .

02:34 - GIVES EASY ACCESS TO . INTERSTATES.

02:40 - WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.

02:41 - WE'RE THANKFUL FOR OUR FOLKS.

02:44 - WE HAVE A WONDERFUL WORK ETHIC .

02:45 - AND DEDICATION TO JOBS.

02:47 - >> THIS HAS BEEN A VERY BRIEF .

02:50 - OVERVIEW OF JUNIATA COUNTY.

02:53 - HOWEVER, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO .

02:55 - HIGHLIGHT OUR VERY BEAUTIFUL AND.

02:57 - HISTORIC COURTHOUSE.

02:59 - FOR THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN TO .

03:03 - OUR CHIEF CLERK AND COUNTY .

03:04 - ADMINISTRATOR WHO WILL BE YOUR .

03:05 - HOST FOR THIS TOUR. THANK YOU.

03:09 - >> HELLO AND WELCOME.

03:11 - WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS .

03:13 - THE BUILDING YOU CURRENTLY SEE .

03:14 - HERE AS OUR CURRENT COURTHOUSE .

03:16 - WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL COUNTY . COURTHOUSE.

03:19 - AFTER THE COUNTY WAS FORMED IN

03:22 - 1831, THERE WAS A GROUP OF .

03:24 - PEOPLE WHO WERE TASKED WITH THE .

03:25 - EFFORT OF TRYING TO FIND A .

03:26 - PROPER COUNTY SEAT.

03:28 - THEY FINALLY SETTLED ON THIS .

03:29 - PIECE OF LAND THAT YOU SEE HERE . TODAY.

03:32 - SHORTLY FOLLOWING THAT IN 1832 .

03:34 - WAS WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS .

03:36 - AWARDED TO PUT UP THE FIRST .

03:38 - ORIGINAL COURTHOUSE WHICH YOU .

03:40 - NOW SEE IN THESE TWO FOLLOWING. PHOTOGRAPHS.

03:42 - BY LOOKING AT THESE OLD RARE .

03:45 - PICTURES, YOU CAN TELL THAT THE .

03:48 - LOOK AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE .

03:49 - FIRST COURTHOUSE WAS A BIT . DIFFERENT.

03:52 - IT WAS TWO STORIES AS OPPOSED TO.

03:53 - THE CURRENT THREE STORY BUILDING.

03:54 - THAT WE NOW HAVE.

03:57 - THAT FIRST COURTHOUSE SERVED THE.

04:00 - PUBLIC WELL UNTIL 1968 WHEN A .

04:06 - GRAND JURY GAVE THE .

04:07 - DETERMINATION A NEW BUILDING WAS.

04:08 - GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR MODERN . PURPOSES.

04:10 - EVEN THOUGH THE GRAND JURY .

04:13 - RECOMMENDED A NEW COURTHOUSE BE .

04:14 - CONSTRUCTED AND RESEARCHED .

04:15 - IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS SOME .

04:17 - DELAY BECAUSE OF A DEBATE IN. THIS COUNTY.

04:19 - WHEN IT BECAME KNOWN THAT A NEW .

04:21 - COURTHOUSE WAS GOING TO BE .

04:22 - BUILT, AN ARGUMENT BROKE OUT .

04:26 - BETWEEN WHAT IS PORT ROYAL AND .

04:29 - MIFFLIN ABOUT WHERE THE SEAT . SHOULD BE.

04:32 - EVENTUALLY, THE GOVERNOR .

04:33 - INTERVENED AND A VOTE WAS TAKEN.

04:36 - THE CITIZENS VOTED AND IN A .

04:38 - MARGIN OF TWO TO ONE, THE COUNTY.

04:41 - SEAT STAYED WHERE IT IS TODAY.

04:45 - FOLLOWING THE VOTE TO KEEP THE .

04:48 - COUNTY SEAT HERE, WHERE YOU SEE .

04:50 - IT LOCATED TODAY, THE .

04:53 - COMMISSIONERS THEN MOVED TO HAVE.

04:54 - A NEW COURTHOUSE ERECTED BY .

04:56 - HIRING A FIRM TO RAZE THE OLD .

04:59 - BUILDING, SAVE THE MATERIAL FROM.

05:00 - THE BUILDING AND THEN CONSTRUCT .

05:02 - THE NEW STRUCTURE THAT YOU SEE .

05:03 - HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

05:06 - FOLLOWING THE ERECTION OF OUR .

05:08 - CURRENT COURTHOUSE IN 1874, YOU .

05:10 - CAN SEE THAT WE HAD SEVERAL .

05:12 - MONUMENTS THAT PUT INTO PLACE .

05:13 - OVER THE INTERVENING YEARS.

05:16 - MOST OF THESE HAVE DO WITH .

05:19 - HONORING OUR WAR VETERANS.

05:21 - A SPECIAL NOTE WOULD BE THE .

05:24 - OBELISK AND THAT FRONT CENTER .

05:27 - MONUMENT THAT HONOR OR CIVIL WAR. VETERANS.

05:29 - AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE .

05:30 - FOLLOWING SERIES OF OLD PHOTOS,

05:32 - THIS CURRENT COURTHOUSE DIDN'T .

05:34 - ALWAYS HAVE THIS NICE RED BRICK. EXTERIOR.

05:37 - IT HAD A WHITE PLASTER COATING .

05:38 - WHEN IT WAS FIRST CONSTRUCTED.

05:41 - THAT COATING WAS A COMMON SIGHT .

05:46 - ESPECIALLY IN MIFFLIN TOWN UNTIL

05:49 - 1974 WHEN THE COMMISSIONERS .

05:50 - DECIDED TO SAND BLAST THE .

05:52 - BUILDING AND EXPOSE THE .

05:53 - BEAUTIFUL BRICK FACE.

05:57 - IF YOU RECALL FROM THE BEGINNING.

05:58 - OF OUR VIDEO, WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL.

05:59 - SHOT OF THE FRONT OF THE . COURTHOUSE.

06:01 - PART OF THAT PICTURE WAS THE . BALCONY.

06:03 - NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN THAT .

06:04 - BALCONY ITSELF. IF YOU LOOK OUT OVER THIS .

06:07 - BEAUTIFUL VIEW, YOU SEE PARTS OF.

06:12 - MIFFLINTOWN AND THE ROLLING . HILLS.

06:16 - SINCE 1874, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL .

06:18 - RENOVATIONS TO THIS CURRENT . BUILDING.

06:20 - I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE ONE IN

06:22 - 1974 WHERE THE COMMISSIONERS .

06:25 - SANDBLASTED THE EXTERIOR TO .

06:26 - REVEAL THE BEAUTIFUL BRICK . FACING.

06:29 - WE ALSO HAD PROJECTS THAT .

06:30 - INCLUDED EXCAVATING THE .

06:32 - BASEMENT, REPLACING THE .

06:33 - COURTHOUSE CEILING AND .

06:35 - RENOVATING OUR BEAUTIFUL BELL . TOWER.

06:38 - THERE ARE SEVERAL UNIQUE FACTS .

06:40 - THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS . PROJECT.

06:43 - THE FIRST ONE IS WHERE THE TOWER. CAME FROM.

06:47 - THROUGH RESEARCH BY THE .

06:49 - ARCHITECTURAL FIRM USED IN THE .

06:50 - PROJECT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT .

06:52 - THE COMPANY THAT ORIGINALLY .

06:54 - PRODUCED AND SUPPLIED THE TILE .

06:56 - FOR THE 1874 FLOOR WAS STILL IN .

06:59 - BUSINESS IN ENGLAND. 140 PLUS YEARS LATER.

07:03 - THE COUNTY LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO .

07:06 - OBTAIN THE SAME EXACT TILE THAT .

07:09 - WAS ORIGINALLY PRODUCED.

07:12 - ANOTHER UNIQUE ASPECT OF THE .

07:13 - FLOOR TILE JOB IS HOW THESE .

07:14 - TILES WERE ACTUALLY LAID.

07:17 - THE CONTRACTOR LEAD PERSON IS .

07:21 - KNOWN FOR THIS WORK BY EYE.

07:22 - HE DID THE SAME THING HERE.

07:24 - AS YOU CAN SEE BY LOOKING UP .

07:26 - THIS ROW, THESE TILES ARE .

07:27 - ABSOLUTELY STRAIGHT.

07:30 - THE FULL REPLACEMENT CONTRACT .

07:32 - CONTAINED TWO IMPORTANT . REQUIREMENTS.

07:34 - NUMBER ONE WAS THE TILE HAD TO .

07:36 - BE LAID IN EXACTLY THE SAME .

07:38 - SPOTS AS THE ORIGINAL TILE.

07:41 - THE SECOND WAS THAT THESE .

07:42 - ORIGINAL DECORATIVE TILES NEEDED.

07:45 - TO BE SALVAGED AND REPLACED.

07:46 - WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT .

07:48 - HERE ARE THE ORIGINAL 1874. DECORATIVE TILES.

07:53 - ONE LAST FEATURE I WOULD LIKE TO.

07:55 - POINT OUT ABOUT OUR FLOOR TILE .

07:57 - PROJECT IS HOW THESE DECORATIVE .

07:59 - TILES ARE ORIENTED.

08:01 - IF ONE STANDS IN THE CENTER AND .

08:04 - TURNS ON THEIR COMPASS, YOU WILL.

08:07 - FIND OUT THE FOUR CORNERS ARE .

08:09 - PERFECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE FOUR .

08:10 - DIRECTIONS OF THE COMPASS.

08:15 - IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND .

08:16 - PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU .

08:17 - A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR WONDERFUL. COURTHOUSE.

08:19 - AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN .

08:21 - THINGS OVER TO MIKE WHO IS THE .

08:24 - ASSOCIATE PLANNER AND THE .

08:25 - PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIATA. HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

08:29 - HE WILL GIVE YOU A TOUR OF SOME .

08:31 - OF THE WONDERFUL ARTIFACTS WE .

08:32 - HAVE ON DISPLAY HERE.

08:34 - >> ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE THINGS.

08:36 - ABOUT THE COURTHOUSE IS THE .

08:38 - DISPLAY OF ITEMS AND ARTIFACTS .

08:40 - ON LOAN FROM THE HISTORICAL . SOCIETY.

08:42 - THE BOOKCASES THEMSELVES, WHICH .

08:44 - HOUSE THE ARTIFACTS, WERE FROM .

08:46 - THE COUNTY'S LAW LIBRARY WHICH .

08:48 - DID EXIST IN A ROOM ACROSS THE .

08:50 - HALL FROM THIS BOOKCASE.

08:53 - THIS BOOKCASE HOLDS ITEMS FROM .

08:57 - THE COUNTY CENTENNIAL .

08:57 - CELEBRATION WHICH WAS CELEBRATED. IN 1831.

09:00 - THE SHELF RIGHT HERE, YOU WILL .

09:02 - SEE A PROGRAM, A BUTTON .

09:05 - BELONGING TO PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED.

09:05 - THE CEREMONY AND A BUTTON ALSO .

09:08 - BELONGING TO A GENTLEMAN WHO .

09:10 - HELPED PLAN THE CEREMONY.

09:11 - YOU SEE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE .

09:13 - COURTHOUSE AS IT WAS DECORATED .

09:16 - IN 1931 FOR THE CELEBRATION.

09:19 - MOVE ACROSS HERE TO A PHOTO OF .

09:21 - THE TOWN OF MIFFLIN ACROSS THE .

09:23 - RIVER THAT WAS ALSO DECORATED .

09:24 - FOR THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

09:27 - DURING THE COURTHOUSE FLOOR TILE.

09:29 - PROJECT, WHEN THE OLD FLOOR WAS .

09:31 - TAKEN UP, AN INTERESTING OBJECT .

09:33 - WAS DISCOVERED. THIS FLOORBOARD.

09:36 - THIS FLOORBOARD CONTAINS THE .

09:37 - NAME OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR .

09:38 - WHO PUT DOWN THE FLOOR AND .

09:41 - CONSTRUCTED THE COUNTY . COURTHOUSE.

09:43 - THE NAME ON THE FLOORBOARD SAYS .

09:49 - HETRICK AND FLEISCHER.

09:51 - THE SIGN I'M HOLDING IN MY HAND .

09:53 - IS OF INTEREST.

09:54 - THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED ON .

09:56 - THE ORIGINAL FENCE AROUND THE .

09:58 - FIRST COURTHOUSE.

09:59 - THE SIGN IS DATED MAY 1 OF 1872.

10:03 - IT IS SIGNED BY THE SUPERVISOR .

10:06 - OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE FOR .

10:08 - MIFFLINTOWN AT THE TIME.

10:10 - THE SIGN STATES, CAUTION, ALL .

10:12 - PERSONS ARE CAUTIONED AGAINST .

10:14 - TRESPASSING ON THE PUBLIC SQUARE.

10:16 - OR COURTHOUSE YARD EITHER BY .

10:18 - PERMITTING THEIR CATTLE OR HOGS .

10:20 - TO ENTER THE ENCLOSURE OR IN ANY.

10:22 - WAY INJURING THE FENCE OR .

10:24 - PAVEMENT WHICH SURROUNDS THE .

10:26 - SQUARE AND PERSONS HAVING .

10:27 - OCCASION TO PASS IN AND OUT OF .

10:28 - THE GATES TO THE COURTHOUSE OR .

10:32 - ANY OF THE OUT BUILDINGS ARE .

10:33 - REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE GATES . AFTER THEM.

10:36 - EVERY PERSON DISREGARDING THIS .

10:38 - CAUTION WILL BE DEALT WITH AS .

10:39 - THE LAW DIRECTS BY ORDER OF THE .

10:41 - BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

10:44 - THIS SIGN IS INTERESTING AS .

10:46 - PRETTY MUCH GIVING YOU A WINDOW .

10:48 - INTO THE SIGN OF THE TIMES.

10:49 - AS IN THE MODERN DAY, WE DON'T .

10:51 - HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CATTLE AND .

10:53 - HOGS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE . LAWN.

10:56 - THIS PORTRAIT COMES FROM MY .

10:58 - PRIVATE COLLECTION.

10:58 - THIS PORTRAIT IS OF A MAN NAMED .

11:01 - FRANCIS HOWER WHO WAS A .

11:03 - COMMISSIONER FROM 1887 TO 1890 .

11:05 - AND IS MY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT . UNCLE.

11:08 - HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE DISPLAY .

11:10 - CASES, YOU WILL FIND OBJECTS .

11:12 - THAT REPRESENT THE COUNTY'S .

11:13 - HISTORY FROM ALL OVER THE . COUNTY.

11:15 - HERE IN THIS CASE, YOU WILL FIND.

11:17 - OBJECTS RELATING TO THE .

11:20 - TUSCARORA FEMALE SEMINARY. THIS IS A PICTURE.

11:23 - IT IS ONE OF A FEW KNOWN TO . EXIST.

11:25 - HERE YOU WILL ALSO HAVE A REPORT. CARD.

11:28 - AND HERE YOU WILL HAVE A .

11:29 - GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENT.

11:31 - DOWN HERE YOU WILL FIND OBJECTS .

11:33 - RELATED TO THE TUSCARORA .

11:35 - ACADEMY, THE BOY SCHOOL.

11:36 - YOU WILL FIND A STAMP USED TO .

11:38 - STAMP ENVELOPES AND IT DATES .

11:39 - FROM AROUND THE 1850s.

11:41 - WE MOVE THIS WAY AND WE FIND .

11:44 - TICKETS FROM THE RAILROAD AND A .

11:46 - MINUTES BOOK FROM THE BOARD OF .

11:47 - DIRECTORS FOR THE RAILROAD.

11:50 - ON THE SHELF HERE, WE HAVE SAVED.

11:52 - SOME OF THE ORIGINAL COURTHOUSE .

11:54 - TILE FROM 1873 FOR PEOPLE TO . VIEW.

11:58 - A VERY POPULAR GAME THAT ALMOST .

12:00 - EVERYBODY HAS HEARD OF IS . MONOPOLY.

12:02 - BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT WAS .

12:05 - ACTUALLY INVENTED BY A MAN WHO .

12:07 - LIVED RIGHT HERE.

12:08 - THE MAN'S LAST NAME IS DARROW .

12:10 - AND HIS FAMILY STILL RESIDES .

12:12 - HERE IN JUNIATA COUNTY TODAY.

12:15 - ALONG THE WALL TO MY LEFT, WE .

12:16 - HAVE PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS OF THE.

12:19 - COURTHOUSE AS IT WAS BEING .

12:20 - DESIGNED IN THE 1850s AND THE 1860s.

12:24 - ON BOTH ENDS WE HAVE DRAWINGS OF.

12:26 - THE ENDS OF THE BUILDING AND .

12:29 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE COLUMNS.

12:30 - IN THE CENTER, YOU WILL SEE A .

12:32 - DESIGN OF THE SIDE OF THE . BUILDING.

12:35 - IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO TALK .

12:36 - TO YOU TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THE .

12:37 - HISTORY OF THIS AMAZING .

12:39 - COURTHOUSE AND SOME OF THE .

12:40 - OBJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON DISPLAY . HERE.

12:43 - >> WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT,

12:46 - THE SERVICES WE OFFER OR THE .

12:49 - GREAT JOB OUR STAFF DOES, I .

12:51 - COULD GO ON AND ON. BUT TODAY IS ABOUT THE .

12:53 - COURTHOUSE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR .

12:56 - VOTER REGISTRAR.

12:58 - SHE WILL TALK ABOUT THE OFFICES .

12:59 - LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING.

13:01 - >> BEHIND ME IS THE TAX. ASSESSMENT OFFICE.

13:05 - THIS OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR .

13:07 - THE DISCOVERY, LISTING AND .

13:11 - VALUATION OF ALL PARCELS LOCATED.

13:12 - IN THE COUNTY. THEY MAINTAIN TWO PROPERTY .

13:17 - RECORD CARDS FOR EACH PARCEL AND.

13:19 - TAX MAPS FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES .

13:20 - WITHIN THE COUNTY.

13:24 - ALSO, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR .

13:26 - LIST OF RESIDENTS OVER THE 18 .

13:30 - YEARS OF AGE FOR PER CAPITA . REASONS.

13:34 - PROTHONOTARY OFFICE IS BEHIND ME. NOW.

13:35 - THEY HANDLE THE CRIMINAL, CIVIL .

13:38 - AND JUVENILE ACTIONS.

13:42 - WHICH ARE FILED, DOCKETED AND .

13:43 - INDEXED IN THIS OFFICE.

13:46 - PROTHONOTARY'S OFFICE IS ALSO IN.

13:49 - CHARGE OF THE CLERK OF COURTS . OFFICE.

13:52 - CLERK OF COURTS HAS CHARGE OF .

13:54 - ALL CRIMINAL FILINGS, EXHIBITS,

13:57 - WITNESSES AND JURORS.

14:00 - THEY ADMINISTER OATHS, CERTIFY .

14:02 - LEGAL DOCUMENTS, PROCESS .

14:05 - PASSPORTS, DISTRIBUTE FINES AND .

14:06 - COSTS COLLECTED.

14:08 - BEHIND ME NOW IS REGISTER AND .

14:11 - RECORDER OF OFFICE.

14:12 - THIS IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR.

14:14 - THREE DIFFERENT OFFICES.

14:17 - RECORDER OF DEEDS PORTION IS .

14:20 - RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TRANSACTIONS.

14:23 - DEALING WITH REAL ESTATE,

14:24 - INCLUDING RECORDING DEEDS,

14:26 - MORTGAGES, EASEMENTS, POWER OF .

14:30 - ATTORNEY AND RELEASE MORTGAGES.

14:33 - THE REGISTER OF WILLS PORTION OF.

14:36 - THIS OFFICE PROBATES WILLS OF .

14:38 - ALL DEFENDANTS. COLLECTS INHERITANCE TAX AND .

14:42 - FEES RELATING TO EACH ESTATE.

14:45 - THE LAST OFFICE COVERED BY THE .

14:48 - REGISTER AND RECORDER OFFICE IS .

14:50 - CLERK OF ORPHANS COURTS.

14:52 - THIS PORTION OF THE OFFICE IS .

14:55 - RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING MARRIAGE.

14:58 - LICENSE AND HANDLING ALL FILINGS.

15:02 - WITH ADOPTIONS AND INCAPACITATED. FILINGS.

15:06 - BEHIND ME NOW IS THE PLANNING . OFFICE.

15:10 - THEY ASSIST THE PLANNING .

15:12 - COMMISSION, MAINTAIN THE .

15:14 - COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND .

15:16 - PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND REVIEW .

15:19 - SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT. PLANS.

15:23 - THEY ALSO ASSIST MUNICIPALIIES .

15:25 - ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES AND . SUBJECTS.

15:29 - I'M NOW STANDING IN THE VOTER .

15:30 - REGISTRATION TAX CLAIM OFFICE.

15:33 - THE VOTER REGISTRATION PORTION .

15:35 - OF THIS OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE .

15:37 - FOR MAINTAINING ALL VOTER .

15:39 - REGISTRATION RECORDS FOR THE . COUNTY.

15:42 - WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR .

15:43 - CONDUCTING TWO ELECTIONS EACH .

15:47 - YEAR WHICH INCLUDE PREPARING ALL.

15:50 - SUPPLIES, BALLOTS AND .

15:51 - MAINTAINING ALL ELECTION . RECORDS.

15:56 - THE TAX CLAIM BUREAU IS .

16:00 - RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING ALL .

16:02 - DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE TAXES.

16:04 - TAXES ARE TURNED INTO THE TAX .

16:08 - CLAIM DIRECTOR BY A DEADLINE OF .

16:11 - JANUARY 15th.

16:12 - EVERY YEAR SHE CONDUCTS AN UPSET.

16:15 - SALE FOR ANY TAXES THAT ARE .

16:18 - UNPAID, WHICH ARE TWO YEARS OLD.

16:21 - THE LAST OFFICE WHICH I'M NOT .

16:22 - ABLE TO SHOW YOU BECAUSE IT IS .

16:25 - SECURED IS LOCATED ON THE THIRD .

16:27 - FLOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE.

16:29 - AND IT HOUSES THE DISTRICT .

16:30 - ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

16:33 - THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS THE .

16:34 - CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF. THE COUNTY.

16:38 - THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALSO .

16:39 - CONDUCTS ALL CRIMINAL AND OTHER .

16:42 - PROSECUTION BEFORE THE COURT IN .

16:44 - THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

16:46 - HE RECEIVES AND APPROVES ALL .

16:48 - PRIVATE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS.

16:52 - THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE .

16:53 - COURTHOUSE HOUSES THE JUDGES' .

16:56 - CHAMBERS AND THE COURTROOM FOR .

16:57 - ALL COURT PROCEEDINGS.

17:00 - >> OBVIOUSLY, COURTHOUSES HAVE. COURTROOMS.

17:03 - NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN . JUNIATA'S.

17:07 - WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE . JUDGE.

17:12 - >> ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT .

17:13 - JUDGE AND MYSELF, I WOULD LIKE .

17:14 - TO WELCOME YOU TO THE COURTROOM.

17:17 - WHEN THE COUNTY WAS CREATED IN

17:21 - 1831, THE FIRST COURT .

17:22 - PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD DECEMBER

17:23 - 5th OF THAT YEAR AT THE .

17:26 - PRESBYTERIAN MEETING HOUSE.

17:27 - IN 1834, THE COUNTY WAS COMBINED.

17:33 - WITH SCHUYLKILL COUNTY TO CREATE.

17:34 - THE 12th JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

17:36 - A YEAR LATER IN 1835, IT WAS .

17:39 - TRANSFERRED TO THE NINTH. JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

17:43 - IN 1874, IT WAS COMBINED AND .

17:50 - THEY REMAIN TO THIS DATE AS THE

17:53 - 41st JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

17:55 - THERE ARE FIVE OTHER JOINT .

17:57 - DISTRICTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH .

17:58 - THAT ENCOMPASS TWO COUNTIES.

18:00 - AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COURTROOM .

18:02 - HAS REMAINED VIRTUALLY . UNCHANGED.

18:07 - THE ONLY TWO RENOVATIONS TO THE .

18:09 - COURTROOM ITSELF WERE THE .

18:10 - ADDITION OF A NEW CEILING AND .

18:11 - REPLACEMENT WINDOWS.

18:13 - EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE COURTROOM.

18:14 - IS PRACTICALLY THE SAME AS IT .

18:15 - WAS THE DAY IT WAS BUILT.

18:17 - IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF .

18:18 - THE SEATING, YOU CAN SEE WHERE .

18:20 - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE .

18:21 - SAT THROUGH THE YEARS AND THE .

18:23 - BELTS AND WEAPONS HAVE WORN INTO.

18:24 - THE FINISH IN THE SEATING.

18:26 - IN THE COURTROOM, THERE ARE .

18:28 - THREE PORTRAITS THAT ARE HUNG.

18:31 - JUDGE ADKINSON THE ONLY PORTRAIT.

18:35 - FOR WELL OVER 100 YEARS.

18:36 - HE WAS A VERY INTERESTING . INDIVIDUAL.

18:40 - HE WAS A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND .

18:42 - SERVED SO FOR MANY YEARS.

18:43 - HE WAS A MEDICAL DOCTOR IN THE .

18:45 - UNITED STATES ARMY UNTIL HE .

18:46 - BECAME DISABLED AND WAS UNABLE .

18:48 - TO PRACTICE MEDICINE ANY LONGER.

18:50 - THEN HE BEGAN TO STUDY LAW.

18:51 - HE BECAME A VERY SUCCESSFUL . ATTORNEY.

18:55 - THEN SERVED AS A CONGRESSMAN FOR.

18:56 - ALMOST A DECADE.

19:00 - IN 1900, HE WAS APPOINTED TO .

19:02 - FILL THE REMAINING TERM OF JUDGE.

19:04 - LIONS WHO PASSED AWAY .

19:06 - UNEXPECTEDLY ON A TRIP TO . PHILADELPHIA.

19:08 - THE JUDGE SERVED AS JUDGE OF THE

19:11 - 41st JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR ONE .

19:13 - YEAR WHICH BRING US TO THE .

19:15 - QUESTION, WHY WOULD YOU HANG THE.

19:16 - PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN WHO ONLY.

19:17 - SERVED AS JUDGE FOR ONE YEAR AND.

19:21 - NOT ALL THE OTHER JUDGES WHO .

19:23 - HAVE SERVED THROUGHOUT TIME?

19:25 - THE ANSWER THAT TO IS THAT .

19:26 - BECAUSE THE JUDGE WAS THE ONLY .

19:28 - JUDGE FOR OVER 100 YEARS WHO WAS.

19:30 - A NATIVE TO JUNIATA COUNTY AND .

19:32 - WAS JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT.

19:35 - THE SECOND PORTRAIT HUNG IN THE .

19:37 - COURTROOM WAS OF PRESIDENT JUDGE.

19:41 - KEITH QUIGLEY. HE WAS JUDGE FROM 1976 UNTIL

19:47 - 2004 WHEN HE RETIRED.

19:48 - HE HAS SERVED NOT ONLY AS SENIOR.

19:51 - JUDGE BUT ALSO SENIOR JUDGE TO .

19:52 - THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF . PENNSYLVANIA.

19:57 - THE MOST RECENT PORTRAIT THAT .

19:58 - WAS COMMISSIONED TO BE HUNG IN .

20:00 - THE COURTROOM IS THAT OF C. JOSEPH RAYCAMP.

20:09 - THERE WAS ONE JUDGE SERVING AT A.

20:10 - TIME IN THE 41st JUDICIAL . DISTRICT.

20:13 - IN 1991, THE LEGISLATURE .

20:17 - AUTHORIZED A SECOND JUDGE.

20:18 - HE WAS ELECTED TO FILL THAT . POSITION.

20:20 - HE SERVED AS JUDGE OF THE COURT .

20:22 - OF COMMONPLEAS THROUGH 2008.

20:28 - HE HAS RETIRED FROM SENIOR .

20:31 - STATUS AND IS NOW RESIDING IN .

20:32 - NORTH CAROLINA WITH HIS WIFE.

20:35 - ANOTHER ITEM WE HAVE HERE IN THE.

20:37 - COURTROOM IS OUR ORIGINAL JURY .

20:38 - WHEEL THAT WAS USED TO SELECT. JURY POOLS.

20:42 - THIS WAS USED UP UNTIL 2012 WHEN.

20:45 - IT WAS REPLACED BY A COMPUTER . SYSTEM.

20:47 - AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WHEEL HAS .

20:48 - MANY MARKS ON THE SIDE NEAR THE .

20:51 - PADLOCK AND OPENING WHERE IT WAS.

20:53 - SEALED BY A WAX SEAL.

20:55 - NOT ONLY WAS IT LOCKED BUT THERE.

20:57 - WAS WAX SEAL PLACED ACROSS .

20:59 - OPENING SO THE COMMISSIONERS IN .

21:00 - COULD ENSURE THE POOL HAD NOT .

21:01 - BEEN TAMPERED WITH.

21:09 - TWO OTHER THINGS YOU WILL NOTICE.

21:10 - THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE .

21:12 - COURTROOM ARE THE TWO ADDITIONAL.

21:13 - CHAIRS BESIDES THE JUDGE'S CHAIR.

21:15 - THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE BENCH.

21:17 - THESE CHAIRS WERE THE ORIGINAL .

21:18 - CHAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATE JUDGES.

21:22 - WHILE THE COMMON PLEAS JUDGE WAS.

21:23 - IN CHARGE OF KNOWING THE LAW,

21:25 - THE ASSOCIATE JUDGES WERE IN .

21:26 - CHARGE OF KNOWING THE PEOPLE AND.

21:27 - THE LOCATIONS. UPON GIVING DECISIONS, THE .

21:32 - COMMON PLEAS JUDGE WOULD HUDDLE .

21:34 - WITH THE ASSOCIATE JUDGES TO GET.

21:35 - THEIR INPUT ON A DECISION BEFORE. IT WAS MADE.

21:37 - THE CHAIRS ARE STILL HERE AS A .

21:39 - REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE LOCAL . JUDGES.

21:42 - THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY .

21:44 - ON OUR TOUR OF THE JUNIATA . COURTROOM.

21:47 - I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE .

21:51 - COMMISSIONERS IN AND PCN FOR .

21:52 - GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO .

21:53 - SHOW YOU OUR COURTHOUSE.

21:55 - >> IT'S AMAZING HOW TIME FLIES.

21:56 - WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR VIDEO . TOUR.

21:59 - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A .

22:00 - PART OF THIS AND FOR BEING OUR . GUESTS.

22:03 - SAFE TRAVELS AND BE WELL.