Section 1709-7 - Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission abolished; records and equipment transferred; existing contracts; funds(a) The Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission is hereby abolished, as of the effective date of this act, and the terms of the members of such commission now holding office, and the employment of all officers and employes of the commission, shall expire and terminate upon that date.(b) All books, papers, maps, charts, plans, literature and other records, and all equipment in the possession of the Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission upon the effective date of this act, or of any member of the commission or any officer or employe of the commission, shall be delivered or turned over to the Department of Commerce.(c) All existing contracts and obligations of the Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission shall remain in full force and effect and shall be performed by the Department of Commerce.(d) The unexpended balance existing on the effective date of this act in any appropriation made to the Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission is hereby transferred and appropriated to the Department of Commerce, for the biennial period ending the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine, for the purpose of carrying out the powers and duties of the Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission transferred to the Department of Commerce by this act, and for the payment of any bills or encumbrances incurred by the Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission prior to, and remaining unpaid on, the effective date of this act.1939, May 10, P.L. 111, No. 51, § 7.