The Topographic and Geological Survey Commission of Pennsylvania, which was established by an act, entitled "An act authorizing the Topographic and Geological Survey Commission of Pennsylvania to establish and maintain a topographic and geological survey of the State; fixing salaries; providing for the printing and binding of the results of said survey and furnishing of supplies and stationery; and making an appropriation therefor," approved May thirteenth, one thousand nine hundred and nine (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred twenty-eight), and all offices and places held thereunder are hereby abolished. The said commission shall, upon demand made by the Secretary of Internal Affairs, transfer or cause to be transferred to him, for the use of the said bureau, all papers, maps, surveys, reports, analyses, samples, materials, instruments, supplies, evidences, and manuscripts relating to investigations or explorations, completed and uncompleted, and all property, of any and every nature or character whatsoever, being the property of the State, in the possession or custody of the said commission, the State Geologist, or their employés or agents, as soon as the same can be conveniently done.
71 P.S. § 956