Section 243 - (Adm. Code Section 703). Secretary of the CommonwealthThe Secretary of the Commonwealth shall:
(a) Keep a record of all official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and, when required, lay the same, with all papers, minutes, and vouchers relating thereto, before either branch of the General Assembly;(b) Record and file in his office the recommendations of the Board of Pardons, together with the reasons therefor;(c) Keep the seal of the Commonwealth, and affix it to all public instruments to which the attestation of the Governor's signature now is or may hereafter be required by law;(d) Have power and authority to administer to all officers of the State Government such oaths or affirmations as, by the Constitution or laws of the Commonwealth, such officers are required to make, in any and all matters pertaining to the administrative work of the Commonwealth;(e) To deliver the plates from which the Pennsylvania State Reports and Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports are printed, to the Department of Property and Supplies for safe-keeping;(f) Procure and keep deposited in his department, as required by law, an official State flag;(g) Perform such other duties as may now or hereafter be imposed upon him by law.1929, April 9, P.L. 177, art. VII, § 703.