(a) To exercise all of the powers, and perform all of the duties, heretofore exercised and performed by the Department of Highways, or the Secretary of Highways, in connection with the collection of fees for registering and titling motor vehicles and trailers, and for licensing operators of vehicles, and in the collection of fines and penalties imposed upon violators of the laws regulating the registration, titling, and operation of vehicles upon the highways;

(b) To prepare, procure, and supply to the county treasurers of the several counties to be issued by them upon the payment of the fees, if any, prescribed by law,

(c) To issue resident and nonresident fishing licenses, and resident and nonresident hunters' licenses, to persons applying to the department therefor, and entitled thereto under the fish and game laws respectively, upon payment of the fees prescribed by law, and, after the effective date of this act, such licenses shall be issued only by the county treasurers and by the Department of Revenue; and

(d) If at any time it shall believe the best interests of the Commonwealth would be subserved by so doing, with the approval of the Governor, to discontinue the issuance through the county treasurers of resident and nonresident hunters' licenses, resident and nonresident fishermen's licenses, dog licenses and kennel licenses, and thereafter to issue all such licenses directly;

(e) To receive for transmission to the State Treasury all other license fees of every kind and description collected for the Commonwealth by any statutory agent thereof, or by any administrative department, independent administrative board or commission, or departmental administrative board or commission; and

(f) To supervise the collection by county officers of any license fees, which it is the duty of such officers to collect as agents of the Commonwealth.

(g) At the time of supplying the license forms and tags each year, to direct the county treasurer to (i) return at the expense of the department, or (ii) destroy or dispose of all unused dog tags which have been in their possession three years or more after the year for which they were applicable, to (iii) return at the expense of the department, or (iv) destroy or dispose of all other license forms, tags, buttons and certificates in their possession, three months after the accounts have been finally audited for the year the respective licenses were applicable. If the department fails to give such direction at the time herein prescribed, all license forms, tags, buttons or certificates, which have been in the possession of the county treasurer for the time herein specified, may be destroyed or disposed of by the treasurer.