The secretary shall have power to establish such offices and to appoint and fix the compensation of such employes in such offices and in the department as he may deem necessary to administer this act, subject to the provisions of the act, approved the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred fifty-two).¹

The department is authorized to cooperate with or to enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law, with any political subdivision of this State, or with any private nonprofit organization, with respect to the establishment, maintenance, and use of free employment service facilities and free public employment offices, and, as a part of any such agreement, may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the administration fund.