Section 4L. The operational services division is hereby authorized to acquire, warehouse, allocate and distribute surplus government property to tax supported and to non-profit institutions and others, eligible to acquire property in accordance with terms and conditions of the federal property and administrative services act of nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and all other acts authorizing the distribution of surplus government property and in accordance with the provisions of an approved state plan, and to execute agreements as required by the federal government. Said office shall employ and assign such supervisory and clerical persons as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.