The Delaware State Employment Service is continued under the jurisdiction and as a part of the Department of Labor. The Department, in the conduct of such Service, shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as are necessary for the proper administration of this part and for the purposes of performing such functions as are within the purview of the act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system and for other purposes,” approved June 6, 1933, 48 Stat. 113, hereinafter referred to as the “Wagner-Peyser Act” [29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq.]. The provisions of such act of Congress are accepted by this State, and the Department of Labor is designated and constituted the agency of this State for the purposes of such act.

41 Del. Laws, c. 258, § ?12; 45 Del. Laws, c. 267, § ?11; 19 Del. C. 1953, § ?3151; 53 Del. Laws, c. 232, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 669, § ?4G;

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 3151

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302