The industrial commission shall appoint a manager and all necessary subordinate officers and employees of and for each utility, industry, enterprise, and business project established, owned, undertaken, administered, or operated by the state. It may constitute such manager its general agent in the performance of its duties in the particular utility, industry, enterprise, or business project in which the manager is engaged, but subject, nevertheless, in such agency to the supervision, limitation, and control of the commission. It shall employ such contractors, architects, builders, attorneys, sales agents, clerks, accountants, and other experts, agents, and servants, as in the judgment of the commission the interests of the state may require, and shall define the duties, designate the titles, and fix the compensation and bonds of all persons so engaged.