The Department of Property and Supplies,¹ with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to enter into a lease for a term of not more than thirty (30) years with The General State Authority, to acquire the use of the new sanatorium building or buildings so erected, constructed, and equipped, and any lands or farms connected therewith for the purpose of operation and management. In such case the management and operation of the sanatorium building or buildings and the care, treatment and maintenance of patients therein shall be the function of the Department of Health. Subject to and in the manner provided in the Administrative Code of one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine, and its amendments, the Department of Health shall have power to employ and fix the compensation of a director, physicians, mechanics, nurses, clerks, stenographers, and other employes as may be deemed necessary for the proper maintenance and management of the sanatorium and patients therein and the land connected therewith. The compensation of all persons so appointed and all other expenses in connection with such care and maintenance of patients therein shall be paid from the appropriation made to the Department of Health for such purposes.