The Department of Health, with the approval of the Governor, may select for acquisition, either by the Department of Property and Supplies¹ in the name of the Commonwealth or by The General State Authority with funds of the authority, a tract of land well supplied or capable of being supplied with water and capable of being sewered and drained, for the erection and construction thereon by The General State Authority of an additional sanatorium for the treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis. The title to the lands so acquired shall be approved by the Attorney General. If it shall be found that the Commonwealth owns State forest lands or other lands suitable in whole or in part for such use, such lands may be designated by the Department of Health, with the approval of the Governor and the department, board, or commission of the Commonwealth having possession and control of the same, and any additional lands necessary may be selected and acquired as aforesaid.