Each of the several counties, cities, and towns in the State of Alabama, acting through its county commission, council, or other governing body, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, gift, or bequest such tracts of land suitable for the growth of trees as may be available and as such governing body may deem it wise to so acquire and to administer the same as well as any lands now owned by any such county, city, or town and suitable for the growth of trees as county, city, or town forests.