The board of trustees of such hospital is hereby authorized and empowered to contract for a site, the construction and equipment of said hospital buildings and to do so in such manner as to comply with and secure the benefits of any federal aid, and to receive and use such benefits of such federal aid in the construction and equipment of such hospital, or the acquiring of a site therefor, which aid may be in addition to the proposed bond issue.
K.S.A. 14-668