Any such municipality may use for parks, playgrounds, recreational centers and other recreational purposes and activities, any public parks or park areas of such municipality, or any lands or buildings, or both, owned or leased by such municipality; and such municipality may, by and through its park and recreation board, in such manner as may now or hereafter be authorized or provided by law for the acquisition of lands or buildings for public purposes by such municipality, acquire or lease lands or buildings, or both, within or beyond the corporate limits of such municipality for parks, park areas, playgrounds, recreational centers, and other recreational purposes and activities, and when acquired for any such purposes such municipality shall have full police jurisdiction thereover whether within or beyond its corporate limits. Any such municipality may, by and through its park and recreation board, establish, provide, conduct, develop, equip, improve and maintain parks, park areas, street and highway planting, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreational activities and facilities, and for any or all such purposes or in connection therewith by and through such board, may employ engineers, architects, landscape artists, playground directors, play leaders, supervisors, recreation superintendents, or such other officers or employees as may be deemed necessary, and their compensation shall be fixed by the governing body.