For the purpose of further perpetuating and preserving the Daniel Boone Homestead in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, where Daniel Boone, the pioneer, was born, and upon which the Commonwealth has already made extensive improvements and is in the process of restoring the original Homestead and out buildings, the tract of ground containing the original cabin of George Boone, grandfather of Daniel Boone, one of the original settlers of Berks County, the Department of Property and Supplies,¹ with the advice of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, lease or condemnation the tract of ground adjoining the present Daniel Boone property of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, especially the land comprising approximately ten acres thereof, which formerly formed part of the original farm belonging to Daniel's father, Squire Boone.