§ 32:18-21 — Consent of congress

The said commissioners together with the commissioners appointed from the state of New York, shall have power to apply to the congress of the United States for its consent or approval of the agreement or compact signed by them; but in the absence of such consent of congress and until the same shall have been secured, the said agreement or compact shall be binding upon the state of New Jersey in all respects permitted by law of the two states of New Jersey and New York without the consent of congress to co-operate, for the purpose enumerated in said agreement or compact and in the manner provided therein. L.1935, c. 321, s. 5, p. 1053.