§ 4. The said commissioners, together with the commissioners appointed
from the state of New Jersey, shall have power to apply to the congress
of the United States for its consent and 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 York in all respects
permitted by law for the two states of New York and New Jersey without
the consent of congress to co-operate, for the purposes enumerated in
said agreement or compact, and in the manner provided herein.