1. This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey when (a) it has been adopted and enacted into law by the respective Legislatures of said Commonwealth and State, and (b) it has been signed by the respective Governors of the said Commonwealth and State, after authorization therefor by their respective Legislatures, and has been attested by the respective Secretaries of State of the said Commonwealth and State and the respective Seals of the said Commonwealth and State have been affixed thereto, and (c) the Congress of the United States of America has consented thereto.

2. This compact shall be signed, attested, and sealed in five originals, one each of said originals to be forwarded to the Governors of the said Commonwealth and State for filing in accordance with the laws of the said Commonwealth and State, one each of said originals to be deposited in the office of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the office of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and one of said originals to be deposited with the Secretary of State of the United States of America.

In Witness Whereof , And in evidence of the adoption and enactment into law of this compact by the Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey, the Governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey do hereby, in accordance with authority conferred by the Legislatures of their respective States, sign this compact in five originals, as attested by the respective Secretaries of State of the said Commonwealth and State, and have caused the respective Seals of the said Commonwealth and State to be hereunto affixed, this day of , 19 .

L.1951, c. 285, p. 1027, s. 1.