The above-stated agreement, entered into by and between the commissioners on the part of this commonwealth and the state of New York, which has been properly filed, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and the governor of this commonwealth is hereby authorized and required to transmit to the governor of the state of New York a copy of this act, and, on receiving a notice of the ratification of said agreement by the legislature of the state of New York, he shall cause such notice to be filed in the department of the secretary of internal affairs.