[4] Territorial Secretary John Philo Hoyt had been named to replace Safford on April 5, 1877.
[6] The Southern Pacific Railroad had reached Yuma on September 30, 1877, providing the first rail service to the territory.
Proceeds of this lottery were supposed to offset the expense of constructing schools and other public buildings.
[10] Less serious was a bill presented by Representative J. D. Rumberg of Maricopa County, who had apparently lost a large wager on a slow pony, that would prohibit horse racing within the territory.
[14] Representative John T. Alsap, also from Maricopa County, then obtained further revisions that limited the prohibition to just Rumberg's ranch.
[15] Finally, the session authorized US$2000 for Governor Frémont and Judge Charles Silent to travel to Washington, D.C., and lobby to have an order by Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz extending boundaries of the Gila River Indian Reservation into the Salt River Valley.