[5] In the area of education, the governor announced the territory had over 11,000 students enrolled in public schools being taught by 288 teachers.
[5] Hughes wished to reduce the territory's high property tax rates, but to do so required the long-standing issue of undervalued appraisals to be addressed.
[6] Hughes wished to reduce governmental operating costs and asked for all extraneous government positions to be terminated.
[5] Dealing with moral concerns, Hughes asked for the sale of lottery tickets to be prohibited and provisions be made for the care of the blind, deaf, and mentally impaired individuals.
[3] As a defense preparedness action, the legislature authorized creation of a military styled "American Guard" to be composed of students in territorial public schools.
[3] The session also authorized a US$5,000 reward to Governor Lewis Wolfley for his previous work to restructure the territorial debt in a manner that generated a US$59,006/year reduction in interest payments.
[11] Shortly after bill to create Navajo County was passed, as the clock struck midnight on the sixtieth day of the session, Speaker J. H. Carpenter declared the House adjourned sine die.
[3] This was done even though prior sessions, when faced with a similar situation, had established the practice of either stopping the clock or turning the hands back to give the legislators extra time to finish their business.
[9] This prevented discussion on moving the territorial prison from occurring but, as a consequence of this action, the normal appropriation bills were not passed.