[3] Additionally, Governor Richard C. McCormick had won election to become Arizona's Territorial Delegate to Congress and was preparing to depart to Washington D.C.[2] His replacement had not yet been named.
[4] Hostilities with the native peoples continued with A. M. Erwin, who had won election to become a member of the session, having been killed by Apache near his home.
Additionally, Councilman Octavius D. Gass and Representative Andrew S. Gibbons were late to arrive at the session.
The governor then noted that taxable property had increased within Arizona due to a growing economy.
[10] A new request was made for establishing a court to resolve the validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants within the territory.
[5] Reverting a change made by the 3rd legislature,[11] the session recreated the office of Territorial Attorney General.