Beginning in April 1873, a majority of the territory's Apache population began converging on Camp Verde to seek amnesty.
In exchange for food and protection, the surrendering Apache agreed to live on reservations and follow the instructions of Indian agents.
"[2] Economically, Safford reported the territory's mines were doing well but that low prices for grain was constraining the prosperity of area farmers.
As there was a persistent shortage of qualified candidates willing to work for the offered salary, the Governor recommended doing away with the position Attorney General.
Finally he requested creation of voter registration laws and creation of a territorial insane asylum to remove the need of contracting with California to handle the territory's mentally ill.[1] Representative Granville H. Oury, representing Maricopa County, seeking to rectify an oversight by a previous session, introduced a bill to finance the previously authorized prison in Phoenix.