The Clerk.
Section 520
SEC. 520. The Clerk. — The clerk of the Supreme Court shall carefully keep a minute of the proceedings of the court for each day, drawn up in a record book to be kept by him for that purpose; he shall seasonably record the judgments, decrees, orders, and decisions of the court. He shall safely keep all records, files, books, and papers committed to his charge, including the library of the Supreme Court, and also all seals and furniture belonging to his office, and deliver such records, files, books, seals, and furniture to his successor in office; and in case of refusal or failure to deliver whatever belongs to his office to his successor, his bondsmen shall be holden for such refusal or failure; he shall prepare for any person demanding the same, a certified copy of any paper, record, decree, judgment, or entry on file in his office, proper to be certified, for the fees prescribed by law. He shall issue all ordinary process incident to proceedings in the Supreme Court, not including injunctions, appointment of receivers, and other extraordinary functions appertaining to the court or judge only. The transcript filed in the Supreme Court, the process in each case, and the judgment or decree entered therein shall be the final record in the cause in the Supreme Court, certified as such by the clerk whenever an exemplification of a judgment or a decree of the court may be required.