Sec. 51.004.  DUTIES.  The clerk of the supreme court shall:
(1)  file and carefully preserve the transcripts of records certified to the supreme court and papers relative to the record;
(2)  docket causes in the order in which the supreme court directs;
(3)  faithfully record the proceedings and decisions of the supreme court;  and
(4)  certify the judgments of the supreme court to the courts from which the cases were brought.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.