The clerk of the supreme court personally shall perform all the duties assigned to the clerk by law and by the rules of the supreme court. When the clerk is absent unavoidably or for any cause is unable to perform the clerk's duties, the clerk's deputy may perform the same.
27-03-08. Clerk of supreme court to procure necessary records, supplies, and furniture. The clerk of the supreme court shall procure the necessary records, seal, stationery, postage, and furniture for the use of the supreme court, and the expenses thereof must be paid out of the moneys appropriated to the supreme court for that purpose.