It shall be the duty of the clerk of the supreme court of appeals to attend in person, or by deputy, all the sessions of the court, to obey its orders and directions in term time and in vacation, to take care of and preserve in an office, kept for the purpose, all records and papers of the court, and to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law or required of him by the court.
W. Va. Code § 51-1-12