Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 405.017. Miscellaneous Duties

(1) affix the state seal to all official documents issued from the secretary of state's office;

(2) unless provided otherwise by law, commission state officers;

(3) keep a register of all state officers;

(4) immediately on receipt, deliver to the person in charge of the state library all books, maps, charts, printed volumes of the laws of a nation, territory, or another state, or other political or miscellaneous publications received in the secretary of state's office;

(5) immediately on receipt, deliver to the supreme court librarian reports of courts of a nation, territory, or another state received in the secretary of state's office;  and

(6) perform such other and further duties as may be directed by the governor.