If a majority of the judges of the supreme court do not attend on the first or on any other day of a term, the clerk of such court must enter such fact on record, and the judge or judges present shall adjourn the court to the next day and so on from day to day for six days, if a majority of the judges fail to appear. At the end of such period, said court must be adjourned and    all matters pending therein must stand continued until the next regular or special term. If none of the judges appear at such time, the clerk of said court may adjourn the term from day to day as provided in this section.