§ 184. Number of judges of the surrogate's court, county judges to
serve as judges of surrogate's court. 1. The number of judges of the
surrogate's court for each county, whether without or within the city of
New York, shall be equal to the number of separate elective offices or
office of judge of the surrogate's court for such county authorized by
law on the thirty-first day of August, nineteen hundred sixty-two,
except those authorized by certificate filed pursuant to section one
hundred eighty-nine-c of the judiciary law, as added by chapter six
hundred ninety-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, subsequent to
March first, nineteen hundred sixty-two.

2. Except where a separate surrogate has been or shall be elected, the
county judge of each county outside of the city of New York shall be and
serve as judge of the surrogate's court for his county.