§ 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.