Section 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.
    3. Every person elected or appointed to the  office  of  surrogate  or
  county  judge,  where  there  is no separate office of surrogate, shall,
  before he enters upon the duties of his office, and if appointed, within
  fifteen days after notice thereof, execute and  deliver  to  the  county
  clerk  of  his  county a joint and several undertaking, with two or more
  sureties being resident freeholders, to be approved by  such  clerk,  to
  the effect that he will faithfully perform his duties as such surrogate,
  and  apply  and  pay  over all moneys and effects that may come into his
  hands  as  such  surrogate  in  the  execution  of  his  office;   which
  undertaking  shall  be  immediately  filed  in the office of such county
  clerk. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the  surrogates
  elected in the counties situated within the city of New York.