Section 2405. Districts and number of judges therein  


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  • The county shall be
      divided into judicial districts as follows: The county as a whole  shall
      constitute the first judicial district in which one district court judge
      shall  be  elected.  The  town of Hempstead shall be the second judicial
      district, the town of North Hempstead the third  judicial  district  and
      the  town  of  Oyster  Bay the fourth judicial district.  There shall be
      fourteen district court judges elected in the second district,  five  in
      the  third  district  and six in the fourth district. For the purpose of
      electing such judges and for the purpose of determining  the  boundaries
      of  such  districts,  any  city heretofore or hereafter created from the
      territory of any town shall be considered to be part of that town.
        The compensation of the judges of the district court authorized on the
      effective date of this act shall be the same as the existing  judges  of
      the district court.