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The legislature, on application of the board of supervisors or other body exercising similar powers, may, in any county having a county court, provide for the election of a special county judge or special surrogate, not to exceed two in any county, for a term of not more than six years, to discharge the duties of county judge or of surrogate in such cases as may be provided by law. The legislature may abolish any such office heretofore or hereafter created by it at the expiration of the term of an incumbent or in case of a vacancy if it deems the continuance thereof unnecessary. Any special county judge or surrogate shall be chosen at the next general election held in an odd-numbered year after the creation of any such office, to take office on the first day of January following such election, but no appointment shall be made by the governor to such office meantime.