193 - Incapacity, disqualification or absence of the county judges of Suffolk, Dutchess, Ulster and Schenectady counties.

§ 193. Incapacity, disqualification or absence of the county judges of  Suffolk, Dutchess, Ulster and Schenectady counties.  If the county judge  of  Suffolk county, Dutchess county, Ulster county or Schenectady county  is for any reason incapacitated, disqualified, or incapable to act in an  action or special proceeding or other matter  pending  or  about  to  be  instituted in the county court of his county, or before him, or if he is  for  any  reason  absent  from  his  county,  then the action or special  proceeding or other matter may be continued or instituted before  either  a  justice of the supreme court within the same judicial district as the  county judge or the surrogate of the county, who shall possess the  same  power  and authority in the action or special proceeding or other matter  which the county judge possesses in  a  like  action  or  proceeding  or  matter brought in the county court.