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excess of sixty per cent to be paid during the remainder of life.

"(7) In determining the percentages of permanent disability, account shall be taken of the nature of the physical injury or disfigurement, the occupation of the injured employee and his age at the time of such injury.

"(8) Nothing contained in the foregoing schedule of permanent disability indemnity shall be held to limit the amount of compensation recoverable for any such permanent injury during any period of total incapacity due to illness resulting from that injury, but any sum so received shall be deducted from the compensation payable in accordance with the said schedule.

"(9) The following permanent disabilities shall be conclusively presumed to be total in character: Loss of both eyes or the sight thereof; loss of both hands or the use thereof; an injury resulting in a practically total paralysis; an injury to the brain resulting in incurable imbecility or insanity. In all other cases, permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance with the fact.

"3. The death of the injured employee shall not affect the liability of the employer under subsections (a) and (b) of this section, so far as such liability has accrued and become payable at the date of the death, and any accrued and unpaid compensation shall be paid to the dependents, if any, without administration, or if there are no dependents, to the personal representatives of the deceased employee or other person entitled thereto, but such death shall be deemed to be the termination of the disability."

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"Part B. § 11. Compensation for Total Incapacity. In case the injury results in total incapacity to perform work of any character, there shall be paid to the injured employee a weekly compensation equal to half of his average weekly earnings at the time of the injury; but the compensation shall in no case be more than ten dollars or less than five dollars weekly; and such compensation shall not continue longer

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than the period of total incapacity, or in any event longer than five hundred and twenty weeks. The following injuries of any person shall be considered as causing total incapacity and compensation shall be paid accordingly: (a) Total and permanent loss of sight in both eyes; (b) the loss of both feet at or above the ankle; (c) the loss of both hands at or above the wrist; (d) the loss of one foot at or above the ankle and one hand at or above the wrist; (e) any injury resulting in permanent and complete paralysis of the legs or arms or of one leg and one arm; (f) any injury resulting in incurable imbecility or insanity.

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"§ 12. Compensation for Partial Incapacity. In case the injury results in partial incapacity, there shall be paid to the injured employee a weekly compensation equal to half the difference between his average weekly earnings before the injury and what he is able to earn thereafter. This compensation shall in no case be more than ten dollars weekly and shall continue during the period of partial incapacity, but not longer than three hundred and twelve weeks. If the employer procures for an injured employee employment suitable to his capacity the wages offered in such employment shall be taken as the earning capacity of the injured employeecase of the following injuries the compensation, in lieu of all other payments, shall be half of the previous average weekly earnings of the injured employee for the terms respectively indicated: (a) for the loss of one arm at or above the elbow, or the complete and permanent loss of the use of one arm, two hundred and eight weeks; (b) for the loss of one hand at or above the wrist, or the complete and permanent loss of the use of one hand, one hundred and fifty-six weeks; (c) for the loss of one leg at or above the knee, or the complete and permanent loss of the use of one leg, one hundred and eightytwo weeks; (d) for the loss of one foot at or above the ankle, or the complete and permanent loss of the use of one foot, one hundred and thirty weeks; (e) for the complete and per manent loss of hearing in both ears, one hundred and fifty-six weeks; (f) for the complete and permanent loss of hearing in one ear, fifty-two weeks; (g) for the complete and permanent loss of sight of one eye, one hundred and four weeks; (h) for

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the loss of a thumb, thirty-eight weeks; (i) for the loss of a first finger or a great toe, thirty-eight weeks; (j) for the loss of a second finger, thirty weeks; a third finger, twenty-five weeks; a fourth finger, twenty weeks; (k) for the loss of any toe except the great toe, thirteen weeks. The loss of one phalange of a thumb or two phalanges of a finger shall be considered half the loss of a thumb or finger respectively, and shall be compensated accordingly."

For allowance when advance payments are made see Part B, § 14.

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"§ 8. The amount of compensation which shall be paid to the employee for an injury not resulting in death shall be:

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(b) If the period of temporary total incapacity for work lasts for more than six working days, compensation equal to one-half the earnings, but not less than $5.00 nor more than $12.00 per week, beginning on the eighth day of such temporary total incapacity, and continuing as long as the temporary total incapacity lasts, but not after the amount of compensation paid equals the amount which would have been payable as a death benefit under paragraph (a), section 7, if the employee had died as a result of the injury at the time thereof, leaving heirs surviving as provided in said paragraph (a), section 7.

"(c) For any serious and permanent disfigurement to the hands, head or face, the employee shall be entitled to compensation for such disfigurement, the amount to be fixed by agreement or by arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Act, which amount shall not exceed one-quarter of the amount of the compensation which would have been payable as a death benefit under paragraph (a), section 7, if the employee had died as a result of the injury at the time

1 Subdivision (a) relates to medical attention. See Chapter IX.

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thereof, leaving heirs surviving, as provided in said paragraph (å), section 7, provided that no compensation shall be payable under this paragraph where compensation is payable under paragraphs (d), (e), or (f) of this section.

"(d) If, after the injury has been sustained, the employee as a result thereof becomes partially, though permanently incapacitated from pursuing his usual and customary line of employment, he shall, except in the cases covered by the specific schedule set forth in paragraph (e) of this section, receive compensation, subject to the limitations as to time and maximum amounts fixed in paragraphs (b) and (h) of this section, equal to one-half of the difference between the average amount which he earned before the accident, and the average amount which he is earning or is able to earn in some suitable employment or business after the accident. In the event the employee returns to the employment of the employer in whose service he was injured, the employee shall not be barred from asserting a claim for compensation under this Act, provided notice of such claim is filed with the industrial board within eighteen months after he returns to such employment, and the said board shall immediately send to the employer, by registered mail, a copy of such notice.

"(e) For injuries in the following schedule, the employee shall receive in addition to compensation during the period of temporary total incapacity for work resulting from such injury, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, compensation, for a further period, subject to the limitations as to time and amounts fixed in paragraphs (b) and (h) of this section, for the specific herein mentioned, as follows, but shall not receive any pensation under any other provision of this Act.

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"For the loss of a thumb, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during sixty weeks.

"For the loss of a first finger, commonly called the index finger, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during thirty-five

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"For the loss of a second finger, or the permanent and com

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plete loss of its use, fifty per centum of the average weekly wages during thirty weeks.

"For the loss of a third finger, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during twenty weeks.

"For the loss of a fourth finger, commonly called the little finger, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during fifteen weeks.

"The loss of the first phalange of the thumb, or of any finger, shall be considered to be equal to the loss of one-half of such thumb, or finger, and compensation shall be one-half the amounts above specified.

"The loss of more than one phalange shall be considered as the loss of the entire finger or thumb: Provided, however, that in no case shall the amount received for more than one finger exceed the amount provided in this schedule for the loss of a hand.

"For the loss of a great toe, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during thirty weeks.

"For the loss of one or more of the toes other than the great toe, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during ten weeks.

"The loss of the first phalange of any toe shall be considered to be equal to the loss of one-half of such toe, and compensation shall be one-half of the amount above specified.

"The loss of more than one phalange shall be considered as the loss of the entire toe.

"For the loss of a hand, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during one hundred and fifty weeks.

"For the loss of an arm, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during two hundred weeks.

"For the loss of a foot, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during one hundred and twenty-five weeks.

"For the loss of a leg, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifty per centum of the average weekly wage during one hundred and seventy-five weeks.