770 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 456

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 36 of
Article 101 (C I) of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as
the same was amended by Chapters 368 and 597 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of 1916; and Sections 37 and 39 of
said Article as said sections were amended by Chapter 597 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of 1916 be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so
as to read as follows:

06. Each employee (or in case of death his family or
dependents) entitled to receive compensation under this Ar-
ticle shall receive the same in accordance with the following
schedule and except as in this Article otherwise provided,
such payment shall be in lieu of any and all rights of action
whatsoever against any person whomsoever.

(1) Permanent total disability. In case of total disability,
adjudged to be permanent, sixty-six and two-thirds per centum
of the average weekly wages shall be paid to the employee
during the continuance of such total disability, not to exceed
a maximum of eighteen dollars per week and not less than a
minimum of eight dollars per week, unless the employee's
established weekly wages are less than eight dollars per week
at the time of the injury, in which event he shall receive com-
pensation in an amount equal to his average weekly wages,
but not to exceed a total of $5,000. Loss, or loss of use of
both hands, or both arms, or both feet or both legs, or both
eyes, or of any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclusive
proof to the contrary, constitute permanent total disability.
In all other cases permanent total disability shall be deter-
mined in accordance with the facts.

(2) Temporary total disability. In case of temporary
total disability, sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the
average weekly wages shall be paid to the employee during
the continuance thereof, but not to exceed a maximum of
eighteen dollars per week and not less than a minimum of
eight dollars per week, unless the employee's established
weekly wages are less than eight dollars per week at the time
of the injury, in which event he shall receive compensation
equal to his full wages; but in no case to continue more than
six years from the date of the injury or to exceed thirty-seven
hundred and fifty dollars in the aggregate.

(3) Permanent partial disability. In case of disability
partial in character but permanent in quality, the compensa-