1032 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 487

Disfigurements—For other mutilations and disfigure-
ments, not hereinbefore provided for, compensation shall
be allowed in the discretion of the Commission, for not less
than ten weeks nor more than one hundred weeks, as the
Commission may fix, in each case having due regard to the
character of the mutilation and disfigurement as compared
with mutilation and injury hereinbefore specifically pro-
". vided for.

The compensation for the foregoing specific injuries
shall be paid in addition to, and consecutively with, the
compensation hereinbefore provided in sub-section 2 of
this section.

If any employee dies, the right to any compensation pay-
able under this sub-section, unpaid at the date of his death,
shall survive to and vest in his personal representatives.

In all claims for compensation for hernia, compensation
may be allowed ^only upon definite proof to the satisfaction
of the Commission:

First. That there was an accidental injury causing her-
nia, arising out of and in the course of the employee's em-
ployment.

Second. That the hernia did not exist prior to the in-
jury for which compensation is claimed; provided that if
as the result of an accidental injury arising out of and in
the course of the employee's employment a pre-existing
hernia becomes so strangulated that an immediate opera-
tion is necessary, the provision of this sub-paragraph re-
quiring proof that the hernia did not exist prior to the
injury for which compensation is claimed shall not
apply.

Third. That, anything in this Act respecting notice
to the contrary notwithstanding, such injury was reported
to the employer within ten days next following its occur-
rence.

All hernia, inguinal, femoral or otherwise, so proven to
be the result of such injury, shall be treated in a surgical
manner by operation whenever practicable. If death re-
sults from such operation, the death shall be considered
as a result of the injury, and compensation paid in accord-
ance with the provisions of this section. In non-fatal cases,
time loss only shall be compensated, unless it is shown by
special examination that the injured employee has a per-
manent partial disability resulting from the operation. If
so, compensation shall be paid in accordance with the pro-
vision of this Act, with reference to permanent partial
disability.