1028                            Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 446

"Workmen's Compensation," subtitle "Claims and Compensation;
Benefits," to repeal Sections 36(3a) and 36(4a) of said Article,
title, and subtitle; and to add new Section 36(4A) to said Article,
title and subtitle, to follow immediately after Section 36(4) there-
of, to provide for changes in the amount of compensation which
can be awarded in cases of permanent partial disabilities for spe-
cific injuries and under "Other Cases"; to repeal the sections pro-
viding for serious disabilities for specific injuries and under
"Other Cases"; to provide for conditions under which awards can
be made for serious disabilities under "Other Cases"; and relating
generally to claims for benefits under the Workmen's Compen-
sation Law of Maryland.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 36(3) (a), 36(3)(b) and 36(4) of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1969 Supplement), title
"Workmen's Compensation," subtitle "Claims and Compensation;
Benefits," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, and that Sections 36(3a) and 36(4a) of said Article,
title and subtitle, be and they are hereby repealed, and that new Sec-
tion 36(4A) be and it is hereby added to said Article, title and sub-
title, to follow immediately after Section 36(4) thereof, all to read as
follows:

36.

(3) (a) In case of disability partial in character but permanent
in quality, the compensation shall be sixty-six and two-third per
centum of the average weekly wages, in no case to exceed [twenty-
five] thirty-five dollars per week and not less than a minimum of
[fifteen] twenty-five dollars per week unless the employee's estab-
lished weekly wages are less than [fifteen] twenty-five dollars per
week at the time of the injury, in which event he shall receive com-
pensation equal to his full wages [, but in no case to exceed twelve
thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) in the aggregate] and shall
be paid to the employee for the period named in the schedule as
follows:

Thumb—For the loss of a thumb, [fifty] one hundred weeks.

First finger—For the loss of a first finger, commonly called the
index finger, [thirty] forty weeks.

Second finger—For the loss of a second finger, [twenty-five]
thirty-five weeks.

Third finger—For the loss of a third finger, [twenty] thirty
weeks.

Fourth finger—For the loss of a fourth finger, commonly called
the little finger, [fifteen] twenty-five weeks.

(b) Compensation for the loss [, or loss of use,] of more than
one phalanx of a digit of a hand or foot shall be the same as the loss
[, or loss of use,] of the entire digit. Compensation for the loss [, or
loss of use,] of the first phalanx shall be one-half of compensation
for the loss of the entire digit. Compensation for the loss or loss of
use of two or more digits or one or more phalanxes of two or more
digits of a hand or foot may be apportioned to the loss of use of the
hand or foot occasioned thereby, but shall not exceed the compen-
sation for the loss of a hand or foot.