Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1603

with amendments, Sections 74 and 83 of said Article and title of
the Code (1970 Supplement), subtitle "State Accident Fund," to
correct certain erroneous language therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 36(3) and 36(4a) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1970 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensation,"
subtitle "Claims and Compensation; Benefits," and Sections 74 and
83 of said Article and title of the Code (1970 Supplement), subtitle
"State Accident Fund," be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, 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] two-
thirds per centum of the average weekly wages, in no case to exceed
thirty-five dollars per week and not less than a minimum of twenty-
five dollars per week unless the employee's established weekly wages
are less than twenty-five dollars per week at the time of injury, in
which event he shall receive compensation equal to his full wages and
shall be paid to the employee for the period named in the schedule
as follows:

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

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

Second finger—For the loss of a second finger, thirty-five weeks.
Third finger—For the loss of a third finger, thirty weeks.

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

(b) Compensation for the loss of more than one phalanx of a
digit of a hand or foot shall be the same as the loss of the entire digit.
Compensation for the loss 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 compensation for the loss of a hand or foot.

Great toe—For the loss of a great toe, forty weeks.

Other toes—For the loss of one of the toes, other than the great
toe, ten weeks.

Hand—for the loss of a hand, two hundred and fifty weeks.
Arm—For the loss of an arm, three hundred weeks.
Foot—For the loss of a foot, two hundred fifty weeks.
Leg—For the loss of a leg, three hundred weeks.
Eye—For the loss of an eye, two hundred fifty weeks.

Hearing—For the total loss of hearing of one ear, one hundred
twenty-five weeks; for the total loss of hearing of both ears, two
hundred and fifty weeks.