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 406 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 105. 1917. '"°<""°‘"""‘*"'* tioned as may be prescribed by regulations. The word "widow" as used in this section shall not inclu e one who shall have married the mummy deceased later than ten {ears after the time of ' Sec. 302. That if disa ihty results from the mjury— _ gzip mk  vitlhile the disability is total, the-monthly compensation ’ ‘ s e 0 owing amounts: - (a) If he has neither wife nor child living, $30. _ (b) If he has a wife but no child living, $45. (c) If he has a wife and one child living, $55. (d) If he has a wife and two children   $65: _ (e) If he has a wife and three or m0re chil en hvmg, $75. · (f) If he has no wife but one child hvmg, $40, with $10 for each additional child up to two. _ _ then, in addition to the above amoimts, $10.  °°'“‘°”* To an injured person who is totally disabled and in addition so helpless as to be in constant need of a nuise or attendant, such additional sum shall be paid, but not exceeding $20 per. month, as the L;"·"{'_;_ at nw _ director may deem reasonable: Provided, however, That for the loss mma. of both feet or both hands or botligcis, or for becomingtotally blind or helplessly and permanently `dden from causes occurring Nmr.nmmm_ m the hne of duty in the service of the United States, the rate o gplmpensatigxgnsgl bg $€00 per month: gromided further, That no _ __ owanee s ma e or nurse or atten ant. ds. _ (2) If and while the disability is partial, the monthly compensa- ¤°°- tion shall be a percentage of the compensation that would be payable for his total disability, equal to the degree of the reduction m earning capacity resultig from the disability, but no compensation shall be payable for a uction in earning capacity rated at less than ten centum. &mm` Apghhedule of ruin? of reductions in earning capacity from s cific injuries or com inations of injuries of a permanent nature _ oi sheall be adopted and applied by the bureau. Ratings mag be as B"'s °°u"°` high as one hundred per centum. The ratings shall be base, as far as practicable, upon_ the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries_in civil occupiations and not upon the impairment in earning caplaexty in each in vidual case, so that there shall be no reduction in the rate of compensation for individual success in overcoming the handicap of a permanent injury. The bureau shall froilp timed to time readjust this schedule of ratings in accordance wit actu experience. ¢¤]ii¤°diz$lbs¤s°1i'·iiai°°'°t°" (3) In addition to the compensation above provided, the injured person shall be furnished by the United States such reasonable governmental medical, surgical, and hospital services and with such supplies, including artificial) limbs, trusses, and similar appliances, as mm the director may determine to be useful and reasonably necessary: seam' tem as- Prmrided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the °h“‘“°‘ necessary military control over any member of the military or naval establisalliments before he shall have been discharged from the military · or nav service. meliiiiiiiligxiimi °f (4) The amount of each monthly payment shall be determined §fg»,§jf‘2·xam,¤a_ according to the family conditions then existing. · uma erappuemzs. Sec._ 303. That every person applying for or in receipt of compensation for disabilit under the provisions of this artic e shall, as reguently and at such times and places as may be reasonably reijjuired, subnut himself to exanunation by a med1cal officer o the ’mted States or_ by a dug; qualified physician designated or approved by the director. _ e may have a  qualified physician designated and paid by him present to participate in such examinarsymmzempme. tion. For all examinations he shall, in the discretion of the director,
 * (g) If he has a widowed mother dependent on him for support,