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PUBLIC LAW 803-JULY 26, 1956

"(b) Compensation for disability shall not exceed $54 per week and compensation for total disability shall not be less than $18 per week: Provided, however, That if the employee's average weekly wages, as computed under section 10, are less than $18 per week he shall receive as compensation for total disability his average weekly wages." SEC. 2. Subparagraphs (1) through (12) of section 8(c) of the said Act are hereby amended to read as follows: "(1) Arm lost, three hundred and twelve weeks' compensation. "(2) Leg lost, two hundred and eighty-eight weeks' compensation. "(3) Hand lost, two hundred and forty-four weeks' compensation. "(4) Foot lost, two hundred and five weeks' compensation. "(5) Eye lost, one hundred and sixty weeks' compensation. "(6) Thumb lost, seventy-five weeks' compensation. "(7) First finger lost, forty-six weeks' compensation. "(8) Great toe lost, thirty-eight weeks' compensation. "(9) Second finger lost, thirty weeks' compensation. "(10) Third finger lost, twenty-five weeks' compensation. "(11) Toe other than great toe lost, sixteen weeks' compensation. "(12) Fourth finger lost, fifteen weeks' compensation.'' SEC. 3. Section 8(g) of the said Act is amended by striking out "$10" and inserting in lieu thereof "$25". SEC. 4. Section 9(e) of the said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "(e) I n computing death benefits the average weekly wages of the deceased shall be considered to have been not more than $81 nor less than $27 but the total weekly compensation shall not exceed the weekly wages of the deceased." SEC. 5. Section 14(m) of the said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: " (m) The total money allowance payable to an employee as compensation for an injury under this Act shall in no event exceed in the aggregate the sum of $17,280: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to cases of permanent total disability or death: And provided further, That in applying this limitation there shall not be taken into account any amount payable under section 8(g) for maintenance during rehabilitation or any amount of additional compensation required to be paid under section 14 for delay or default in the payment of compensation or any amount accruing as interest upon defaulted compensation collectible under section 18." SEC. 6. Section 18 of the said Act is amended by inserting " (a) " after "SEC. 18." at the beginning of the section and by adding a new subsection (b) to read as follows: " (b) In cases where judgment cannot be satisfied by reason of the employer's insolvency or other circumstances precluding payment, the Secretary of Labor may, in his discretion and to the extent he shall determine advisable after consideration of current commitments payable from the special fund established in section 44, make payment from such fund upon any award made under this Act, and in addition, rovide any necessary medical, surgical, and other treatment required y section 7 of the Act in any case of disability where there has been a default in furnishing medical treatment by reason of the insolvency of the employer. Such an employer shall be liable for payment into such fund of the amounts paid therefrom by the Secretary of Labor under this subsection; and for the purpose of enforcing this liability, the Secretary of Labor for the benefit of the fund shall be subrogated to all the rights of the person receiving such payment or benefits, including the right of lien and priority provided for by section 17 of this Act, as against the employer and may by a proceeding in the name

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