§ 10. Permanent partial disability benefits. 1. In the case of\ndisability partial in character, but permanent in quality, the volunteer\nfirefighter shall be paid ninety-five dollars for each week for the\nperiod specified in this subdivision, provided, however, that when the\nvolunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-eight to June thirtieth, nineteen\nhundred eighty-three, such payment shall be one hundred five dollars for\neach week, and further provided that when a volunteer firefighter is\ninjured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-three to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred\neighty-four, such payments shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars for\neach week and provided further that when the volunteer firefighter is\ninjured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-four to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred\neighty-five such payments shall be one hundred thirty-five dollars for\neach week and provided further that when the volunteer firefighter is\ninjured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-five to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety\nsuch payments shall be one hundred fifty dollars for each week, and\nprovided further that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the\nline of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety to and\nincluding June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-one such payments\nshall be two hundred eighty dollars for each week, and provided further\nthat when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or\nafter July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one to and including June\nthirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-two such payments shall be three\nhundred fifty dollars for each week, and provided further that when the\nvolunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July\nfirst, nineteen hundred ninety-two such payments shall be four hundred\ndollars for each week, as follows:\n(a) Loss of member.\nMember lost ............................................ Number of weeks\nArm ................................................................ 312\nLeg ................................................................ 288\nHand ............................................................... 244\nFoot ............................................................... 205\nEye ................................................................ 160\nThumb ............................................................... 75\nFirst finger ........................................................ 46\nGreat toe ........................................................... 38\nSecond finger ....................................................... 30\nThird finger ........................................................ 25\nToe other than great toe ............................................ 16\nFourth finger ....................................................... 15\nIf more than one phalange of a digit shall be lost, the period shall be\nthe same as for the loss of the entire digit. If only the first phalange\nshall be lost, the period shall be one-half the period for loss of the\nentire digit. The period for loss or loss of use of two or more digits,\nor one or more phalanges of two or more digits, of a hand or foot, may\nbe proportioned to the period for the loss of use of the hand or foot\noccasioned thereby, but shall not exceed the period for the loss of a\nhand or foot. If an arm or leg shall be amputated at or above the wrist\nor ankle, the period for such loss shall be in proportion to the period\nfor the loss of the arm or leg. In the case of loss of binocular vision\nor of eighty per centum or more of the vision of an eye, the period\nshall be the same as for the loss of the eye.\n (b) Loss of hearing. In the case of the complete loss of the hearing\nof one ea
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