§ 15. Schedule in case of disability. The following schedule of\ncompensation is hereby established:\n 1. Permanent total disability. In case of total disability adjudged to\nbe permanent sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average weekly\nwages shall be paid to the employee during the continuance of such total\ndisability. Loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both\nlegs, or both eyes, or of any two thereof shall, in the absence of\nconclusive proof to the contrary, constitute permanent total disability.\nIn all other cases permanent total disability shall be determined in\naccordance with the facts. Notwithstanding any other provision of this\nchapter, an injured employee disabled due to the loss or total loss of\nuse of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both\nlegs, or of any two thereof shall not suffer any diminution of his\ncompensation by engaging in business or employment provided his earnings\nor wages, when combined with his compensation, shall not be in excess of\nthe wage base on which the maximum weekly compensation benefit is\ncomputed under the law in effect at time of such earning; further\nprovided, that if the combination exceeds such wage base, the\ncompensation shall be diminished to an amount which, together with his\nearnings or wages, shall equal the wage base; and further provided that\nthe application of this subdivision shall not result in reduction of\ncompensation which an injured employee who is disabled due to the loss\nor total loss of use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both\nfeet, or both legs or of any two thereof, would otherwise be entitled to\nunder any other provision of this section.\n 2. Temporary total disability. In case of temporary total disability,\nsixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average weekly wages shall be\npaid to the employee during the continuance thereof, except as otherwise\nprovided in this chapter.\n 3. Permanent partial disability. In case of disability partial in\ncharacter but permanent in quality the compensation shall be sixty-six\nand two-thirds per centum of the average weekly wages and shall be paid\nto the employee for the period named in this subdivision, as follows:\n Number of\nMember lost weeks' compensation\na. Arm ............................................................. 312\nb. Leg ............................................................. 288\nc. Hand ............................................................ 244\nd. Foot ............................................................ 205\ne. eye ............................................................. 160\nf. Thumb ............................................................ 75\ng. First finger ..................................................... 46\nh. Great toe ........................................................ 38\ni. Second finger .................................................... 30\nj. Third finger ..................................................... 25\nk. Toe other than great toe ......................................... 16\nl. Fourth finger .................................................... 15\n m. Loss of hearing. Compensation for the complete loss of the hearing\nof one ear, for sixty weeks, for the loss of hearing of both ears, for\none hundred and fifty weeks.\n n. Phalanges. Compensation for the loss of more than one phalange of a\ndigit shall be the same as for loss of the entire digit. Compensation\nfor loss of the first phalange shall be one-half of the compensation for\nloss of the entire digit.\n o. Amputated arm or leg. Compensation for an arm or a leg, if\namputated at or above the wrist or ankle, shall be for the proportionate\nloss of the arm or leg.\n p. Binocular vision or per centum of vision. Compensation for loss of\nbinocular vision or for eighty per centum or more of the vision of a
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