CHAPTER 556

An Act to amend and reenact §8§ 65-51, 65-52, 65-62, and 65-68, as
amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to Workmen’s Compensa-
tion generally and, respectively, to compensation for total incapacity,
compensation for partial incapacity, compensation to dependents of
employees killed, and maximum compensation payable. rH 589}

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Approved March 31, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 65-51, 65-52, 65-62 and 65-68, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 65-51. When the incapacity for work resulting from the injury is
total, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, as hereinafter provided,
to the injured employee during such total incapacity, a weekly compensation
equal to sixty per centum of his average weekly wages, but not more than *
thirty-five dollars, nor less than * twelve dollars a week; and in no case
shall the period covered by such compensation be greater than five hundred
weeks, nor shall the total amount of all compensation exceed * fourteen
thousand * dollars.
§ 65-52. Except as otherwise provided in § 65-53, when the in-
capacity for work resulting from the injury is partial, the employer shall
pay, or cause to be paid, as hereinafter provided, to the injured employee
during such incapacity a weekly compensation equal to sixty per centum
of the difference between his average weekly wages before the injury and
the average weekly wages which he is able to earn thereafter, but not more
than * thirty-five dollars a week. In no case shall the period covered by
such compensation be greater than three hundred weeks from the date of
the injury. In case the partial incapacity begins after a period of total
incapacity the latter period shall be deducted from the maximum period
herein allowed for partial incapacity. oo

§ 65-62. If death results from the accident within six years, the
employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, subject, however, to the provisions
of the other sections of this act, in one of the methods hereinafter pro-
vided, to the dependents of the employee wholly dependent upon his earn-
ings for support at the time of the accident a weekly payment equal to
sixty per centum of his average weekly wages, but not more than * thtrty-
five dollars nor less than * twelve dollars a week for a period of three
hundred weeks, but in no case to exceed * ten thousand * five hundred
dollars from the date of the injury, and burial expenses not exceeding three
hundred dollars. If the employee leaves dependents only partly dependent
upon his earnings for support at the time of the injury, the weekly com-
pensation to be paid as aforesaid, shall equal the same proportion of the
weekly payments for the benefit of persons wholly dependent as the extent
of partial dependency bears to total dependency. When weekly payments
have been made to an injured employee before his death the compensation
to dependents shall begin from the date of the last of such payments but
shall not continue more than three hundred weeks from the date of the
injury. If the employee does not leave dependents, citizens of and residing
at the time of the accident in the United States or Dominion of Canada,
the amount of compensation shall not in any case exceed one thousand

ollars.

§ 65-68. The total compensation payable under this act shall in no
case exceed * fourteen thousand * dollars.