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356 THE COMMUNIST 2. STATES PAYING DESIGNATED SUMS FOR LIMITED NUMBER OF YEARS. [[4 column table]] State | Average Weekly Amount | Number of Years | Total not to exceed Alabama | $10.00 | 11 | — Connecticut | 11.50 | 10 1/3 | — Delaware | 10.00 | 9 1/2 | $4,000 Georgia | 9.50 | 7 | 5,000 Hawaii | 12.50 | 6 1/4 | 5,000 Indiana | 9.35 | 10 | 5,000 Iowa | 10.50 | 8 | — Kansas | 10.50 | 8 | — Kentucky | 10.00 | 8 | 6,000 Louisiana | 11.50 | 8 | — Maine | 11.00 | 10 | 6,000 Maryland | 13.00 | 7 1/2? | 5,000 Arizona | 10.00? | 8? | 4,000 Massachusetts | 11.50 | 10 | 4,000 Michigan | 10.50 | 10 | 7,000 Minnesota | 14.00 | 14 | 10,000 New Hampshire | 10.50 | 6 | 4,500 New Jersey | 12.50 | 8 | 6,800 New Mexico | 9.00 | 10 1/3 | 6,240 Oklahoma | 13.00 | 10 | 6,000 Pennsylvania | 9.00 | 10 | 6,00 Tennessee | 10.00 | 8 | 5,000 Texas | 13.50 | 8 | 8,000 Vermont | 10.50 | 5 | 4,000 Virginia | 9.00 | 10 | 4,500 Wisconsin | 12.51 | Number of years not specified; depends on age of worker. South Dakota | 11.25 | 5 1/2 | 5,000 The States of Maryland, Michigan, Arizona, South Dakota and Texas declare in their statutes that payment is to be made "during disability." No more clumsy subterfuge was ever made. By limiting the total to be paid, the fund is sooner or later exhausted and the disabled workman is left without any means of support, since his disability is permanent and total. 3. STATES PAYING FOR LIFE In this group some states provide a uniform payment for life, while the remainder do not, but instead, allow a comparatively higher