Section 15. Expense for rehabilitating injured volunteer firemen

A
  volunteer fireman, who as a result of injury is or may be expected to be
  totally or partially incapacitated for  a  remunerative  occupation  and
  who,  under  the  direction  of  the state education department is being
  rendered fit to engage in a remunerative occupation,  may  receive  such
  additional  financial  benefit  necessary  for his rehabilitation as the
  workmen's compensation board shall determine.    Not  more  than  thirty
  dollars  per  week  of  such  additional  amount  shall  be expended for
  maintenance. Such expense and such of the administrative expenses of the
  state education department as are properly assignable to the expenses of
  rehabilitating  such  volunteer  firemen  shall  be  paid  out  of   the
  vocational  rehabilitation  fund created pursuant to subdivision nine of
  section fifteen of the workmen's compensation law.   Any such  volunteer
  fireman for the purposes of such fund shall be considered an employee of
  the  political  subdivision  liable  for the payment of benefits to such
  volunteer  fireman  under  this  chapter  and  such  "employer"  or  its
  insurance  carrier,  as  the  case may be, shall make the same financial
  contribution to such fund as required by such subdivision nine in  every
  case  of  injury causing death of a volunteer fireman in which there are
  no persons entitled to financial benefits under this chapter other  than
  (1)  funeral  expenses and (2) the death benefit provided in subdivision
  two of section seven of this chapter.