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Functions of Board. 
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5. It shall be the duty of the Board to promote intermediate secular education in Ireland in the manner provided by this Act; (that is to say,) 
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(1.) By instituting and carrying on a system of public examinations of students: 
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(2.) By providing for the payment of prizes and exhibitions, and the giving of certificates to students: 
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(3.) By providing for the payment to managers of schools complying with the prescribed conditions of fees dependent on the results of public examinations of students: 
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(4.) Generally by applying the funds placed at the disposal of the Board for the purposes of this Act as hereby directed: Provided, that no examination shall be held in any subject of religious instruction, nor any payment made in respect thereof. 
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