( x ) Burial of dead.  — To prohibit the burial of the dead within the centers of population of the municipality and provide for their burial in such proper place and in such manner as the council may determine, subject to the provisions of the general law re gulating burial grounds and cemeteries and governing funerals and the disposal of the dead. AEcIaH (y) Slaughterhouses and markets . — To establish or authorize the establishment of slaughterhouses and markets, and inspect and regulate the use of the same; to provide for and regulate the keeping, preparation, and sale of meat, fruits, poultry, milk, fish , vegetables, and all other provisions or articles of food offered for sale. ( z ) Enforcement of health laws and regulations . — To enforce health laws and regulations, and by ordinance to provide fines and penalties for violations of such regulations; to adopt such other measures to prevent the introduction and spread of disease as m ay, from time to time, be deemed desirable or necessary. SIaHDA ( aa ) Nuisances . — To declare, prevent, and abate nuisances. ( bb ) Cockfighting . — To regulate and license or prohibit cockfighting and the keeping or training of fighting cocks, and to close cockpits subject to the provisions and restrictions of general law. IAEcCT ( cc ) Ringing of bells . — To regulate and restrain the ringing of bells and the making of loud or unusual noises. ( dd ) Police . — To establish, maintain, and regulate a police force subject to the provisions of section two thousand five hundred and eighty hereof, and the provisions of general law. ( ee ) Prison . — To establish, maintain, and regulate a municipal prison. (ff) Cruelty to animals . — To prohibit and provide for the punishment of cruelty to animals. ( gg ) Disorderly houses, and so forth . — To suppress or regulate houses of ill fame and other disorderly houses; to prohibit the printing, sale, or exhibition of immoral pictures, books, or publications of any description. SDHacT ( hh ) Gambling, riots, and breaches of the peace . — To prevent and Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 836