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xi.xii.xiii.xiv.xv.xvi.xvii.Establish scholarship funds. Establish a scholarship fund for the poor butdeserving students in schools located within its jurisdiction or for studentsresiding within the city;Adopt quarantine regulations. Approve measures and adopt quarantineregulations to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases;Establish a solid waste management program. Provide for an efficient andeffective system of solid waste and garbage collection and disposal; prohibitlittering and the placing or throwing of garbage, refuse and other filth and wastes;Provide care for the disadvantaged groups. Provide for the care of disabledpersons, paupers, the aged, the sick, persons of unsound mind, abandonedminors, juvenile delinquents, drug dependents, abused children and other needyand disadvantaged persons, particularly children and youth below eighteen (18)years of age; and, subject to availability of funds, establish and provide for theoperation of centers and facilities for said needy and disadvantaged persons;Establish and maintain jails and detention centers. Establish and provide forthe maintenance and improvement of jails and detention centers, institute asound jail management, and appropriate funds for the subsistence of detaineesand convicted prisoners in the city;Establish council for the culture and arts. Establish a City council whosepurpose is the promotion of culture and the arts, coordinate with governmentagencies and non-governmental organizations and, subject to the availability offunds, appropriate funds for the support and development of the same; andEstablish council for the elderly. Establish a City council for the elderly whichshall formulate policies and adopt measures mutually beneficial to the elderly andto the community; provide incentives for non-governmental agencies and entitiesand, subject to the availability of funds, appropriate funds to support programsand projects for the benefit of the elderly; and(6) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as maybe prescribed by law or ordinance.41