The provisions of Sections 11-82-3 and 11-82-4 shall not apply, however, to any securities which have been authorized to be issued by any county or municipality by resolution or ordinance duly adopted by the proper governing body prior to July 7, 1945 or which have been authorized to be issued at any election held prior to July 7, 1945 at which the ballot used contained provisions for redemption different from those specified in Sections 11-82-3 and 11-82-4, and nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the issuance of any such securities so authorized prior to July 7, 1945.
Ala. Code § 11-82-6 (1975)