Miss. Code Ann. § 17-3-15: Miss. Code Ann. § 17-3-15

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered as it deems proper for the efficient and effective exercise of the powers authorized under Sections 17-3-9 through 17-3-19 , to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds therefor solely for the purposes specified in Sections 17-3-9 through 17-3-19 and by the procedure provided in Sections 21-27-41 , 21-27-45 , 21-27-47 , 21-27-51 and 21-27-53, Mississippi Code of 1972 , provided further that no bond issued pursuant to Sections 17-3-9 through 17-3-19 , shall constitute an indebtedness of a municipality within the meaning of any statutory or charter restriction, limitation or provision as provided in said Sections 21-27-41 and 21-27-45, Mississippi Code of 1972; the bonds may be issued without having been first approved by an election upon the question of the issuance thereof; the bonds shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms as the governing authorities of the municipality shall determine but in no event shall the interest cost to maturity exceed eight per centum (8%) per annum; if serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds; the bonds shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation under the laws of the State of Mississippi with respect to both the principal and interest thereon and shall possess a status identical with bonds authorized by said Sections 21-27-41 and 21-27-45 .