Friday, September 30, 2011 11:10 am

Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Justin Wilson will be visiting Cannon County on Friday, Oct. 7.

Wilson will be holding a Town Hall Meeting at the Cannon County Courthouse beginning at 5 p.m.

Prior to that he will attend a meeting at the Election Commission Office.

The visit to Cannon County is part of a three-county tour Wilson is taking that day with State Representative Mark Pody.

The Comptroller of the Treasury is a constitutional officer elected by a joint vote of both Houses of the General Assembly for a two-year term. State law prescribes the Comptroller’s duties, which include the audit of state and local governmental entities and participation in the general financial and administrative management and oversight of state government. The Comptroller also is a member of various committees, boards and authorities.