(a) By ordinance or resolution, the County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County may establish a Human Relations Commission for the county. (b) The purposes of the Commission are to: (1) promote understanding and harmony of relationship among the people of the county through the study of the nature and causes of social friction and prejudice; (2) advance the means for the alleviation of social friction and prejudice; and (3) further the American ideal of equality and justice.
Maryland Legal Code