The conservator shall have the same powers and authority as the guardian of the property of an infant or incompetent person as now provided by the laws of this state, except that said conservator shall have no power to sell or petition to sell any portion of the absentee's real property until after the lapse of six (6) months from the time of the original appointment of a conservator for such estate, but nothing herein contained shall prevent the conservator from letting or leasing the absentee's real estate in the same manner that a guardian could lease land of his ward.
Laws 1945, p. 189, § 3; Laws 1945, p. 214, § 2.